Music On A Silver Platter - Mary Kaye Trio

 

Love For Sale

Music On A Sliver Platter

The Mary Kaye Trio

With Orchestra Directed by Russ Garcia and Bud Conion

Cover Concept by Benne

Decca Records DL 8454

From the back cover: The Mary Kaye Trio is one of the newest and most rewarding of small groups. although its success is comparatively recent, the individual from whom it got its name has been around since babyhood. Mary Kaye was exactly three years old when she made her debut at a St. Louis Carnival. She did a precociously seductive hula dance while her brother Norman, a showman of six, played the ukulele. Their father was also in the act – trouping all over St. Louis in the evenings and keeping busy during the day in school, doing homework, and rehearsing new numbers.

Meanwhile they won almost every prize offered by amateur theatrical and radio contests in the neighborhood. Mary and Norman were a duo until they reached their early teens. Then, with their father, a former swimming champion, they became a trio. They called themselves the Royal Hawaiians, specializing in the traditional island music. Afterwards they began to introduce more and more hit songs into their act and were becoming a popular organization when, in 1943, Norman went into the Army. His place was taken by an accordionist Frankie Ross (born Biagio Ross Salvatore Bolgna); when father Kaye left the group, he was replaced by a young bass player, Julie Pursley. 

Two year later there was another switch: Norman got out of the service and Julie got into the army. Norman rejoined the group, now known as the Mary Kaye Trio, and when Julie returned to civilian life, Julie was signed on as road manager for the trio. A year later he and Mary were married; they now have one son. As might be gathered from the foregoing data, the group is a tightly knit family affair. Norman is the most versatile musician of the organization. Besides possessing a large and mellow baritone, he performs on a wide variety of instruments, including trombone, vibraharp, piano, bass, guitar, alto horn and, of course, the ukulele, which he has played ever since he was old enough to hold one. He is also the composer of about one hundred tunes. Frankie Ross not only provides the comedy for the act but is expert at the accordion. Mary is a virtuoso on the Spanish guitar and is also a singer who has developed a style distinctively her own. Together they are a trio who have become one of the country's most exciting groups –  young, versatile, and immediately likable. 

The popularity of the group has been attested by critics as well as countless audiences. The Mary Kaye Trio's previous album, "A Night In Las Vegas" (Decca DL 8238), was unreservedly acclaimed. The new recordings in this album that this interesting threesome is not only in tune with the times, but typical of the younger musicians of their generation.

All The Things You Are

Come Rain Or Come Shine

Laura

Fools Rush In

Add Another Leaf

Almost Like Being In Love

(I'm Afraid) The Masquerade Is Over

Love For Sale

Lonely Town

Save Your Sorrow

I'm In Love With A Stranger

Without A Song