Shep Fields

Shep Fields (ur. 12 września 1910r Brooklyn, New York- zm. 23 lutego 1981r Los Angeles) był liderem zespołu "Shep Fields and His Rippling Rhythm", orkiestry podczas ery big bandów w latach 30-tych.
Urodził się jako Saul Feldman na Brooklynie, Nowy Jork, 12 września 1910 roku, a nazwisko panieńskie jego matki brzmiało Sowalski. Edward Fields, producent wykładzin oraz Freddie Fields byli jego braćmi. Ich ojciec zmarł w wieku 39 lat.
Grał na klarnecie i saksofonie tenorowym w zespołach w czasie studiów. W 1931 roku grał w Roseland Ballroom . W 1933 roku poprowadził zespół, który grał w Grossinger's Catskill Resort Hotel. W 1934 roku zastąpił Jacka Denny'ego w orkiestrze podczas występów w Hotel Pierre w Nowym Jorku . Opuścił Hotel Pierre i przyłączył się do objazdowej grupy z tancerzami, Veloz and Yolanda . W 1936 roku dostał kontrakt w chicagowskim Palmer House ,z którego koncerty były transmitowane w radio.
Dźwięk wydmuchiwanych bąbelków w saturatorze stał się jego znakiem firmowym, który otwierał każdy z jego koncertów.Zaproponował konkurs dla fanów w Chicago na nową nazwę dla zespołu Fieldsa, zgodnie z nowym brzmieniem. Słowo "falujący" zasugerowano najczęściej,stąd w nazwie bandu "Rhythm Rippling".
W 1936 r. otrzymał kontrakt płytowy z Bluebird Records . Jego hity m.in. "Cathedral in the Pines", "Did I Remember?" i " Thanks for the Memory ". W 1937 roku Fields zastąpił Paula Whitemana w jego audycji radiowej o nazwie The Rippling Rhythm Revue z Bobem Hope jako spikerem. W 1938 roku Fields i Hopewystapili w swoim pierwszym pełnometrażowym filmie, The Big Broadcast of 1938 .
W 1941 roku Fields dokonał reorganizacji zespołu wystepując bez sekcji dętej. "Shep Fields and His New Music",występował z udziałem wokalisty Kena Curtisa . Powrócił do "Rippling Rytm" w 1947 roku.
Grupa rozpadła się w 1963 roku.Fields przeniósł się do Houston w Teksasie , gdzie pracował jako disc jockey . Później pracował w Creative Management Associates ze swoim bratem Freddie w Los Angeles . Zmarł 23 lutego 1981 roku w Cedars-Sinai Medical Center w Los Angeles na zawał serca . On został pochowany na Mount Hebron Cemetery w Nowym Jorku. 

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Tytuł	Wykonawca	Data wydania	UK	US	Wytwórnia [US]	Komentarz
On the Beach at Bali Bali/Do You or Don't You Love Me	Shep Fields And His Rippling Rhythm Orchestra	07.1936	-	17[1]	Bluebird 6417	[written by Al Sherman, Abner Silver & Jack Meskill]
Did I Remember?/ Sittin' in the Sand A-Sunnin'	Shep Fields And His Rippling Rhythm Orchestra	08.1936	-	1[4][12]	Bluebird 6476	[written by Harold Adamson & Walter Donaldson]
You Came To My Rescue?/I'm Talking Through My Heart	Shep Fields And His Rippling Rhythm Orchestra	10.1936	-	A:19[1];B:16[3]	Bluebird 6547	[written by Arthur Johnston,Johnny Burke][piosenki z filmu "Big Broadcast of 1937"]
Easy to Love / I've Got You Under My Skin	Shep Fields And His Rippling Rhythm Orchestra	10.1936	-	13[2]	Bluebird 6592	[written by Cole Porter][piosenka z filmu "Born To Dance"]
One,Two,Button Your Shoe	Shep Fields And His Rippling Rhythm Orchestra	11.1936	-	12[2]	Bluebird 6604	[written by Arthur Johnston,Johnny Burke][piosenka z filmu "Pennies from Heaven"]
In the Chapel in the Moonlight / You're Ev'rything Sweet	Shep Fields And His Rippling Rhythm Orchestra	11.1936	-	1[2][15]	Bluebird 6640	[written by Billy Hill]
It's De-Lovely / Wintertime Dreams	Shep Fields And His Rippling Rhythm Orchestra	11.1936	-	9[9]	Bluebird 6639	[written by Cole Porter][piosenka z musicalu na Broadway'u "Red,Hot and Blue"]
There's Something in the Air / Where the Lazy River Goes By	Shep Fields And His Rippling Rhythm Orchestra	12.1936	-	5[11]	Bluebird 6683	[written by Harold Adamson,Jimmy McHugh][piosenka z filmu "Banjo On My Knee"]
Goodnight,My Love	Shep Fields And His Rippling Rhythm Orchestra	02.1937	-	9[4]	Bluebird 6685	[written by Mack Gordon,Harry Revel][piosenka z filmu "We're not dressing"]
On a Little Bamboo Bridge	Shep Fields And His Rippling Rhythm Orchestra	02.1937	-	10[8]	Bluebird 6781	[written by Archie Fletcher & Al Sherman]
This Year's Kisses	Shep Fields And His Rippling Rhythm Orchestra	02.1937	-	5[6]	Bluebird 6757	[written by Irving Berlin][piosenka z filmu "On The Avenue"]
Moonlight and Shadows / Dedicated to You	Shep Fields And His Rippling Rhythm Orchestra	03.1937	-	3[9]	Bluebird 6803	[written by Frederick Hollander & Leo Robin][piosenka z filmu "Jungle Princess"]
When My Dream Boat Comes Home	Shep Fields And His Rippling Rhythm Orchestra	03.1937	-	10[4]	Bluebird 6661	[written by Dave Franklin & Cliff Friend]
Let's Call the Whole Thing Off	Shep Fields And His Rippling Rhythm Orchestra	05.1937	-	16[1]	Bluebird 6878	[written by George Gershwin & Ira Gershwin][piosenka z filmu "Shall We Dance?"]
