For the second in my series of post-war dance bands, I've chosen another college favorite, Ralph Flanagan. Here we have the Freshman-Sophomore Frolics, which was followed closely by another album called the Junior-Senior Prom.
These bands must have been fighting for campus gigs; the next in line in this series is Elliot Lawrence with a selection of college songs.
Flanagan's band was a Glenn Miller clone, with the Miller mannerisms down pat. It wasn't very original, to say the least, but I always enjoy the sound for some reason.
The vocalist on Smoke Dreams is Harry Prime, a pleasant singer devoid of personality or involvement. There is an interesting interview with Prime about his experiences with Flanagan here.
4 comments:
Dear Buster!
Can you reupload this album?
Thank you for these blogs!
New transfer combined with Junior-Senior Prom:
http://www.mediafire.com/file/vg5ifaldjjg11rr/Ralph_Flanagan_-_Freshman-
Sophomore_Frolics_%26_Junior-Senior_Prom_%28remastered%29.zip
Thank you very much!
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