[78-L] Help identifying an artist/tune

[Andrea Walsh]

Hmmm Ok, so if I wanted to find that record, should I look for a Victor by
Wayne King and his Orchestra, or Franklyn MacCormick?  And the title
officially is "Melody Of Love"?  Just clarifying...

Thanks-

Andrea

On Sat, Jan 3, 2009 at 9:28 PM, David Lennick <dlennick at sympatico.ca> wrote:

> Since Bud Black identified AND heard it, I think we're in agreement. I know
> the
> record and there's no rule that says the title of a song or poem actually
> has
> to be part of the lyric. The description and partial title was all I
> needed..this is a well known piece of corn and any hip DJ would have made
> fun
> of it. "Why I Love You" is identified on the label, as I recall, along with
> the
> source (Tony Wons Scrapbook).
>
> dl
>
> Andrea Walsh wrote:
> > Oh, and there is no place in the record where he says "Why I Love You".
>  He
> > says "Because you love me" several times though, which is what leads me
> to
> > believe that might be the title...
> >
> > On Sat, Jan 3, 2009 at 9:20 PM, David Lennick <dlennick at sympatico.ca>
> wrote:
> >
> >> More a problem with my system not liking Windows Media Player..it just
> lays
> >> there. One of these years I'll deal with it. Hey, I identified the
> record
> >> without hearing it so who needs to listen anyway?
> >>
> >> dl
> >>
> >> Andrea Walsh wrote:
> >>> The link works ok for me, it won't work for you?  Sorry!
> >>>
> >>> On Sat, Jan 3, 2009 at 8:47 PM, David Lennick <dlennick at sympatico.ca>
> >> wrote:
> >>>> I can't get the link to work, but could it be Franklyn McCormack
> talking
> >>>> over
> >>>> "Melody of Love"? Famous old Wayne King record. McCormack reads "Why I
> >> Love
> >>>> You" (Victor 27713).
> >>>>
> >>>> dl
> >>>>
> >>>> Andrea Walsh wrote:
> >>>>> I notice several requests here lately asking for help identifying an
> >>>> artist
> >>>>> and/or tune, and I am going to join the ranks.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> There is a record I've only heard on an old Hawthorne aircheck, of a
> >> man
> >>>>> "talking" over a song, I am not sure of the name of the song, but I
> >> think
> >>>>> it's called "Because You Love Me".  I need to know the name of the
> >>>> artist.
> >>>>> I asked around among the likely suspects who might know when I was at
> >> the
> >>>>> last 78 meet in Los Angeles, and no one knew the answer... all I
> could
> >>>>> gather was the name of a similar artist who billed himself as "The
> >>>>> Continental" and had a french accent.  That's not this guy.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> You can hear the record I'm asking about if you click this link,
> which
> >> is
> >>>>> the Hawthorne aircheck I heard it on from August 1947:
> >>>>>
> >>>>> http://www.box.net/shared/pce1yyniov
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Hawthorne plays the song during the first third of the show, and
> talks
> >>>> over
> >>>>> it, as Hawthorne always did, to hilarious effect, but can anyone help
> >> and
> >>>>> tell me who that guy is on the record?  Hawth doesn't back-announce
> >> it...
> >>>>> Just curious...
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Thanks,
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Andrea
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