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

Royal Pemberton ampex354 at gmail.com
Sat Jan 17 17:14:48 PST 2009


I was wondering if it was the same Sterling that first put Hank
Williams on record?

On 1/18/09, Taylor Bowie <bowiebks at isomedia.com> wrote:
> 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
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> -----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.
>>
>>
>> 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?
>>
>>
>> Thanks from Taylor B.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> ----- 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
>>
>>
>>> Here's a link to the Marconi Bros. label but I don't have the disc
>>> itself.
>>>
>>>
>>> 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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