Threaded Thursday: Flipping the Daybreak

Yesterday we enjoyed five versions of the song Daybreak, and it struck me that each of those records also had a very strong flipside. So let’s keep the thread rolling and give those five flips their moment in the sun.

Tommy Dorsey’s Victor disc paired Daybreak with his massive hit There Are Such Things, with The Pied Pipers joining Frank Sinatra on the vocal:

Just a gorgeous record. Nobody could float a ballad quite like Tommy’s band.

Jimmy Dorsey also had a blockbuster on the reverse of his Decca release - Brazil, with Bob Eberly and Helen O’Connell:

Another gem in Jimmy’s run of Latin‑flavored smashes: Bob opens with a slow, romantic chorus, Jimmy slips in an alto sax solo, and Helen brings it home with that bright, rhythmic lift. Ace arranger Tutti Camarata was a wizard at stitching those elements together.

Over on Columbia, the flip of Harry James’ record gives us Manhattan Serenade, sung by the preeminent Helen of the band era - Helen Forrest:

Harry and Helen were simply unbeatable together!

Bob Carroll returns on Capitol with Gordon Jenkins for There Will Never Be Another You:

This one comes from the 20th Century Fox Sonja Henie film Iceland, written by the powerhouse team of Mack Gordon and Harry Warren, who were on a remarkable streak for Fox at the time.

And finally, we turn over Roberto Inglez’s Parlophone disc to find his take on the Cole Porter classic Begin the Beguine:

You truly never know what’s waiting on the other side of a record. That’s why we always flip ’em over at the Warehouse!