(Week of 12/2/00 - 12/8/00)

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PART THREE OF SPECIAL FIVE WEEK TRIBUTE
TO SAVANNAH CHURCHILL
(presented intermittently over the next few months)

"In Spite Of Everything You Do"
by Savannah Churchill
on RCA Victor 20-4448-A
released in 1952

Above: Photo of The Striders with inlay of Savannah Churchill.

FROM MARV GOLDBERG 2/17/03: The Striders, on record, according to Charles Strider, always consisted of Eugene Strider, Charles Strider, James Strider, and Ernest Griffin. There was a guy named Al Martin who was a fill-in singer for them on many occasions over the years, but he never recorded with them.

Above: Recorded 12/11/51. Savannah's second of five records for RCA Victor. The group backing her is The Striders. The flip is "Don't Grieve, Don't Sorrow, Don't Cry". Marty Gold is playing the organ on both sides.

Savannah reached her peak of popularity while with RCA Victor. About this time, she and The Striders appeared for a thirteen week stint at the London Palladium.

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Above: Recorded 12/26/51. Savannah's fourth for RCA Victor. The group is probably The Striders.

Left: "Waiting For A Guy Named Joe" - RCA Victor 20-4773 - 1952
Right: "Don't Worry 'Bout Me" - RCA Victor 20-4773 - 1952

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Above: Recorded 10/2/52. Savannah's fifth and last for RCA Victor. She is backed by an unnamed group consisting of Jimmy Farmer, Ralph Brewster, Little Ryan, and Kevin Gaven. Benny Carter (with whom Savannah recorded at Capitol in 1943) is playing the alto sax on these sides.

Left: "Walking By The River" - RCA Victor 20-5031 - 1952
Right: "If I Didn't Love You So" - RCA Victor 20-5031 - 1952

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(Reference source: Record Exchanger #19, "Savannah Churchill" by Will Anderson & John Corrado, 1975)

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