aka: Sometimes, he simply used only his surname 'Szathmary'.
Arranger, Song writer and Conductor.
Irving is the brother of comedian Bill Dana (nee: William Szathmary. Bill is best remembered for his role of Jose Jiminez on the Steve Allen TV Show). Irving wrote one song that was a moderate hit, "Leave It to Love" which was based on his instrumental "Time to Dance". His specialty was what he called "symphonic swing", sometime "swingphonic swing".
I first became aware of him in 1940 when he made a batch of transcriptions for Associated (Muzak). Many of them were marvellous instrumental arrangements of songs like "Mood Indigo", "Tea for Two" and "Let's Be Buddies". He also had arrangements of songs with a male vocalist (Floyd Sherman), a female vocalist (unknown) and a seven member vocal group called "The Seven Singing Serenaders". One of their songs, "I Am An American", now forgotten, would be appropriate today. They also did "The Call of the Canyon" which could be a Billy Hill number.
Later, Szathmary became the A & R man for the Lang-Worth transcription company. He made many great transcriptions most of which utilized his theme and variation orchestrations. (Among his 1940 Muzak arrangements was a theme and many variations of the nursery rhyme "Jack and Jill". For Lang-Worth, he had a sensational arrangement of "Gambler's Blues" which is "St.James Infirmary".
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Cheers,
Lou
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Carl Howard <litlgrey@ix.netcom.com> wrote:
> The score for practically the entire series "Get Smart" was the work of
Irving Szathmary. To what else did he set his hand? What further work by
this delightful low-rent maestro might be available for listening, uhh,
unto?
Carl Howard
Ohio Regional WUV Supervisor
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Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2001 17:06:49 -0500
From: "Carl Howard" <litlgrey@ix.netcom.com>
Subject: (exotica) Re: Irving Szathmary
OH MY GOD! Incredible! Bill Dana's brother !
THANK YE O THANK YE!
Carl Howard
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To: <exotica@xmission.com>
Sent: Monday, November 12, 2001 4:55 PM
Subject: Re: Re: (exotica) Music from the OO& James Bond Motion Picture
Thanks for this one. Diverse and groovy. I had the stereo turned on rather loud listening to it the first time and additionally one window of my studio was open, when the "vocal inspirations" of "Coming and Going" - in fact it sounded more like *coming* - draw the attention of some construction workers outside. That is I could tell from the smirking on their faces that it made some impression on them and was quite reliefed when the coming was finally going. :-)
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Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2001 09:14:46 -0500
From: "Nathan Miner" <nminer@jhmi.edu>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Music from the OO7& James Bond Motion Pictures (review)
Yeah, you might be right. I neglected to check the actual record label, =
but I seem to recall seeing Kenyon Hopkins credited for some of the =
tracks. I'll check that tonight and post somthing on it tomorrow.
Glad you enjoyed the review. Yes, that is the exact title of the LP - =
I'll also check for a "sub-title" tonight as well..........
I want to start reviewing more albums this way, I enjoy it (I used to =
write for 'zines a lot and need to get back into writing some stuff) and =
hope you guys do too.
Hey basichip, could you clue us in to this series of Nightmare/Panic/Shock =
LP's or give us a link to an article or something?? They sound interesting.=
- - Nate
>>> basic hip <basichip@home.com> 11/12/01 04:27PM >>>
So Nate, the title of this LP is in the subject line above? I've never =
seen
it, for if I had, I would have grabbed it! Midway through your excellent
write-up, I picked up the scent of Kenyon Hopkins. Chambers of Horrors =
and
Red-Eyed Rats may have been stuck in there from his Nightmare/Panic/Shock
series of horror LPs.
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Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2001 09:49:16 -0500
From: Clayton Black <clayton.black@washcoll.edu>
Subject: (exotica) Brothers Castro
I'm listening to the BasicHip hosted Friendly Persuasion show, and the
Brothers Castro version of Angel Eyes is on, and they sound remarkably like
Los Vegas--The Newest Sound in Sounds, an album that someone mentioned a
while back. Is it just that the range of possibile sounds for a quartet of
Latinos singing North American show tunes is limited, and the two groups
really are different--or are they the same group?
Clayton
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Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2001 10:37:20 -0500
From: "Nathan Miner" <nminer@jhmi.edu>
Subject: (exotica) The Dickies!
Imagine my surprise when I turned up a Dickies album (The Incredible =
Shrinking.....) at the GoodWill!
Classic stuff w/Poodle Party and Lonely Egg. My favorite though (on =
another LP) is Manny, Moe and Jack! (Who stand towering over Joppa Rd. at =
the Salvo Auto Parts store here in Baltimore.)
- - Nate
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Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2001 11:27:48 -0500
From: "Carl Howard" <litlgrey@ix.netcom.com>
Subject: (exotica) Basic Friendly Persuasion Hip
It is really burning a hole in me, that Basic Hip is posting up these whole
albums, and I'm stuck on a 56K dialup! When he starting posting whole
albums I was back east and my cable modem was more than up to the task. But
now of course I'm in Nowheresville Ohio, and it just ain't gonna happen too
much !
