[78-L] Irving Kaufman Party Record???

Taylor Bowie bowiebks at isomedia.com
Sat Jan 17 17:01:44 PST 2009


Thanks,  David.  I noticed that you don't list the Sterling label on your 
party record web site,  so I'm assuming that most of their stuff is Yiddish 
or other ethnic material?

Taylor B



----- Original Message ----- 
From: <davdieh at aol.com>
To: <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
Sent: Saturday, January 17, 2009 3:49 PM
Subject: Re: [78-L] Irving Kaufman Party Record???


>
> There's also
>
> Sterling 5003??? Moe the Schmo Plays Golf/Moe the Schmo takes a Rest
> I think these date from around 1946
> David Diehl
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> -----Original Message-----
> Thanks for the link,  David.  I wasn't aware of your Blue Page web site
>
>
> which has a lot of great info on "party records."
>
> Perhaps you or someone can fill me in on the details of a sort of
> "semi-party" record I just received in the mail:
>
>
> Sterling 5002.  Moe the Schmo Makes Love b/w Moe The Schmo Takes a Rhumba
> Lesson.  Irving Kaufman and his Musical Schmos.  Musical Direction - Ruby
> Melnick.
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>
> It's also labeled Yiddish Comedy Song  Parts 1/2,  but has a fair amount 
> of
> double entendre humor,  as well as little bits of what sounds like a great
> klezmer-style band.  Not to mention the wonderful sound of our old pal
> Irving singing and speaking in Yiddish and English...a great record.
>
> Any one know if there are other records like this on Sterling,  or other
> Kaufman records from this same period,  which I'm guessing is ca. 1948?
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>
> Thanks from Taylor B.
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> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: <davdieh at aol.com>
> To: <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
> Sent: Saturday, January 17, 2009 11:24 AM
> Subject: Re: [78-L] Frances Williams
>
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>> Here's a link to the Marconi Bros. label but I don't have the disc 
>> itself.
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>>
>> http://www.hensteeth.com/marconibros.html
>>
>> David Diehl
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Harold Aherne" <leotolstoy_75 at yahoo.com>
>> To: <78-L at 78online.com>
>> Sent: Saturday, January 17, 2009 11:05 AM
>> Subject: [78-L] Frances Williams
>>
>>
>> I can't directly answer the question about where Frances Williams'
>> recording
>> of
>> "A Sunny Disposish" comes from--I don't have the CED handy--but I did
>> transcribe which
>> labels she recorded for at which points, and others can probably fill in
>> the
>> details.
>>
>> Victor: 1925 and 1928 (tests)
>> Brunswick: 1928-29
>> Columbia: 1933 (rejected, issued on LP)
>> Marconi: 1937
>>
>> I honestly don't know what that last item is; I've never seen a Marconi
>> label mentioned
>> in the various label guides.
>>
>> Frances Williams is, I believe, the blonde singer belting out the title
>> song
>> in "Hollywood Party" (1934). She was quite active on Broadway from the 
>> 20s
>> through early 40s, but her
>> film work was mostly limited to short subjects and guest appearances.
>>
>> -Harold
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