You're Here, You're There (You're Everywhere)/When Two Love Each Other	Shep Fields And His Rippling Rhythm Orchestra	05.1937	-	A:12[2];B:13[4]	Bluebird 69317	-
Little Old Lady	Shep Fields And His Rippling Rhythm Orchestra	05.1937	-	8[4]	Bluebird 6747	[written by Hoagy Carmichael & Stanley Adams][piosenka z musicalu na Broadway'u "The Show Is On"]
It Looks Like Rain in Cherry Blossom Lane	Shep Fields And His Rippling Rhythm Orchestra	05.1937	-	6[8]	Bluebird 6953	[written by Edgar Leslie & Joe Burke]
The Merry-Go-Round Broke Down / That's When Your Heartaches Begin	Shep Fields And His Rippling Rhythm Orchestra	06.1937	-	1[2][8]	Bluebird 7015	[written by Cliff Friend & Dave Franklin]
That Old Feeling / Lovely One	Shep Fields And His Rippling Rhythm Orchestra	08.1937	-	1[4][14]	Bluebird 7066	[written by Sammy Fain & Lew Brown][piosenka z filmu "Vogues of 1938"]
The Moon Got in My Eyes	Shep Fields And His Rippling Rhythm Orchestra	08.1937	-	11[4]	Bluebird 7099	[written by Arthur Johnston & Johnny Burke][piosenka z filmu "Double Or Nothing"]
I Still Love to Kiss You Goodnight	Shep Fields And His Rippling Rhythm Orchestra	10.1937	-	6[4]	Bluebird 7139	[written by Walter Bullock & Harold Spina][piosenka z filmu "Fifty-Second Street"]
Nice Work If You Can Get It/Foggy Day in London Town	Shep Fields And His Rippling Rhythm Orchestra	10.1937	-	8[7]	Bluebird 7195	[written by George Gershwin & Ira Gershwin][piosenka z filmu "A Damsel In Distress"]
You Took the Words Right Out of My Heart	Shep Fields And His Rippling Rhythm Orchestra	12.1937	-	15[1]	Bluebird 7304	-
Thanks for the Memory/Mama, That Moon is Here Again	Shep Fields And His Rippling Rhythm Orchestra	12.1937	-	A:1[4][14];B:10[7]	Bluebird 7318	[A:written by Ralph Rainger & Leo Robin][B:written by Leo Robin & Ralph Rainger][piosenki z filmu "The Big Broadcast of 1938"]
Whistle While You Work	Shep Fields And His Rippling Rhythm Orchestra	01.1938	-	5[6]	Bluebird 7343	[written by Frank Churchill & Larry Morey][piosenka z filmu "Snow White and The Seven Dwarts"]
Cathedral in the Pines / Good Evenin', Good Lookin'	Shep Fields And His Rippling Rhythm Orchestra	05.1938	-	1[3][10]	Bluebird 7553	[written by Charles Kenny & Nick Kenny]
An Old Curiosity Shop	Shep Fields And His Rippling Rhythm Orchestra	01.1939	-	20[1]	Bluebird 10 056	[written by Sam Coslow, Abner Silver & Guy Wood]
South of the Border (Down Mexico Way)	Shep Fields And His Rippling Rhythm Orchestra	10.1939	-	1[5][18]	Bluebird 10 376	[written by Jimmy Kennedy & Michael Carr]
Mene Mene Tekel	Shep Fields And His Rippling Rhythm Orchestra	02.1940	-	19[1]	Bluebird 10 546	-
Down Argentina Way/Moon Over Burma	Shep Fields And His Rippling Rhythm Orchestra	11.1940	-	A:18[6];B:26[1]	Bluebird 10 866	[A:written by Harry Warren & Mack Gordon][B:written by Frank Loesser & Frederick Hollander][piosenka z filmu "Down Argentina Way"]
City Called Heaven / It's You Again	Shep Fields And His Rippling Rhythm Orchestra	11.1941	-	24[1]	Bluebird 11 255	[written by Bob Warren]
Breathless/I Threw a Kiss in the Ocean	Shep Fields & His New Music	06.1942	-	13[1]	Bluebird 11 497	[written by Ken Curtis]
Jersey Bounce	Shep Fields & His New Music	07.1942	-	15[1]	Bluebird 11 490	[written by Tiny Bradshaw, Eddie Johnson, Bobby Plater & Buddy Feyne]
Please Think of Me / Take It Slow	Shep Fields & His New Music	03.1943	-	15[3]	Bluebird 0807	[written by Davis, Morgan & Murray]