From a discography I have. I don't own the record to verify the information.
Randy
4 Star 1069 - Gus Bivona and His Orchestra -- "Prisoner of Love" (v: Ruth Robin)//"My Cutie's Due at Two-to-Two Today" (v: Ruth Robin)
From: "Williams, Tim" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Thursday, August 2, 2012 1:58 PM
Subject: [ARSCLIST] Ruth Robin recordings
Hello all,
I'm trying to find any discographical information on a singer (orig. from Pittsburgh, younger sister of lyricist Leo Robin) named Ruth Robin (married name: Ruth Robin Bivona).
She sang in the 1930s and 40s with the bands of Charlie Barnet, Phil Harris, Jan Savitt, Joe Venuti, and her husband, clarinetist Gus Bivona. A local radio host says he has a 78 of her singing her brother's "My Cutie's Due at Two to Two" with Bivona's band on the Four Star label.
But I've checked the Tom Lord jazz discography; the Brian Rust jazz, dance band, and entertainment discographies; and the Alice Rogers Dance Bands & Big Bands discography, and I've yet to find any listings of any recordings of her.
Anyone have any leads?
Thanks,
Timothy R. Williams
Music Librarian
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