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Jack Lathrop

Growing up

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In 1920, Lathrop's mother, Margaret Lathrop (née Margaret Lowell; 1893–1958), was divorced from his father, John Marcos Lathrop (1891–1974).[1] He, his younger sister and his mother lived with his maternal grandmother, Kittie Isabel Lathrop (née Kittie Isabel Purdy; 1863–1938), who owned and ran a private boarding house at 73 Hamilton Avenue in White Plains, New York.

  • William B. Armbruster lived at the YMCA in 1934. He was manager of Hunt's Leading Music House Inc. 114 Main Street, White Plains, New York. In 1927, he was one of the employees who purchased the store from John E. Hunt (1866–1934). The other employee-partners were Herbert Sherman Bardenheuer (b 1896), Constantine Sciliano, and Leonard Edward Teed (1876–1952).[2]

He had also been leader of the Nighthawks Orchestra.[3]

In 1932, he lived at 19 Old Mamaroneck Road, White Plains

Setup

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Lapthrop played on an Epiphone guitar instead of a Synchromatic[4]

Marriage

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Jack Lathrop married, on November 10, 1940, Barbara Jane Mitchell (1919–2000) in Manhattan.[5][6] The had three sons and a daughter.

Works

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  • "Helpless"
Jack Lathrop (w&m)
© Mutual Music Society, Inc., New York
11 October 1940; EU233962
  • "Long Time No See Baby"
Jack Lathrop (w&m)
Sunny Skylar (aka Sonny Skylar) (w&m)
© Mutual Music Society, Inc., New York
11 October 1940; EU233963
OCLC 221026622, 39970427
  • "I Like to Have You Like to Have Me Love You"
Jack Lathrop (w&m)
© Mutual Music Society, Inc., New York
24 January 1947; EP11657
  • "You Are My Love"
Jack Lathrop (words)
Charlie Ryan (words)
Ben Weisman (music)
© Broadcast Music, Inc.
31 March 1947; EP15226
  • "I Wouldn't Be Surprised"
Jack Lathrop (w&m)
Dale Wood; pseudonym of Bill Hansen (né Lawrence William Hansen; aka William Robert Hansen; 1905–1968)[7][8] (w&m)
© Cecille Music Company, Inc.
17 March 1948; EU121366
OCLC 497787715
  • "Smile"
Jack Lathrop (w&m)
Dale Wood (pseudonym of Bill Hansen) (w&m)
© Cecille Music Company, Inc.
28 March 1948; EP27851
OCLC 498933149

Discography

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  • "You Call Everybody Darlin'"
VI 20-3109

Metrotone Records

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Metrotone Records, aka Metrotone Record Co., Brooklyn, was founded in 1945 by Carl LeBow (1914–1980). "Hair of Gold" was the label's best seller.[9] LeBow later served in various roles at

Mode Records (de);
1950: Apollo Records (sales manager);
1953: King Records (A&R chief).
1957: Bethlehem Records (general manager). LeBow, with Ted Steele, left Bethlehem in 1958 to form Aamco Records, a budget label, where LeBow served as President
1962: Gerald Records, Inc., a label founded 1962 by Gerald Hille (1926–1962), who was killed August 30, 1962, in an automobile accident when he fell asleep while driving. A week after Hille's death, LeBow was named General Manager. Gerald Records owned Alfa and Toto Records, both founded by Hille.

Sam Martin

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Aka Samuel Martin II, co-songwriter of "You Call Everybody Darlin'"

In 1946, Martin lived in the Bronx; The Canadian Patent Office Record and Register of Copyrights and Trade Marks, Vol. 74, Nos. 9–12 (1946)

Dorothy Dee McCarty

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  • Dorothy Dee McCarty (1917–2015) had been married to Andy Love and, together, they had a son, Stephen Andrew Love. She later was married from about 1942 to 1947 to Gene Lanham and, together, they had a daughter, Carl Jean Lanham (born 1943), who in 1967 married Michael James Weber (born 1941). Four months after the death of her younger sister, Irene Sarah McCarty (1923–1998), Dorothy married her sister's, Lawrence Raymond Gooden (1918–2013) in Kansas City, Missouri, with whom she remained married until his death (married 14 years, 10 months and 10 days). Lawrence and Irene had been married 55 years, 1 month.

Dorothy lived with Andy Love in Greenacres, Florida before he died.*[10][11]

References

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  1. ^ "John M. Lathrop" (obituary), Traverse City Record-Eagle, March 15, 1974, p. 3, col. 2 (accessible via Newspapers.com; subscription required)
  2. ^ "Leonard Edward Teed," Westchester County in History – Manual and Civil List Past and Present (Vol. II), Henry Townsend Smith (1847–1914), publisher (1912), p. 292; OCLC 13930055
  3. ^ Former Employees Buy Hunt's Music Store," Presto-Times, March 19, 1927
  4. ^ "Misscellaneous Rumble: Any Glenn Miller Fans Out There?" comment on 2014 by duojet 55 (Forrest Ball, Van Buren, Arkansas), Gretsch Pages Forum (online blog at gretschpages.com/forum)
    Note: Forrest William Ball (born 1957) is a prolific contributor to guitar forums
  5. ^ "On the Bandwagon – Purely Personal," by Martin Lewis, Movie-Radio Guide, Vol. 10, No. 11, December 21–27, 1940, p. 37
  6. ^ Re: Marriage of John M. Lathrop and Barbara J. Mitchell, New York County (Manhattan); November 10, 1940; Marriage Certificate No. 49024 (accessible via Ancestry.com; subscription required)
  7. ^ Musical AKAs – Assumed Names and Sobriquets of Composers, Songwriters, Librettists, Lyricists, Hymnists, and Writers on Music, by Jeanette Marie Drone, Scarecrow Press (2007); OCLC 62858081
  8. ^ ASCAP Biographical Dictionary of Composers, Authors and Publishers (4th ed.), compiled for the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers by Jaques Cattell Press, R. R. Bowker (1980), p. 589
  9. ^ "LeBow Named General Manager of Bethlehem," Cash Box, July 20, 1957, p. 135
  10. ^ Billboard, January 29, 1949, p. 34. sfn error: multiple targets (3×): CITEREFBillboard,_January_29,1949 (help)
  11. ^ Billboard, January 29, 1949, p. 40. sfn error: multiple targets (3×): CITEREFBillboard,_January_29,1949 (help)

References re-try

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  • Musical AKAs – Assumed Names and Sobriquets of Composers, Songwriters, Librettists, Lyricists, Hymnists, and Writers on Music, by Jeanette Marie Drone, Scarecrow Press (2007); OCLC 62858081</ref>
  • Plasketes, George (2010). Play It Again: Cover Songs in Popular Music. Ashgate Popular and Folk Music Series. Ashgate Publishing, Ltd. ISBN 978-0-7546-6809-1.</ref>
  • "Record Reviews". Billboard. August 14, 1948. p. 32.</ref>
  • "Record Reviews". Billboard. October 9, 1948. p. 38.</ref>
  • "The Operator's Pick". Billboard. October 9, 1948.</ref>
  • "Retailer's Pick". Billboard. October 16, 1948.</ref>
  • Re: Marriage of John M. Lathrop and Barbara J. Mitchell, New York County (Manhattan); November 10, 1940; Marriage Certificate No. 49024 (accessible via Ancestry.com; subscription required)</ref>