Post #629427 by OnyaBirri on Tue, Mar 20, 2012 1:10 PM

I was simply trying to pass on helpful, generally accepted information to add to the discussion. You don't have to put it in your blog or your book. I have no dog in this race and do not have the time to do the research. I'm sure you can confirm this detail if you're that interested. I've never heard it contested.

What I can tell you definitively - and you can find LOTS of references to this, if you do the research - is that conductor/arrangers during that period routinely farmed out arranging duties to colleagues or assistants when they were in a time crunch. All of Sinatra's arrangers "ghosted" for each other on occasion. Folks who worked with Quincy Jones will tell you that many of "his" arrangements back then were by either Billy Byers or Bobby Scott.

So the fact that a record label says "The Frank DeVol Orchestra" doesn't mean he wrote the chart.

Either way, I am enjoying your blog and look forward to the book. Please post updates on your progress.