GOODY GOODELLE-1940s Coconut Grove Club Singer-HER PIANO & INTIMATE SONGS 78rpm 

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Goody Goodelle, Her Piano and Intimate Songs Nightclub Act Recorded in 1949 Album of Four 10" 78 rpm records on the Art Records label
Record Grade: E++ Album Cover is in excellent condition with only slight shelf wear
1a  She's Not The Girl (She Used To Be Before) 1b  Dear Diary 2a  Murphy's Project 2b  The Old Village Cloc 3a  Mr. Brown And Mrs. Brown 3b  Back In The Saddle Again 3c  I Hear You Knockin' 4a  Oui Oui 4b  The Laziest Girl In Town 4c  It's Better Than Takin' In Washin'
Goody Goodelle was a nighclub singer who rose to fame because of a terrible tragedy. On November 28, 1942, one of the worst nightclub fires in American history took place at the famed Cocoanut Grove in Boston. The most elegant club in the city, started in 1927 and taken over a few years later by wealthy gangsters, was destroyed in less than 15 minutes and the blaze claimed the lives of nearly 500 people.
Official reports state that the fire started at about 10:15 p.m. in the dark, intimate Melody Lounge downstairs. A young pianist and singer, Goody Goodelle, was performing on a revolving stage, surrounded by artificial palm trees. It was believed that a young man, possibly a soldier, had removed a light bulb in order to give himself privacy while kissing his date. Stanley Tomaszewski—a 16-year-old busboy—was instructed to put the light back on by retightening the bulb. As he attempted to tighten the light bulb in its socket, the bulb fell from his hand. In the dimly-lit lounge, Tomaszewski, unable to see the socket, lit a match to illuminate the area, found the socket, extinguished the match, and replaced the bulb. Almost immediately, patrons saw something ignite in the canopy of artificial palm fronds draped above the tables (although the official report doubts the connection between the match and the subsequent fire). Despite waiters’ efforts to douse the fire with water, it quickly spread along the fronds of the palm tree, igniting decorations on the walls and ceiling. Flames raced up the stairway to the main level, burning the hair of patrons stumbling up the stairs. A fireball burst across the central dance floor as the orchestra was beginning its evening show. Flames raced through the adjacent Caricature Bar, then down a corridor to the Broadway Lounge. Within five minutes, flames had spread to the main clubroom and the entire nightclub was ablaze. 
Goody Goodelle had been working at the Cocoanut Grove a few weeks and was only 25 at the time of the fire. She miraculously survived by wetting a cloth napkin and breathing through it while she escaped. After a long recovery from the shock and trauma of that night, she returned to the field of entertainment. She recorded this album in 1949.