Have A Gluey Christmas

Have A Gluey Christmas

Georgie Holiday (r.n. Joseph Giorgio), a comic entertainer, has performed extensively in and around Boston, Massachusetts from the forties to the eighties.  The first mention of him I've found is from 1947 describing the artist as "the fantastically funny GEORGIE HOLIDAY".  Last mention is from 1980 : Sheraton Regency Resort Hotel: Floor show roster includes.singer Gayle Short, comic Georgie Holiday and Frankie Capri (the Italian Sammy Davis Jr ) plus the Jane Leonard Quartet for dancing.

The Date single, first issued for Christmas 1966, was re-issued the following year and reviewed by Cash Box :

“LITTLE” GEORGIE HOLIDAY (Date 1541)

Have A Gluey Christmas (3:11) [Razzle Dazzle, BMI-Holiday, Trovato]

Weird sense of humor on the part of a “child” sets up a funny side that

stands a chance of copping novelty honors for this year’s Christmas

sales. High-voiced lead, soft choral backdrop and a quaint ork sound make

for a wild bit of change-of-pace spinning. Flip: “Clarence the Cross-Eyed

Bear” (2:10) [Same credits.]

Cash Box — November 18, 1967

The Date label, a subsidiary of Columbia Records, promoted independently produced recordings as opposed to Columbia's in-house productions. This Date single was one of the earliest Eastern Productions, a firm formed in 1966  by singer & songwriter Teddy Randazzo.

Randazzo Forms Eastern Productions

NEW YORK — Eastern Productions,

an independent record production firm,

has been formed bv Teddy Randazzo.

The company will headquarter at

1631 Broadway (PL 7-7630). The

new enterprise will focus on and in-

corporate elements of Eastern music

in its disk productions.

Artists signed by Eastern to date

include Jeff Monn & the Third Bardo

and John Power & the Facts of Life.

A disk by the former group is due

for release shortly. Randazzo is ne-

gotiating pacts with several labels.

Producers for Eastern, in addition to

Randazzo, are Victoria Pike and Rusty

Evans.

Cash Box, 26 November 1966