Hello fellow Mayberry-ites,
I found a little more info on Jack Prince, but not much. It looks
like he recorded three songs with Shep Fields and his Orchestra, all
of which were released on the short-lived "Vogue Picture Records"
label between May 1946 and April 1947.
The songs are:
Atlanta, GA
I Guess I’ll Get the Papers ( and go home)
Whatta Ya Gonna Do!
I had never heard of Vogue Picture Records before but their story is a
fascinating and colorful slice of Americana. This site has a lot of
info about them: http://www.voguepicturerecords.org
If you click on this link and then click on "print view (pdf)," you
can download a hi-res pdf of an image of one of the picture records
where you can see "jack prince- vocalist" on the label: http://www.bear-family.de/cd-dvd-series/vogue-picture-discs/shep-fields-his-orchestra.html?lang=1
I found a copy of it on eBay for $39.00:
http://cgi.ebay.com/Vogue-Picture-78-rpm-R764-Shep-Fields-&-Orchestra_W0QQitemZ200342736893QQcmdZViewItemQQimsxZ20090516?IMSfp=TL090516122007r11998#ebayphotohosting
(no I'm not the seller)
Lastly I found this magazine ad. I believe it's from the New Yorker:
http://cgi.ebay.com/Dorothy-Ross-Jack-Prince-Jazz-1940s-Original-Ad_W0QQitemZ220338277887QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item334d2f4dff&_trksid=p3286.m20.l1116#ebayphotohosting
You can (just barely) see where Jack Prince was singing at "Club
Bagatelle" with Dorothy Ross and The Striders.
Wish I could have been a fly on the wall that night...
Jason
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