Joe Derise Sings.

I have never heard of this singer so it's a first of the forgotten Male singers...Introducing "Joe Derise " !!

A pianist and vocalist who recorded for Bethlehem in the '50s, then resurfaced in the late '70s and was very active during the '80s. Derise played in a bebop style, though he also recorded with a big band and even with The Australian Jazz Quartet. But most of his dates were with a small combo.

Derise became a band vocalist with Tommy Dorsey at the age of 21 and then worked as a guitarist, singer and arranger with the Claude Thornhill Orchestra in 1948-50 ("Easy Does It", V-Disc , 1948). In the same year he recorded "You Can not Buy Happiness" in a duet with singer Barbara Lynn ..In 1953 he recorded for Bethlehem Records the LP Joe Derise Sings , in which Milt Hinton and Osie Johnson participated and he sang standards such as " It Might be Well Be Spring ", " How Long Has This Been Going On?"  "My Romance ".From 1969 to 1978 he toured with the Diamonds as musical director and vocalist.

          2. It Might As Well Be Spring