JETTE SATIN

KORLA PANDIT AND JETTE SATIN

On several Vita recordings Korla accompanied a young female singer, called "Jette Satin". Miss Satin, who was of Mexican-Italian descent, was in fact Gerri Garcia, the niece of Marie Mancusco. Beryl and Korla discovered Gerri singing at Tom Breneman's on Vine Street. This was where the "Breakfast in Hollywood" and "Hollywood Holiday" ABC Radio shows, on which Korla appeared in 1948, were broadcast live on a daily basis.

The Pandits created the name and persona "Jette Satin" for Gerri, and saw to it she recorded several songs with Korla on the Vita label. Those songs include: Lover Come Back To Me, It's A Sin To Tell A Lie, Remembering, There's A Story Goin' Round, Tonight You Belong To Me and You Belong To My Heart. As far as we know these are the only songs on which she was accompanied by Korla Pandit on piano and organ. It is unknown if Jette Satin recorded any other material under this, her own or another name.

The photograph of Jette Satin and Korla Pandit used on this page, is the only known picture of her. If you have other photographs of Jette Satin, please contact us.

Listed here is the known discography of Jette Satin. No one knows whatever happened to Miss Garcia. If you have any information, we'd love to hear from you!

JETTE SATIN DISCOGRAPHY

78 RPM 10" SINGLES:

1 THEY SAY (TONIGHT YOU BELONG TO ME) / REMEMBERING (Vita 220)

2 LOVER COME BACK TO ME / IT'S A SIN TO TELL A LIE (Vita 228)

3 THERE'S A STORY GOING ROUND / YOU BELONG TO MY HEART (Vita 230)

45 RPM 7" SINGLES:

1 LOVER COME BACK TO ME / IT'S A SIN TO TELL A LIE (Vita 45-228)

2 THERE'S A STORY GOING ROUND / YOU BELONG TO MY HEART (Vita 45-230)

33 RPM 10" ALBUMS:

1 MERRY XMAS (Vita LP-16 released 1951)

Jette Satin sings on several songs on this album.

From Variety Weekly Edition, Wednesday, June 20, 1951 (page 48):

Inside Orchestras - Music

Mills Music has ordered Vita Records to withdraw from the market a released billed "They Say," which Mills Music claims is merely the old Billy Rose-Lee David ballad "Tonight You Belong To Me" decked out in a new tag and new lyrics. Vita disk was chirped by a femme thrush and played by Korla Pandit, organist on KTLA, Coast telestation. The Vita platter attracted some attention in the Pacific Northwest. Mills order to withdraw the platter pointing out that neither Vita nor Pandit had asked permission to etch "Tonight" or to alter it. Pub's burn was more sizzling since a reprise campaign on "Tonight" is currently underway. Peggy Lee has a new Capitol version out
and Hadda Brooks has waxed it for Modern.

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