| Marvelous Marterie | |
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| Studio album by Ralph Marterie and the Marlboro Men | |
| Released | May 1959 [1] |
| Recorded | Universal Recorders, Chicago, IL, 1956–1959 [2] |
| Genre | Big band |
| Label | Wing |
Marvelous Marterie is a studio album released by Ralph Marterie and his Marlboro Men in 1959 on Wing LP record MGW 12154 (mono) and SRW 12511 (stereo). [2]
This album was in Mercury’s budget Wing line. It was recorded between December 1956 and April 1959. Most of the individual recordings were never otherwise released by Mercury, [3] [4] [5] although “When My Sugar Walks Down the Street” was also released on Mercury 45rpm #71488, [6] and “Trombone Blues” was also released under the title “Private Eyeball” on the full-priced LP Music For A Private Eye (Mercury MG 20437, SR 60109) [6]
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Lu Watters & the Yerba Buena Jazz Band is the name of an American traditional jazz revival band founded by Lu Watters in 1940. Yerba Buena was the original name of San Francisco, California. Notable members included singer and banjoist Clancy Hayes, clarinetist Bob Helm, trumpeter Bob Scobey, trombonist Turk Murphy, tubist/bassist Dick Lammi, and Watters himself.
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