[78-L] Mr. Fred of the Hummingbird Co.

[David Lennick]

Careful, we don't want to start another race riot..!

The date would be nice..hence, my request of Mr. Diehl who once had all (or a 
lot of) the Personal numbers posted. This isn't in Rust and the Columbia Master 
Books don't list these numbers.

dl

Taylor Bowie wrote:
> Yes,  it is Bernie Cummins,  and is announced as such on the record by the 
> President of the Hummingbird Mills,  a Mr. T. Wilson Fred (that's what he 
> says his name is).
> 
> Mr. Fred also says somewhere on the record that the folks who work at the 
> mills are just like the folks who buy Hummingbird stockings:  "White folks, 
> clean-cut...like you and me."
> 
> The Cummins version of "Sam" is very good,  BTW.
> 
> Funny that I have bought two copies of this record and both times the seller 
> indicated that they had no idea who the orch. was...guess they didn't bother 
> to play the thing!
> 
> Taylor
> 
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "David Lennick" <dlennick at sympatico.ca>
> To: "78L" <78-L at 78online.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, February 04, 2009 3:59 PM
> Subject: [78-L] Columbia Personal info needed
> 
> 
>> Relayed from another list..anyone (initials David Diehl) have info on
>> Columbia Personal 101-P, mx 170275-2, HUMMING BIRD ORCHESTRA..believed to 
>> be
>> Bernie Cummins? The tune is announced (on the other side) as "Little Gypsy
>> Sweetheart" but turns out to be "Sam, the Old Accordion Man".
>>
>> dl