[78-L] Early announcers on records, was Clamp 'em down agin, Paw

[GENE JOSLIN]

Also remember the dj routines where they'd play Franklin McCormack recitations, inserting dialog as they went long, i.e.:
McCormack:  "Why do I Love You?"
DJ:  "I'll bite. Why?"

The great LA Jock, "Hogan" was great at this.

You can hear him on Capitol's "Serutan Yob".  (Nature Boy spelled backwards)

Jo Stafford was also involved in this side, years before the appearance of"Darlene Edwards".

Gene Joslin

--- On Wed, 4/29/09, Mark Hendrix 78L <gennett5276 at sbcglobal.net> wrote:

> From: Mark Hendrix 78L <gennett5276 at sbcglobal.net>
> Subject: Re: [78-L] Early announcers on records, was Clamp 'em down agin, Paw
> To: "78-L Mail List" <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
> Date: Wednesday, April 29, 2009, 11:03 PM
> Don't forget Franklyn MacCormack
> reading poetry on Wayne King's "Melody of
> Love", "Because I Love You," etc..  --Mark Hendrix
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: 78-l-bounces at klickitat.78online.com
> > [mailto:78-l-bounces at klickitat.78online.com]On
> Behalf Of David Lennick
> > Sent: Wednesday, April 29, 2009 8:36 PM
> > To: 78-L Mail List
> > Subject: [78-L] Early announcers on records, was Clamp
> 'em down agin,
> > Paw
> >
> >
> > Tony Wons on Hit of the Week..gotta make a note of
> that
> > somewhere. Who else?
> >
> > Milton Cross, of course, on that Victor "Victory" demo
> (Milton Cross made
> > records forever, I think)
> >
> > Norman Brokenshire duetting with Johnny Marvin on a
> couple of
> > Columbia sides
> >
> > J. M. Witten..was he a for real announcer anywhere?
> >
> > Norman Long, on "Introducing the Savoy Hotel
> Orpheans"
> >
> > David Ross on "How to Be a Jewish Mother"
> >
> > And of course a lot of later records by Harry von
> Zell, Jim Ameche, Frank
> > Gallop, Jack Arthur, Don Wilson (to hear him sing "The
> Ugly
> > Duckling" is to
> > know true agony).
> >
> > dl
> >
> > Michael Biel wrote:
> > > This was the first of the small Duriums I ever
> found, and I've had it
> > > since the 1960s.  I also have never seen the
> book.   I used the CBS
> > > announcer at the end of it, Frank Knight, in my
> 1973 presentation
> > > "Announcing Styles of the 20s" as an example of
> the smooth vocal style
> > > of CBS announcers like Knight and David Ross,
> vs.the rougher accents of
> > > NBC Red announcers like Graham McNamee and
> Phillips Carlin, and the
> > > over-cultured voices of the NBC Blue announcers
> like Milton Cross and
> > > Alwyn Bach.
> > >
> > > By the way, the announcer with the syrupy fey
> voice on some of the
> > > 5-minute Hit of the Weeks is Tony Wons.  I
> had discussed him in that
> > > presentation but had not yet found a recording of
> him -- so I thought.
> > > It turns out that unknowingly the voice that
> closed my talk was his!  I
> > > used his announcement at the end of one of the
> college songs "Are you
> > > listening?  I know you Illinois fans
> are.  Next Thursday a new Hit of
> > > the Week that plays for five minutes.  And
> that makes a lot of
> > > difference, doesn't it?"  (Music up to
> conclusion.)
> > >
> > > I am planning on revising this presentation in
> the next year and taking
> > > it on the road to Old Time Radio conventions.
> > >
> > > Mike Biel  mbiel at mbiel.com
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