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... that the American boogie-woogie pianist and singer, Mose Vinson, recorded two versions of "Forty-Four", one retitled "Worry You Off My Mind", and the other as "My Love Has Gone"?
... that American Piedmont blues singer Irene Scruggs worked alongside Clarence Williams, Joe "King" Oliver, Lonnie Johnson, and Little Brother Montgomery, but today remains largely forgotten?
... that Dennis Mackrel, the last jazz drummer to be personally hired by Count Basie, is the new director of the Count Basie Orchestra?
... that Clyde Lucas and His California Dons (Lucas pictured) recorded background music for some of the early talkies?
... that Herb Wiedoeft, Ad and Gay all played Cinderella, and that their brother Rudy and their sister Erica were both players too?

October 2010