From The Collection Of Paul Ressler

(Biweekly 5/29/04 - 6/11/04)

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"Call Me Darling"/"Palm Of Your Hand"
by Dolly Lyon
on Apollo 518
released in 1957

Above: Photo of Dolly Lyon. The caption at bottom of this photo identifies Dolly as vocalist for the Erskine Hawkins Orchestra.

Above: Label image of Apollo 518 released in 1957. From Trade Magazine Column (Sept. 1957): "Apollo's Charles Merenstein... flipped about his new fem chantress, Dolly Lyon. Pre-tests of her "Palm Of Your Hand," which will be released immediately, are so overpowering it is hard for him to stay objective about the wax."

Listen to this week's selections:

A) Click on an option below to listen to Dolly Lyon using Streaming Windows Media Player.

"Call Me Darling" - Apollo 518 - 1957
"Palm Of Your Hand" - Apollo 518 - 1957
"BOTH SONGS" NOT FUNCTIONAL!

B) Click on an option below to listen to Downloading Windows Media Player.

"Call Me Darling" - Apollo 518 - 1957 (file size=363KB)
"Palm Of Your Hand" - Apollo 518 - 1957 (file size=411KB)

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