S3productions: Ralph Marterie /w Orchestra – Shish-Kebab / Bop A Doo Bop A DOO

Ralph Marterie and His Orchestra – Shish-Kebab / Bop A Doo-Bop A Doo

Label: Mercury – 71092,

Format: Vinyl, 10", 78 RPM, Single,

Released: Mar 29, 1957,

Genre: Jazz, Pop,

A Shish-Kebab,

B Bop A Doo-Bop A Doo,

Written-By – Hearns, Marterie,

Record Company – Mercury Record Corporation,

Published By – Pure Music,

Published By – Judy Music,

Ralph Marterie and His Orchestra,

Profile:

American big band active in 1950s. First big band to cover a rock & roll song, “Crazy, Man, Crazy”, in 1953. They also starred in the 1955 musical featurette “This U-I”

Marterie emigrated to the USA as a child with his parents, where his father joined the orchestra of the Chicago Civic Opera. As a teenager he started playing trumpet with Danny Russo’s Oriole Orchestra, he played in local theatres and with various bands in Chicago. Later he joined the NBC staff orchestra where he played under conductors such as Percy Faith and André Kostelanetz. During World War II he led a US Navy band. After the war he returned to Chicago as a leader with ABC Radio.

André Kostelanetz  podcast a couple of days ago https://www.blogtalkradio.com/s3production/2022/01/16/saturday-night-sample-classical-music 

In 1949 Marterie started recording for Mercury Records with his own big band.

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