{"id":7000,"date":"2025-07-29T01:31:16","date_gmt":"2025-07-28T19:31:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/falseducks.com\/theblahg\/?p=7000"},"modified":"2025-07-31T00:02:21","modified_gmt":"2025-07-30T18:02:21","slug":"hey-remember-that-addendum-blahg-about-dottie-reid-where-i-said-i-might-have-to-write-an-addendum-blahg-to-the-addendum-blahg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/falseducks.com\/theblahg\/?p=7000","title":{"rendered":"HEY, REMEMBER THAT ADDENDUM BLAHG ABOUT DOTTIE REID WHERE I SAID I MIGHT HAVE TO WRITE AN ADDENDUM BLAHG TO THE ADDENDUM BLAHG?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Dottie<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0Almost two years ago on August 19, 2023 I penned a blahg entitled\u00a0WHATEVER HAPPENED TO THAT BLAHG ON DOTTIE REID?<\/a> In it I detailed what I could find about the singer Dottie Reid.\u00a0 Part of what I wrote at the time stated:\u00a0 “It\u2019s hard to create a definitive list of Dottie Reid\u2019s recordings because I have not found an official discography. From the BandChirp biography of Dottie and the obituary above, we can note that she made recordings with Benny Goodman, Muggsy Spanier, and Buddy Rich plus the recording with Johnny Blowers and Gang.”\u00a0\u00a0<\/em>I also noted that she had recorded with Johnny Richards’ band on “I’m Gonna See My Baby” from December 4th, 1944.\u00a0 A good resource to find out about vocalists with big bands is the website, www.bandchirps.com.\u00a0 Here’s the information they provided about Dottie Reid for the 1944\/1945 period:\u00a0 <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Reid was back on the bandstand by February 1944 with Robin Mohr\u2019s orchestra. In July she was with Herbie Fields, but by October she was singing for Johnny Richards, with whom she recorded. A review at the time said Reid looked bored in Richards\u2019 band and had bad stage manners. In April 1945, she joined George Paxton\u2019s outfit, though she was dropped after less than a month. She then joined Randy Brooks in early June but stayed only a few days, leaving to tour with Benny Goodman for seven weeks. She made two recordings with the King of Swing.<\/em><\/h4>\n

So why am I bringing this all up again and why is the title to this blahg so long?\u00a0 Good questions.\u00a0 Read on.\u00a0 <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0 The current Dottie Reid update is not directly tied to that first blahg I wrote on her.\u00a0 In fact, I wrote a follow-up blahg, HEY, REMEMBER THAT BLAHG ABOUT DOTTIE REID I FINALLY WROTE?<\/a>, where I posted some live remotes she had performed with the Buddy Rich Orchestra in 1946.\u00a0 I had not acquired them when I wrote the first blahg but later received them and highlighted them in the second blahg.\u00a0 I also mentioned a couple of songs she recorded on the Tonex label in 1953 and said “I could find no updates for the Tonex recordings but I\u2019ll keep looking. Maybe someday I\u2019ll find those recordings and have to pen another addendum blahg with the title, \u201cHEY, REMEMBER THAT ADDENDUM BLAHG ABOUT DOTTIE REID WHERE I SAID I MIGHT HAVE TO WRITE AN ADDENDUM BLAHG TO THE ADDENDUM BLAHG?\u201d<\/em>\u00a0 Sorry, I haven’t found the Tonex recordings but I did find something else that warranted me dusting off the long Addendum title for this new blahg.\u00a0 <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0There is a reason why I posted about the 1944\/1945 period earlier in this blahg and specifically how she had been associated with the Johnny Richards band.\u00a0 I was doing some research, trying to locate the two Tonex recordings when I came across a listing for a Victory Parade of Spotlight Bands from March 10, 1945 featuring the Johnny Richards band with Dottie Reid doing a couple of vocals.\u00a0 I found an advertisement for the appearance but it didn’t mention Dottie Reid:\u00a0 <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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I was able to find the entire show and was able to confirm that Dottie Reid was on the program and sang “A Little On The Lonely Side” and “I’ve Got To See My Baby.”\u00a0 The latter song was the one she recorded with Richards’ outfit on December 4th, 1944.\u00a0 Here’s that recorded version:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\nhttps:\/\/archive.org\/download\/78_im-gonna-see-my-baby_johnny-richards-and-his-orchestra-dottie-reid-phil-moore_gbia0114496a\/I%27m%20Gonna%20See%20My%20Baby%20-%20Johnny%20Richards%20and%20his%20Orchestra.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n

And now here’s the full Victory Parade of Spotlight Bands from March 10, 1945:\u00a0 <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n