My Little Dream Girl (1939) - Joe Alexander

from Decca 2923 78 rpm
with Floyd Ray and his orchestra
Music by Anatol Friedland - Lyrics by L. Wolfe Gilbert

[@pamelafranco9003]

I am Joe Alexander ‘s daughter and I’m so blessed to have some information on him. Wonderful singer he passed away 40 years ago. I love you, dad

[@Trombonology]

Floyd Ray's fine outfit deserved greater success. The band signed with Decca after Basie left in '39. Perhaps proper promotion was lacking. As we find, the crew, whose arrangements were primarily the work of the leader, gave new life to this sentimental number dating to 1915. Vocalist Joe Alexander, who handled this oldie with charm, later went on to a solo career at Capitol.