[78-L] Sam Ash on Grey Gull

[bruce78rpm at comcast.net]

The biography mentions that Sam the record store guy was born in 1897, so he still would have been a teenager, when Sam the singer was doing his Vaudeville thing and vocalizing in the early 19 teens. In 1915 Sam the Record store guy would have been just 18, When Sam the singer was recording for Columbia, certainly possible but a bit unusual. The Biography mentions only his passion for the Violin, but never mentions that he had any singing ability. Of course one can never trust the true accuracy Wikipedia. Perhaps there is a more complete and accurate biography of Sam the Record Store fellow that will shed some more light on this. 
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Donna Halper" <dlh at donnahalper.com> 
To: "78-L Mail List" <78-l at klickitat.78online.com> 
Sent: Tuesday, March 31, 2009 7:50:10 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern 
Subject: Re: [78-L] Sam Ash on Grey Gull 

At 04:02 PM 3/31/2009, Bruce wrote: 
>Here is a brief biography of Sam the record store fellow. It 
>mentions that he formed a local orchestra the played Jewish gigs in 
>the New York area, but does not mention any recordings. 
> 
>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Ash 

Well, I wonder if there are two guys named Sam Ash. The one I've 
found written about in the newspapers in the early 19-teens is 
described as a vaudevillian and vocalist, but is he the same guy who 
founded the record store? The Sam Ash in the newspaper articles did 
make records-- quite a few of them. I found him recording for 
Columbia Records in 1915-- he was listed as a tenor on "Moonlight on 
the Rhine" in May, and in June, he was in the newspaper ads as the 
vocalist on "Virginia Lee." Newspaper ads in 1916 listed other songs 
he recorded. What I don't know is why he went from Columbia, which 
presumably paid real money, to Grey Gull which often did not... And I 
wonder if this Sam Ash, the performer and entertainer, is in any way 
the same guy who opened the record store... 

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