Palm Springs Desert Circus 1958 Dean Martin, Jimmy Van Heusen et al Autograph,
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Let's see here.........where to start.
Okay, first, a little bit of background (some of which has been cribbed from the internets):
This single-sided 45 has a song performed by Dean Martin, and written by Jimmy Van Heusen with lyrics by Sammy Cahn and Ray Ryan for the 22nd annual Desert Circus in Palm Springs.
The Desert Circus started in the late 1930s, and 1958 was the first year of many that the Desert Circus saluted a state, in this case Texas. The ultimate goal was to salute all of the then 48 states, concluding in the year 2006, though for some reason, they stopped throwing the party in the 1980s.
In 1958, Ray Ryan and his “Ryan’s Raiders,” made up of Mike Romanoff, Phil Harris, Jimmy Van Heusen, Roberta Linn, Trav Rogers, Frank Bogert, and six others, “invaded” El Paso, Austin, San Antonio, Dallas, and Houston, Texas where they promoted Desert Circus vigilantly, including by the distribution of this record to local disk jockeys. When the Raiders realized their group was made up of an unlucky 13, they kidnapped actor Bill Gargan (They Knew What They Wanted, The Bells of St. Mary’s) and forced him to come along on the trek.
The Raiders traveled to each of these cities in a private DC-3 chartered by Ryan. The Grand Marshal of the event was Texas oilman Glenn McCarthy, selected by Ryan. Events included: a Bavarian Beer Festival, a “Texas night on the town,” staged raiding sorties against local bistros, a luncheon and fashion show at the Ocotillo Lodge, Kangaroo Court at the Desert Inn, dinner and dancing at the Texas Big Top Ball held at Thunderbird Country Club and of course, the annual Desert Circus parade down Palm Canyon Drive.
As you can see, this here copy has been autographed by a cavalcade of the famous:
•William Gargan: Film, television and radio actor.
•Ray Ryan: Gambler, oilman, promoter, and developer.
•Roberta Linn: Singer and entertainer.
•Phil Harris: Comedian, actor, singer, jazz musician, orchestra leader, pioneer in radio situation comedy, and voice actor in animated films.
•And......Jimmy van Heusen, a composer who wrote songs for recording, films, television and theater, and won an Emmy and four Academy Awards for Best Original Song (he was nominated for 26 Academy Awards, more than any other songwriter in history!).
This is a pretty cool correspondence of events, formats, and autographs, so if you get it, you get it.
Let me know if you have any questions or comments.
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