[78-L] Mon Collecion incluye les 78s de Quebec!

[Bill McClung]

One of the (many) joys of 78s collecting is finding a song done in really
different styles.  Chuck Berry's Thirty Days done by Ernest Tubb.  Hound
Dog done by Billy Starr and Jack Turner and Betsy Gay and Little Esther and
Big Mama Thornton and Elvis and Tommy Duncan.   Sixty Minute man by the
Dominoes and the York Brothers.  And many, many more.

Another joy is finding the language crossover.  In the late 40s and early
50s there was a huge demand for Spanish language juke box records in south
Texas and local labels and local bands came together to produc records with
both original songs and covers of the hits of the day.  I'm having a blast
hearing what's on these.

Hearing about the Coasters in French and Mary Ann in Jamaican style is
great fun.  


> [Original Message]
> From: agp <agp2176 at verizon.net>
> To: 78-L Mail List <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
> Date: 4/10/2009 11:13:33 AM
> Subject: [78-L] Mon Collecion incluye les 78s de Quebec!
>
> Gee -- I'm on a roll with nifty records today . just got two goodies 
> in the mail.
>
> First one is Mary Ann by Sir Lancelot on Fiesta, out of New York 
> City. Yep -- the track covered by Terry Gilkyson and the Easy Riders 
> on Columbia in 1957.
>
> But the one I'm really interested in, and for religious reasons that 
> I won't go into, won't listen to until tomorrow, is a Quebecois 78 on 
> Fleur de Lys (out of Montreal) called Pis Apres? by Lionel et Pierre. 
> So, why should this be son interesting, you might ask. (well, you 
> might!) Well -- its because it isa French language cover of Along 
> Came Jones as done by The Coasters.
>
> This one is the sort of thing that makes collecting a thrill, for I 
> have a group that I know nothing about on a regional label. My guess, 
> base on my scant reserach is that Lionel et Pierre were very very 
> popular in Quebec and continued to as such through the 60s. It seems 
> that they were more country than R&B.
>
> Anyone here have any insight on the Qubecois music scene in the late 50s?
>
> Tony
>
>
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