Practical Joker

The Blue Jays

Practical Joker
(Gartman-Martin)

Roulette 4169
1959

Kenny Martin, one of the songwriter, seems to have worked exclusively for Stan Feldman and Ed Portnoy, who owned the tiny New-York Ivy label.

Ivy Records produced a number of masters - not released on their label - but leased to bigger labels such as ABC-Paramount subsidiary Apt Records (The Stereophonics, The Cavaliers, Bobby Baron, The Forevers), Gone subsidiary Mark-X (The Rhythm Aces), Petite (The Flints), Roulette (The Ivies) etc.

It's quite likely that the Blue Jays' Roulette sides were cut as well by Ivy Records.



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