Sidney Torch

AI want to be snappy
B(2 sides)

Label: Columbia
Catalogue number: FB1261
Genre: Instrumental
Condition: Very good+
Format: 78rpm shellac disc, 10 inch unless noted
Reference: #6884

Sidney Torch, a prolific British organist and composer, recorded "I Want to Be Snappy" for Columbia's FB-series, likely in the 1930s.

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