Frank Comstock (Part 2)

By Jeff Sultanof

Read part 1.

As was discussed in Part I, Frank Comstock was one of Ray Heindorf’s favorite arrangers. Here are some clips from the films he worked on.

• With Plenty of Money and You from She’s Working Her Way Through College (1952) — Vocal by Bonnie Lou Williams (IMDb, discogs) dubbing for Virginia Mayo
• From She’s Back in Broadway — I’ll Take You.
• So This is Love (1953)
• Ray Bolger solo in April in Paris (1953)
• From The Helen Morgan Story (1957), this is The Man I Love — Ann Blyth was dubbed by Gogi Grant.

In a further part, I feature other films Comstock worked on in the 1960s.

Comstock made eight albums with the Hi-Lo’s, among the finest vocal group recordings ever made. Choosing just a few tracks is hard, but someone has to do it.

• Surrey with the Fringe on Top
• Birth of the Blues
• Tenderly
• My Sugar is so Refined
• Don’cha Go ‘Way Mad — with Rosemary Clooney
  
• Life is Just a Bowl of Cherries

Comstock made two albums with Frankie Laine. Below are a couple songs from each:

• Torchin’
  • Torchin’
  • It Only Happens Once
• You Are My Love
  • You are My Love
  • Try a Little Tenderness

Here is the entire album with Alan Copeland, better known as a songwriter and leader of vocal groups.

We continue in Part III with his own albums, and his TV work.

—Jeff Sultanof