- ---------------> Land of the Lost.
So what options exist?
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Carl Howard
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Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2001 16:20:14 -0500
From: azed@pathcom.com
Subject: Re: (exotica) Basic Friendly Persuasion Hip
At 11:27 AM 11/13/01 -0500, Carl Howard wrote:
>
>It is really burning a hole in me, that Basic Hip is posting up these whole
>albums, and I'm stuck on a 56K dialup!
I'm on a 56K dialup too. It's slow but if you're patient, I now have one
kicking little CD. I actually tried to buy that Adventurers record on ebay
a number of times but when I finally got it, it came broken.
Anyway for me it's worth the hour it takes to download, to get that stuff.
I'm waiting for the next one.
AZ
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Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2001 17:03:49 -0500
From: "Carl Howard" <litlgrey@ix.netcom.com>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Basic Friendly Persuasion Hip
I must do it on the overnight, then. Like 2-3 in the morning. I'll never
score that "How to Be Hip" any other way, THAT's for sure!
Carl Howard
Ohio Regional WUV Supervisor
Alien Abduction Coordinator
Communist Dupe Extraordinaire
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>
> At 11:27 AM 11/13/01 -0500, Carl Howard wrote:
> >
> >It is really burning a hole in me, that Basic Hip is posting up these
whole
> >albums, and I'm stuck on a 56K dialup!
>
> I'm on a 56K dialup too. It's slow but if you're patient, I now have one
> kicking little CD. I actually tried to buy that Adventurers record on
ebay
> a number of times but when I finally got it, it came broken.
> Anyway for me it's worth the hour it takes to download, to get that stuff.
> I'm waiting for the next one.
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Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2001 18:46:59 EST
From: HOUSEOBOB@aol.com
Subject: Re: (exotica) Basic Friendly Persuasion Hip
In a message dated 11/13/2001 5:23:11 PM, litlgrey@ix.netcom.com writes:
<< I'm on a 56K dialup too. It's slow but if you're patient, I now have one
> kicking little CD. >>
Now how did you manage that? When I download one of the files it comes in as
a temporary file and then disappears when I sign off. Bob
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Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2001 18:52:37 -0500
From: azed@pathcom.com
Subject: Re: (exotica) Basic Friendly Persuasion Hip
At 06:46 PM 11/13/01 EST, HOUSEOBOB@aol.com wrote:
>
.>
>Now how did you manage that? When I download one of the files it comes in
as
>a temporary file and then disappears when I sign off. Bob
.
Well I don't know what I'm doing right but whenever I click on a track, the
computer asks me whether I want to save it to disk or some other choice.
And I save it to disk. And it stays there.
AZ
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Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2001 18:34:33 -0800
From: "basic hip" <basichip@home.com>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Music from the OO7& James Bond Motion Pictures(review)
<<could you clue us in to this series of Nightmare/Panic/Shock LP's or give
us a link to an article or something??>>
Sure - these came out as one of those "limited edition" specials a few years
ago. All three of these records have stuff like Red Eyed Rats on them.
Sound effects of screaming, chains dragging, werewolves, heartbeats and the
great music of Kenyon Hopkins.
You can view the covers and check out sound samples at Jack's site.
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Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2001 21:39:17 -0500
From: "Domenic Ciccone" <djdciccone@hotmail.com>
Subject: (exotica) Club E'Elf
I've noticed a Club D'Elf CD in the mysterious dance section of the record
stores. The title" "Live at the Lizard Lounge" in Cambridge. A venue where
many of my favorite bands have played. Are they anybody we would be
interested in?
Domenic
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Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2001 00:30:33 -0500
From: "Br. Cleve" <brcleve@mindspring.com>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Club E'Elf
on 11/13/01 9:39 PM, Domenic Ciccone at djdciccone@hotmail.com wrote:
>
> I've noticed a Club D'Elf CD in the mysterious dance section of the record
> stores. The title" "Live at the Lizard Lounge" in Cambridge. A venue where
> many of my favorite bands have played. Are they anybody we would be
> interested in?
maybe. They're a trip hop/dub outfit. The leader, Micro Vard, is an
exotica/SABP/cool & strange fan, but there's not a lot of influence from it
in this unit.
br cleve
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Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2001 11:34:14 +0100
From: moritzR@t-online.de (moritzR)
Subject: Re: (exotica) Basic Friendly Persuasion Hip
> At 11:27 AM 11/13/01 -0500, Carl Howard wrote:
> >
> >It is really burning a hole in me, that Basic Hip is posting up these whole
> >albums, and I'm stuck on a 56K dialup!
I discovered that you can download all the song files at once Just draw them to the screen one after the other and multiple download windows will appear (Mac!) The advantage is that you can do something else in the mean time, instead of waiting for each song to download.
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