On Wed, 20 Mar 2024 16:32:54 +0000,
mariabus@blueyonder.co.uk (Roger)
wrote:
Bruce wrote:
Anybody seen this?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8oOG3vUkKUM
The film is available here
https://watch.plex.tv/en-GB/watch/movie/a-k-a-doc-pomus
Thanks Bruce and Roger for the heads up, I've been truly enjoying
this movie.
Doc Pomus was born Jerome Felder, 1925, in Brooklyn NY, the son
of Jewish immigrants.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doc_Pomus
Felder became a fan of the blues after hearing a Big Joe Turner
record, "Piney Brown Blues" from 1940.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xSYRA5f3kQQ
Stage name 'Doc' came from Jerome Felder's liking
for black blues singer, Doctor Clayton:
(1st recording 1930, but most recordings 1941-1946)
Doctor Clayton discography:
https://www.wirz.de/music/claytond.htm
Doctor Clayton - "Gotta Find My Baby" [Bluebird B8901] - 1941
the stand out piano is played by Blind John Davis
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UpfUhKi_ldk
Doctor Clayton playlist for 1935-1942 (24 tracks):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XNgFfrz_Wvk&list=OLAK5uy_lz31rFG1Hf_faZD0FOHugfUzRbo8XKG2E
{Diane might be interested?}
'Pomus' was decided on while traveling in a subway with a cousin
- they were foolin' around with different sounding names and 'Pomus'
sounded right, like a black cat from Georgia or something.
"as a Jew with polio, he felt a special underdog kinship with African Americans"
{frankly, I think you can leave out 'with polio' to account for many
Hebrews born in the 1940s and 50s having an affinity for R&B}
A list of songs written by Doc Pomus solo, and by Doc Pomus with
others:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_songs_written_by_Doc_Pomus_and_Mort_Shuman
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