Andy Kirk's 12 Clouds Of Joy - Until the Real Thing Comes Along, 1936
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Andy Kirk and His Twelve Clouds of Joy – Until the Real Thing Comes Along (Cahn – Chaplin – Freeman), Vocal Chorus by Pha Terrell, Decca 1936 (USA)
NOTE: Elmer "Pha" Terrell (b. 1910, Kansas City, Missouri – d. 1945, Los Angeles) American jazz singer. Terrell was working in nightclubs in Kansas City in the early 1930s as a singer, dancer, and MC on various shows when he was discovered by Andy Kirk, who led one of the more notable Southwest territory bands based in Kansas City. Kirk hired him to be the vocalist for his group The Twelve Clouds of Joy. Terrell sang with Kirk from 1933 to 1941 and recorded for Decca Records various hits, including the biggest one “Until The Real Thing Comes Along”.
NOTE: Elmer "Pha" Terrell (b. 1910, Kansas City, Missouri – d. 1945, Los Angeles) American jazz singer. Terrell was working in nightclubs in Kansas City in the early 1930s as a singer, dancer, and MC on various shows when he was discovered by Andy Kirk, who led one of the more notable Southwest territory bands based in Kansas City. Kirk hired him to be the vocalist for his group The Twelve Clouds of Joy. Terrell sang with Kirk from 1933 to 1941 and recorded for Decca Records various hits, including the biggest one “Until The Real Thing Comes Along”.