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

[Bud Black]

I know that Byron G. Harlan also recorded this song for Edison, but was it
the parody or the original song?

Bud 
 
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From: bruce78rpm at comcast.net
Date: 3/3/2009 7:31:59 AM
To: 78-L Mail List
Subject: Re: [78-L] the Tragic Death of Nat M. Wills
 
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>
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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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