"The Melody Lingers On" 

67 OVER HALF A CENTURY + OF MEMORIES 67

March the 11th 2023 records that it was exactly 67 years since Ken Griffin passed away. Half a century and more on, his music continues to entertain and his memory lives on through
these pages and his many devoted fans throughout the World. Ken would have been 110. He claimed that he had recorded enough tunes to last a hundred years. We are now past the
half a century mark.While his career was brief and his life ended far too young, Ken has left behind a legacy of fine music and an organ soundthat will forever be known as the ' Griffin
Sound.' From just one recording 'You Can't Be True, Dear' Ken's star rocketed him to worldwide fame. It may not be burning so brightly after all these years but it is far from
extinguished and it's afterglow will continue as long as his fans and this web site remain and also as long as people, from any generation, enjoy music and song that has real melody.
Long may Ken's memory, as the old tune says 'Linger On'.

"75 YEARS" It will be 75 years on the 31st of December 2023 that Ken published You Can't Be True, Dear and The Cuckoo Waltz. Four early tracks by Ken. The first three
demonstrate his early arrangements, while the fourth demonstrates his later Columbia arrangement for the Hammond of Louisianna Serenade compared to the 1954 arrangement for the
Wurlitzer Electrostatic organ.

13. 02. 13 . My thanks to Wilfred Hosteland who has n advert by Colmba from Billboard magazine of March 6th 1954 in connection with records by Ken at that time. The printwas  is
too small to read the text but I have managed to copy and crop Ken's image from the poster and dispay it here. Wilfred hopes to get a copy from Lirary of Congress or from N.Y. Public
Library, who we hope will be added later. It is interesting seeing Ken introduced as The Wizard Of The Organ, The Miracle Man Of The Organ and now The Wizard of Chicago 58 years
after his death "The Wizrd Of Chicago. It seems that Ken's 'Star' is still glowing fondly.

N.B My apologies for getting this information wrong originally.

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                                         N.B. Ken's new CD List is now a separate page. Link on Heading Below. You can return to this page from within.

KEN'S LATEST AUDIO CD LIST (Update April 2022)

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LATEST NEWS (Click to go to News Page) April 5th 2022.  On the 27th March 2020 we lost Andy Antonczyk. Andy suffered a major heart attack. He was not only a dear friend but everyone who met him had only kind thoughts of a man who went out of his way to genuinly help in all sorts of ways. Click on Link 48 below. During 2022 we also lost Wilfred Hosteland who lived in Bergen, Norway.  He was a deadicated Ken Griffin fan from an early age and added to these web pages with his own section. Wilfred became another dear friend and I will always remember my visit to him and his wife, Bente back in 2006. We shared interest in railways as he was a driver on the Bergen Muntain Railway and I was a mainline train driver in the UK. We were also very keen Ken Griffin fans. Click on link 49 below. 2nd April 2022. Another fine CD collection of Ken's recordings by Submarine Records "Red Sails In The Sunset"  with 28 great tracks is now available. 26th April 2021. Submarine Records has published it's latest CD collection of Kens Hammond recodings. "Music In My Heart" 29 great quality tracks. 30th April 2020. "RADIO GEMS" All Hammond recordings from Transcription discs. Available from Submarine Records. 38 tracks. All New. October 2019. One Disc. "Ken Griffin Back For Christmas" At The Hammond Organ. Available from Submarine Records. March 2019 2 X CD set "Down Melody Lane" is available from Sumarine Records. March 2019. Two CD Ken Griffin collection "Down Memory Lane" from Submarine Records. 62 tracks on the Hammond Organ. 30.01.14. Six new photos of Ken added to the Home Page (Above). 11.12.13. David Cross who is an Austrailan organst has been added to the Organists famour in their own countries & Internationally page. As this page was imbedded within Frank Pugno's Electrnic Organs pages I have moved this page to it's own link 45 on the Home Page. 18. 10. 13  It is with great sadness to report that Frank Pugno died on the 12th September 2013. Frank became a very dear friend and it was a great pleasure to meet him during and over the periods I was in Chicago for the Ken dedication shows. We also shared a number of years exchanging emails and chatting on the phone. I shall miss him and I know that his many friends will also. I have added a page by way of dedication, which you will find at page 44 on the Home Page. I will be pleased to add any comments that you or any members of his family wish to email me. 29.05.13 Fresh photos Of Ken at the Wurlitzer Electrostatic organ (Link 23) below 13. 02. 13. Fresh Photo Of Ken At The Organ 15. 02. 13. New 2-CD Set Available On Pre-Sale from Amazon. 14. 06. 2012 Rondo "The Griffin Years" 14th June 2012 By Bryon Young. (Link 43.) 15. 02. 2011 You Can't Be True, Dear and Love In Bloom mp3 tracks from the Spike Jones Show 1949 (Link 18) 22. 11. 11 N.B. New contact address. See bottom of page. 16. 08. 11 Royce (Doc) Brown. Bob Potts made contact with Royce and learned some news. Link 42.                    Ken Griffin Compositions. This mp3 page has been made permanent at link 41.  13. 08. 10 Discology updated. Most Columbia 78's added, including date of publication. Link 26. My thanks to Bryon Young for the link to the web site showing Columbia recordings. Bryon's page has been updated to show this list and link, at Link 39. You may find this of interest for other Columbia artists.                  N.B. Link 28 is a blank link due to work not yet beings started on the Album photo collection.

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