[78-L] the Tragic Death of Nat M. Wills

[bruce78rpm at comcast.net]

My favorite Wills Parody is this bizarre and crazy song called "There never was a girl like you", about a man smuggling Cheese across the sea, disguised as his dead wife in a coffin !!" Yes it's for real, here it is. 

http://ia300115.us.archive.org/3/items/NatMWills/NatMWills-ParodyThereNeverWasaGirlLikeYou.mp3 
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Lennick" <dlennick at sympatico.ca> 
To: "78-L Mail List" <78-l at klickitat.78online.com> 
Sent: Monday, March 2, 2009 10:33:25 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern 
Subject: Re: [78-L] the Tragic Death of Nat M. Wills 

Folks always cite "No News" (in fact it became the title and basis for a Ray 
Bradbury story) but the first Nat Wills record I ever found was a 
twelve-incher, "Hortense At The Skating Rink". Recorded in 1908 and still funny. 

dl 

Andrea Walsh wrote: 
> No... sorry... just a few 78's! 
> 
> On Mon, Mar 2, 2009 at 5:27 PM, Michael Biel <mbiel at mbiel.com> wrote: 
> 
>> Andrea Walsh wrote: 
>>> How very sad, I never knew that about Wills. 
>>> 
>> Which means you do not have a copy of the Archeophone CD set of Wills 
>> recordings. 
>> 
>> Mike Biel mbiel at mbiel.com 
>>> On Mon, Mar 2, 2009 at 2:27 PM, <bruce78rpm at comcast.net> wrote: 
>>> 
>>> 
>> http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9900E4DB1E3AE433A25753C1A9649D946696D6CF 
>>>> Here is an interesting News Article that I turned up from the Archives 
>> of 
>>>> the New York Times circa 1917, regarding the death of Nat M. Wills the 
>>>> famous comedy star on many records in the early 1900's, perhaps best 
>> known 
>>>> for "No News or What killed the Dog". 
>>>> 
>>>> Bruce 
>> ________________________ 
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