[78-L] Help identifying an artist/tune

[Andrea Walsh]

OK, thanks.  I'm on a quest for that Victor now.  Yes, just because it's so
corny and something about that "collector instinct" in me is urging me to go
find it and own it, after hearing the Hawthorne-talked-over version for so
many years.  You guys all understand, I'm sure.

Thanks again-

Andrea

On Sun, Jan 4, 2009 at 9:03 AM, David Lennick <dlennick at sympatico.ca> wrote:

> He rerecorded Melody of Love (Why I Love You) along with a few other
> readings
> in August 1948, with organ accompaniment, and these came out on 78s, 45s
> and a
> ten-inch LP on MGM. There was also a Christmas record in a special
> envelope. I
> know I have at least one twelve-incher (maybe two) of him but obviously
> they're
> on other labels...they're likely in the "stuff I've picked up in the last
> 15
> years and haven't filed" section.
>
> Also, we've been misspelling it..it's MacCormack (Rust shows McCormack).
>
> dl
>
> Bud Black wrote:
> > Franklyn MacCormick also recorded "The Ship That Never Sailed" backed by
> > Billy Vaughn's orchestra.  I believe the label was DOT, and the record
> came
> > out sometime in the early or mid fifties.
> >
> > Bud
> >
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