{"id":916,"date":"2016-02-09T07:32:39","date_gmt":"2016-02-09T07:32:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/thehockenblog\/?p=916"},"modified":"2016-10-27T01:36:31","modified_gmt":"2016-10-27T01:36:31","slug":"unforgettable-in-every-way","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/thehockenblog\/unforgettable-in-every-way\/","title":{"rendered":"Unforgettable. In every way."},"content":{"rendered":"

Post researched and written by Amanda Mills, Liaison Librarian – Music and Audio Visual<\/p>\n

In Hocken\u2019s 78rpm disc collection there is an anomaly: over 100 American pop standards by US artists. For a collection of New Zealand material, this is a significant exception to our collection development policy, and more than just an example of a popular genre. There is little to explain why these discs are in the music collection, but our records state they were donated by Mr Grant Fleury in the late 1990s, and were (according to staff recollection) part of an estate collection.<\/p>\n

So, why would a collection of New Zealand material include these items? One potential reason for keeping these discs, is that they are all NZ pressings of international labels, including Columbia Records, Decca Records, His Masters Voice, and Capitol Records. However, there are between 50 and 100 of these recordings, so this collection is more than just an example of local label pressings. Some of the titles are jazz, pop, and rock\u2019n\u2019roll classics that shaped popular music in the 20th<\/sup> Century, coming at the end of the 78rpm era. Titles include:<\/p>\n

Ella Fitzgerald: Happy Talk<\/em>. A track from the very popular musical \u201cSouth Pacific\u201d, Ella Fitzgerald recorded the song with Gordon Jenkins and his orchestra in 1950, and this led to them recording an album soon after.<\/p>\n

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Fats Domino<\/strong>,<\/em> Blueberry Hill<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Fats Domino: Blueberry Hill<\/em> and Ain\u2019t That a Shame<\/em>. Both are significant rock \u2018n\u2019 roll classics – Domino\u2019s 1956 recording of Blueberry Hill<\/em> became the standard version of the song, while his 1955 recording of Ain\u2019t That a Shame <\/em>gained US \u00a0fame after being re-recorded by Pat Boone. However, Domino\u2019s version became more popular.<\/p>\n

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Fats Domino,<\/strong> Ain’t That A Shame<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Nat King Cole: Unforgettable<\/em> b\/w Mona Lisa<\/em>. Unforgettable<\/em> was recorded in 1951, with the Nelson Riddle Orchestra, and with Riddle\u2019s arrangement. Cole remade it in 1956, and it was remade again \u00a0in the 1990s as a beyond-the-grave duet with his daughter Natalie. It is backed with an equally popular song, Mona Lisa<\/em>, which won the 1950 Academy Award for best original song from the film \u201cCaptain Carey.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Nat King Cole, <\/strong>Mona Lisa<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Having these recordings in the collection presents a conundrum \u2013 are they a one off exception to the collection development policy of collecting material by New Zealand artists? Or, was there a valid reason for adding international music into the 78rpm disc collection, when there was no apparent local link in terms of composer, or performer? \u00a0They are an interesting addition to the collections of early popular music, and their influence is felt widely throughout local New Zealand music of the same time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Post researched and written by Amanda Mills, Liaison Librarian – Music and Audio Visual In Hocken\u2019s 78rpm disc collection there is an anomaly: over 100 American pop standards by US artists. For a collection of New Zealand material, this is a significant exception to our collection development policy, and more than just an example of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14625,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15309,25466,15431,463,15385],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-916","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-acquisitions","category-audio-visual","category-entertainment","category-music","category-popular-culture"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/thehockenblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/916","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/thehockenblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/thehockenblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/thehockenblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14625"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/thehockenblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=916"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/thehockenblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/916\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/thehockenblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=916"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/thehockenblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=916"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/thehockenblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=916"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}