KORSMO, DON

Homebase: Seattle
Stats: b. 1927...
Misc Notes: Born in 1927, Don Korsmo's father Perdin Korsmo was a local radio singer who also often sang with popular bands led by Vic Meyers, Jules Buffano, Harry Reed, and Henry Damski. His mother, Lenora, was a local music teacher and his brother Larry was a church organist who also worked for Balcom & Vaughan Organ & Piano Sales. Korsmo attended Ballard High School where he was a member of the Boy's Senior Glee Club. In 1966 he told The Seattle Times: "I was strictly a bathtub singer, more interested in sculpture" -- until about 1962. "It was about the time of the Seattle World's Fair -- Paul Bane encouraged and tutored me, even helped arrange an audition with Jerry Whitely, producer of the program, World's Fair Holiday, on television here. I started singing with Frank Sugia's group at the Italian Village, where I got my first pleasant taste of audience reaction. I didn't get paid, the applause was reward enough. Then I sang with Gene Boscacci at the Cellar Pigalle on Show Street at the fairgrounds. later on with Boscacci, I made my first and only album, a 1965 issue titled Sweet Dreams, Sweetheart ...  Ed Clifford and I recently made a single, "Sentimental Journey" / "Little Man You've Had a Busy Day. The record was released last week..."

Clint Wineholt, DON KORSMO, Eddie Clifford, Seattle 2.4.66, photo courtesy The Seattle Times.

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Side A:

  • Until The Real Thing Comes Along  (Holiner-Nichols-Cahn - Chaplin - Freeman)
  • Because Of You (Hammerstein - Wilkinson)
  • I'll Be Seeing You (Kahal - Fain)
  • I'm Yours (Robert Mellin)
  • I'm Getting Sentimental Over You (Washington - Bassman)

Side B:

  • Whispering Grass (Fisher - Fisher)
  • On The Street Where You Live (Loewe - Lerner)
  • Maybe (Kalmar - Ruby)
  • I Can't Believe That You're In Love With Me (Gaskill - McHugh)
  • Sweet Dreams, Sweetheart (Jerome Koehler)

MISC NOTES:
LOCATION: Seattle, WA
RECORDING PERSONNEL: Gene Boscacci Combo, The
RECORDING STUDIO: Audio Recording, Inc.
RECORDING ENGINEER: Kearney Barton

FORMAT: disc
SIZE: 12"
SPEED: 33 1/3 rpm
DISC NOTES:

A-SIDE MATRIX:
A-SIDE STAMPER CODE: ^7766
A-SIDE PUBLISHER:

B-SIDE MATRIX:
B-SIDE STAMPER CODE: ^7766 - X
B-SIDE PUBLISHER:

 

MISC NOTES:

Monarch Records delta (^) numbers point toward this disc having been pressed August / September, 1966.

LOCATION: Seattle, WA
RECORDING PERSONNEL:
RECORDING STUDIO: Audio Recording, Inc.
RECORDING ENGINEER: Kearney Barton

FORMAT:disc
SIZE:7"
SPEED:45 rpm
DISC NOTES:

A-SIDE MATRIX: 45 - 746
A-SIDE STAMPER CODE: 746        ^62944 (eched)
A-SIDE COMPOSER: No Listing
A-SIDE PUBLISHER: No Listing

B-SIDE MATRIX: 45 - 747
B-SIDE STAMPER CODE: 747      ^62944 - X (etched)                                                        B-SIDE COMPOSER: No Listing
B-SIDE PUBLISHER: No Listing

MISC NOTES:
Black and white artist photo picture sleeve

Monarch Records delta (^) numbers point toward this disc having been pressed December, 1965 / January, 1966.

LOCATION: Seattle, WA
RECORDING PERSONNEL: Don Korsmo [vocals]; Eddie Clark [organ]
RECORDING STUDIO: Audio Recording, Inc.
RECORDING ENGINEER: Kearney barton

FORMAT: disc
SIZE: 7"
SPEED: 45 rpm
DISC NOTES:

with Eddie Clifford At the Conn Theater Organ

A-SIDE MATRIX: 45 - 736
A-SIDE STAMPER CODE: 45 - 736    ^60005 (etched)
A-SIDE COMPOSER: Maurice Sigler - Mabel Wayne - Al Hoffman
A-SIDE PUBLISHER: T.B. Harms Co.

B-SIDE MATRIX: 45 - 737
B-SIDE STAMPER CODE:   45 - 737   ^60005 - X (etched)
B-SIDE COMPOSER: Les Brown - Benjamin Homer - Bud Green
B-SIDE PUBLISHER: E.H. Morris & Co. (ASCAP

MISC NOTES:

Monarch Records delta (^) numbers point toward this disc having been pressed June / July, 1967.

LOCATION: Seattle, WA
RECORDING PERSONNEL: Don Korsmo [vocals]; Eddie Clifford [Conn theater organ]
RECORDING STUDIO: Audio Recording, Inc.
RECORDING ENGINEER: Kearney Barton

FORMAT: disc
SIZE: 7"
SPEED: 45 rpm
DISC NOTES:

A-SIDE MATRIX: 45 - 748
A-SIDE STAMPER CODE: 748     ^67108  (etched)
A-SIDE COMPOSER: Washington - Bassman
A-SIDE PUBLISHER: Mills Music, Inc.

B-SIDE MATRIX: 45 - 749
B-SIDE STAMPER CODE:749    ^67108 - X (etched)
B-SIDE COMPOSER: Kalmar - Ruby
B-SIDE PUBLISHER: Harms, Inc.

MISC NOTES:

LOCATION: Seattle, WA
RECORDING PERSONNEL:
RECORDING STUDIO: Audio Recording, Inc.
RECORDING ENGINEER: Kearney Barton

FORMAT: disc
SIZE: 7"
SPEED: 45 rpm
DISC NOTES:

A-SIDE MATRIX: 31713
A-SIDE STAMPER CODE: 31713    ^76117
A-SIDE COMPOSER: George Wagner
A-SIDE PUBLISHER: Lamplighter (BMI)

B-SIDE MATRIX: 31714
B-SIDE STAMPER CODE: 31714   ^76117 - X
B-SIDE COMPOSER: Harry Warren
B-SIDE PUBLISHER: BVC Music

MISC NOTES:

LOCATION:
RECORDING PERSONNEL:
RECORDING STUDIO:
RECORDING ENGINEER:

FORMAT: disc
SIZE: 7"
SPEED: 45 rpm
DISC NOTES:

A-SIDE MATRIX: 31723
A-SIDE STAMPER CODE: 31723 - A     ^79809
A-SIDE COMPOSER: Maschwitz - Carr
A-SIDE PUBLISHER: Shapiro - Bernstein (ASCAP

B-SIDE MATRIX: 31724
B-SIDE STAMPER CODE: 31724 - B     ^79809 - X
B-SIDE COMPOSER: Green - Ruby - Stept
B-SIDE PUBLISHER: Shapiro - Bernstein (ASCAP)

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