[78-L] What is a...?

David Lennick dlennick at sympatico.ca
Wed May 6 13:57:06 PDT 2009


Jan Peerce also did "What is a Boy"/"What is a Girl".

Homer and Jethro followed Steverino up with "This is a Wife?".

And there's a Mercury 45 by 6 Chicago announcers (I'd have to find it) called 
"What is a DJ".

And there's always Cole Porter's "What is This Thing Called, Love?"

dl

Michael Biel wrote:
> "What is a man who reads Playboy?"  No, that was "What kind of a man
> reads Playboy?" or something like that.
> 
> But the first line of "The House I Live In" is "What is America to me?"
> 
> Mike (what is a record collector? Biel mBiel at mbiel.com
> 
> 
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: Re: [78-L] What is a...?
> From: Peter Fraissinet <pf13 at cornell.edu>
> Date: Wed, May 06, 2009 4:31 pm
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> 
> What Is A Home Without Babies / Charlie Poole with the North Carolina 
> Ramblers / epon. / JSP JSP-7734D [from Columbia 15307-D]
> What Is A Home Without Love / Monroe Brothers / Feast Here Tonight / 
> RCA AXM2-5510 [LP]
> What Is A Home Without Love / Loman D. Cansler / Folksongs of 
> Missouri / Folkways FH-5324 [LP]
> What Is A Home Without Love / Nevada Slim / Sings Old Time Country 
> Songs / Rural Rhythm RRNS-181 [LP]
> What Is A Mother's Love / Lonnie Glosson and His Railroad Playboys / 
> Mercury 6057 [78]
> What Is A Pacifist? / U. Utah Phillips / I've Got To Know / Alcazar 114
> What Is An Album / Blind Boys / Best of the Blind Boys / MCA MCAD-22047
> What Is An American / Minnie Pearl / The Man Behind The Wheel / 
> Starday SLP-404 [LP]
> 
> 
> At 04:20 PM 5/6/2009, you wrote:
>> I am trying to research the various "what is a..." songs. And I'm not
>> getting very far. I know there was the original "What is a boy?"/ What is a
>> girl?" pairing by Arthur Godfrey...
>>
>> I have "What is a Freem?" by Steve Allen
>> I have What is a Teenage Boy" / "What Is a Teenage Girl?" by Tommy Edwards
>> I have "What is a Fisteris" by The Joker
>>
>> Can anyone here think of any others?
>>
>> Yes, thanks very much, I DO have too much time on my hands!
>>
>> Andrea
> 
> Peter Fraissinet
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