[78-L] Another Columbia question

[Michael Biel]

From: David Lennick <dlennick at sympatico.ca>
> Something about seized Alien Property.

That's what I figured, which is why I thought it might have been
recorded during the war.  Hadn't the property rights been returned by
1948, or were some of the composers confirmed Nazis?


> Eddie is also credited on the Marlin Sisters' "Toolie Oolie Oolie"

Not on the copy I have sitting here in front of me.  

>..which I have actually listened to all the way through, and survived
> (along with drinking Genesee..what's the third death-defying stunt
> I have to perform in order to win eternal life?) but isn't audible
> on it, to my recollection.  dl

You're a better man than I am, Gunga David.  I haven't been able to work
up the courage to even sample that side.  And actually it is titled
"Toolie Oolie Doolie" and is subtitled "(The Yodel Polka)".  There's no
accounting for taste.  Did Ken Griffin record this one also?


RAY KILCOYNE wrote:
> I have that 78 in my vast collection of 200 78's. I don't remember seeing 
> that notation. I can check but it would take hours.

Are you being sarcastic about 200 78s?  Or is that a typo?  I BOUGHT
that many yesterday alone!  

Mike Biel  mbiel at mbiel.com



> Both sides charted in June 1948. This was before Eddie was supposedly 
> discovered by Eddie Cantor, and long before he went into the Army in 1951. 
> So it's more likely something to do with the song YOU CAN'T BE TRUE DEAR 
> which is German, DU KANNST NICHT TREU SEIN. But the war with Germany was 
> over by 1948 so I don't quite get it.
> This version was outsold by Ken Griffin's, I had to get that in.  RayK


From: "Michael Biel"
>> This seems to be the day for questions about Columbia records. This one
>> is a Red label Columbia I picked up yesterday that has a strange credit
>> on it. It is 38211 (mx. CO 38825-1) "You Can't Be True, Dear" by The
>> Marlin Sisters with Eddie Fisher. Accompanied by The Columbians. Eddie
>> Fisher on Columbia is what first sparked my attention. But under that
>> artist credit is "Recorded by special permission of the U.S. Attorney
>> General under license No. E1277". The other side does not include
>> Eddie, nor does it have that permission notice. Does that permission
>> notice have something to do with Eddie (was he in the Armed Forces at
>> the time, for example) or could it have something to do with wartime
>> enemy property such as German or Italian composers or music publishers?
>> The composer credits are Ebeler - Cotton - Otten - Griffin. When was
>> this recorded? Was it during the war? And is this Eddie Fisher's first
>> record, or nearly first record? If it is his first record, is it worth
>> as much as some dealers on E-say seem to think Frank Sinatra's first
>> record is worth?
>>
>> Mike (this one only cost me 50 cents) Biel mbiel at mbiel.com