{"id":1015,"date":"2009-04-28T02:41:59","date_gmt":"2009-04-28T09:41:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.louielouie.net\/blog\/?p=1015"},"modified":"2009-04-28T19:47:11","modified_gmt":"2009-04-29T02:47:11","slug":"franklin-high-1966-1st-high-school-recording-louie-of-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.louielouie.net\/blog\/?p=1015","title":{"rendered":"Franklin High (1966) – 1st high school recording? – LOUIE of Week"},"content":{"rendered":"

This week, I’m awarding the LOUIE of the Week award to a thrift store special. My pal Jeff Miller<\/strong> of Wiley’s Golden Oldies<\/strong> of Tacoma sent this LP to me. As luck would have it, I’m thinking this could very well be the world’s FIRST high school recording of the iconic melody. <\/p>\n

This is a performance of the Franklin High School Choir Orchestra and Stage Band<\/strong> from the album entitled “The 1966 Bel Cantos Concert.”<\/p>\n

Check out this little video clip I slapped together tonight with some photos of the album and some crusty old public domain footage….<\/p>\n

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There’s nothing on this record to provide information about what part of the United States that this particular “Franklin High School” was based. As people tend to move all over the place, dragging their record collection with them across the country, this could have been from any one of the 50 states, but I’m guessing that this was probably from the “Franklin High School” in Seattle, Washington. Richard Koehler<\/strong> was the choir director, and Waldo King<\/strong> was the band director for this group. Nobody thought about posting the city this school was based, much less a mailing address.<\/p>\n

If you can positively identify which “Franklin High” this band was located, that would be appreciated. <\/p>\n

Maybe you, or someone you know is on this recording? Stranger things have happened…<\/p>\n

UPDATE<\/strong>: Mike Hintze<\/strong> did some research on this album, and this is what he came up with:<\/p>\n

Yes, I think this is Frankiln High School in Seattle. I did a search on Richard Koehler<\/strong> and Waldo King<\/strong>, and got several hits on Waldo King – mostly from articles in the Seattle Times. Turns out he was a jazz music education pioneer in Seattle. Was at Roosevelt High School for a number of years. Didn\u2019t find a direct mention of him at Franklin, but its a logical conclusion that this is the same guy.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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