Previous Vocal Group Record of the Week
#740 (Week of 1/14/12 - 1/20/12)

"That Night We Said Goodbye"
by Bill Johnson And His Musical Notes
Vocal by Gus Gordon And Quartet
on RCA Victor 20-2298-A
released in 1947


    
[The photos and ads on this page were provided by Gus Gordon.]

Above: Bill Johnson And His Musical Notes (Top L-R) Gus Gordon (tenor lead, drums), Jimmy Robinson (bass, bass fiddle), Bill Johnson (tenor lead, saxophone), Clifton "Skeeter" Best (tenor, guitar), (Bottom) Egbert Victor (baritone/bass, piano). Bill Johnson was a saxophonist, clarinetist, band leader, singer, composer and arranger.

Click HERE for an article about Bill Johnson And His Musical Notes by Marv Goldberg.
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Click HERE for the Bill Johnson And His Musical Notes Web Page (featuring photos, clippings, discography, label images and audio files). (Will open in a separate window)



    

Above: Bill Johnson And His Musical Notes in ad for "That Night We Said Goodbye."


    



Above: (Left) Gus Gordon, tenor lead singer, (post-Musical Notes) and (Right) review from The Billboard magazine dated 7/19/47.


    

Above Left: Ad with picture of Bill Johnson.

Above Right: Label image of RCA Victor 20-2298-A recorded on 3/5/47 and released in June 1947. It was Bill Johnson And His Musical Notes' third of eleven releases on RCA Victor (1947-48). They also had releases on Harlem (1947), Queen (1947), King (1949), Regal (1951), and Tru-Blue (1954).

NOTE: The flip side is an instrumental named "Sharkey's Boogie." "Sharkey" was Eglebert Victor's nickname and the song features his piano playing.

Listen to this week's selection by Bill Johnson And His Musical Notes on RCA Victor 20-2298-A from 1947: [Audio restoration by Dave Saviet.]

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