[78-L] Novelty piano recording dates?

[John Rogers]

I don't have recording dates but the matrix numbers may give an estimate:

0EA 5428 was recorded in London on 16 August 1937 so the Vera Guilaroff 
tracks are likely to be early August 1937.

The matrix numbers for the Renara recordings fall into a period around 
October 1935.

For Rossborough, Parlophone 1051 has a likely recording date of around 
February 1938 and Parlophone 1149 around June 1938.

Billy Mayerl recorded a "Crazy Days" medley on 4 September 1937 and the 
matrix number for Rossborough's recording suggests a similar date.  The show 
opened on 14 September.

I suggest you search the online Gramophone magazine archive.

Regards

John Rogers




----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bryan Wright" <bryan at claxtonola.com>
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Sent: Monday, January 05, 2009 9:03 AM
Subject: [78-L] Novelty piano recording dates?


> I'm preparing a CD of female novelty pianists of the 1930s and wonder
> if anyone could supply the recording dates and locations for the
> following titles. I suspect most (if not all) were recorded in
> London, and they don't appear in Laird's "Tantalizing Tingles," so I
> further suspect most are post-1933.
>
> VERA GUILAROFF
> Film Hits Medley - Part 1 (HMV B.D. 446 - mx. OEA5415-1)
> Film Hits Medley - Part 2 (HMV B.D. 446 - mx. OEA5412-1)
>
> RENARA (a.k.a. Renee Cook)
> Two For Tonight Medley - Part 1 (HMV B.D. 303 - mx. OEA2424-1)
> Two For Tonight Medley - Part 2 (HMV B.D. 303 - mx. OEA2425-1)
> Gershwin Medley - Part 1 (HMV B.D. 339 - mx. OEA2414-1)
> Gershwin Medley - Part 2 (HMV B.D. 339 - mx. OEA2415-1)
> Zing! Went The Strings of My Heart (HMV B. 8328 - mx. OEA2053-1)
> Sweet Adeline Medley - Part 1 (HMV B. 8339 - mx. OEA2072-2)
> Sweet Adeline Medley - Part 2 (HMV B. 8339 - mx. OEA2073-1)
>
> PATRICIA ROSSBOROUGH
> Dainty Debutante (Parlophone F 1051 - mx. E 8921-1)
> Piccadilly Playtime (Parlophone F 1051 - mx. E 8920-1)
> Darts and Doubles (Parlophone F1149 - mx. E 9208-1)
> To a Wild Rose (Decca G-20245 - mx. E 8023-1)
> Crazy Days (Odeon O-25 970 - mx. E 8571-1)
> The King of Hearts (Parlophone R 2070 - mx. E 6920-2)
>
> Thank you!
> Bryan W.
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