[78-L] Pairing artists for greater sales

[Michael Biel]

Michael Biel wrote:
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> and the ULTIMATE PAIRING, which resulted in a FABULOUS record that I am 
> surprised nobody has mentioned yet, especially since Lenneck reissued it
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> Jimmy Durante and Helen Traubel !!!  Yes, Jimmy Durante on RCA Victor 
> Red Seal!!    And there's a PICTURE  
> https://www.allposters.com/-sp/Wagnerian-Operatic-Soprano-Helen-Traubel-with-Comedian-Jimmy-Durante-sing-A-Real-Piano-Player-Posters_i3838848_.htm
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>   

Just noticed -- is the unidentified comedian lower down on the page in 
two pictures  Doodles Weaver?

Mike Biel mbiel at mbiel.com
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>> I don't follow Royal's view that a Frankie Laine-Jo Stafford duet doesn't 
>> count,  but that a RWK with a Henry Burr vocal does!?!?!  Burr was a working 
>> free-lance singer who recorded a wide variety of material,  from the early 
>> days into at least the early 30s.  He had a fan base but was not a star in 
>> the sense of Stafford or Laine.  And Kahn,  although largely self-financed 
>> at the start of his career,  was already a major bandleader on record.
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>> As far as  I recall,  no one has mentioned one of the worst "celebrity 
>> artists" parings on 78rpm...the infamous Sinatra-Dagmar sides on Columbia. 
>> Yes,  she was a "star" of sorts,  at least for a few years on TV.
>>
>> Taylor B
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>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Royal Pemberton" <ampex354 at gmail.com>
>> To: "78-L Mail List" <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
>> Sent: Friday, March 27, 2009 2:34 PM
>> Subject: Re: [78-L] Pairing artists for greater sales
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>> One that doesn't count:  Frankie Laine and Jo Stafford; one that
>> might:  Roger Wolfe Kahn with Henry Burr (see Victor 20071-B)....?
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>> On 3/27/09, Bud Black <banjobud at cfl.rr.com> wrote:
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>>> Henry Burr + Billy Murray
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>>> Bud
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>>> -------Original Message-------
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>>> From: Bertrand CHAUMELLE
>>> Date: 3/27/2009 3:52:10 PM
>>> To: 78-L Mail List
>>> Subject: Re: [78-L] Pairing artists for greater sales
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>>> Harry Belafonte + Lena Horne
>>> Harry Belafonte + Myriam Makeba
>>> Harry Belafonte + Nana Mouskouri
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>>> BC
>>> Le 27 mars 09, à 20:44, Julian Vein a écrit :
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>>>> Eartha Kitt and Shorty Rogers.
>>>> Dave Brubeck and Jimmy Rushing.
>>>>
>>>>       Julian Vein
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