[78-L] Apollo, was Sam Levenson

David Lennick dlennick at sympatico.ca
Thu Jun 4 22:02:45 PDT 2009


There might be an entire Morey Amsterdam album on Apollo. I know I have two by 
him. One of them is on Lissen, and the other one....isn't.

dl

soundthink at aol.com wrote:
> Morey Amsterdam also recorded for Apollo. I have "No Money (Is a Very Sorry Thing)" b/w "Yuk-a-Puk" on disc # 1095, which was apparently a pop series. The only other Apollo I have with a four digit number is one of Dean Martin's earliest records, "Oh! Marie" b/w "Walkin' My Baby Back Home" on 1088.
> 
> If anyone is interested, I have a duplicate copy of Apollo 180 by the Barton Brothers. Titles are "Cut, Speech" parts 1 & 2. Bids, anyone?
> 
> Cary Ginell
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jim Whipkey <suuford at msn.com>
> To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
> Sent: Thu, 4 Jun 2009 5:33 pm
> Subject: [78-L] Sam Levinson, was yiddish Home on the Range
> 
> 
> 
> I'm still digging through all my newly acquired records,  don't have any Sam
> Levinson, but just came across  two  more  pretty interesting records,  on
> LP,  and I have not listened to them:
> 
> There's Harry Golden, on a Vanguard label.  and   Gertrude Berg on the Amy
> label.  Her  albukm is titled How to be a Jewish Mother, a very lovely
> training manual by Dan Greenburg.  It has to be next on my turntable. I
> remember  the Gertrude Berg show on early television,  wait a minute, was it
> called the Goldbergs?  I  can still see  Molly hanging out the window,
> yoo-hoo-ing  a neighbor for a chat.
> Jim Whipkey
>> Message: 15
>> Date: Thu, 04 Jun 2009 09:14:52 -0400
>> From: David Lennick <dlennick at sympatico.ca>
>> Subject: Re: [78-L] Sam Levenson   was Yiddish Home on the range
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>> I believe that's it! I know I have all four.
>>
>> I'm trying to think of who else might have done Yiddish material on
> Apollo.
>> There's one disc by Fyvush Finkel..
>>
>> dl
>>
>> Thomas Stern wrote:
>>> digging a little, found 4 Apollo 10"-78rpm discs, and 1 LP   ARE THERE
> OTHER
>>> RECORDS?
>>>
>>> Apollo 156
>>> Sam Levenson               Jewish Comedy Monologue
>>> A  The Family Goes to Coney Island      C-2134
>>> B  Story of a Bar Mitzvah Boy           C-2135
>>>
>>> Apollo 172, 173           Jewish Novelty
>>> Sam Levenson.
>>> Basic Yiddish
>>>   Lesson I   Business Administration    C-2164
>>>   Lesson II  Kosher Kalories            C-2167
>>>
>>>   Lesson III Family Life                C-2165
>>>   Lesson IV  Kloles                     C-2166
>>>
>>> Apollo 186
>>> Sam Levenson
>>> A My landlady (Sam Levenson).           C-2235
>>> B The lodge meeting (Sam Levenson)      C-2236
>>>
>>>
>>> Signature SM1026          12" LP
>>> LEVENSON, SAM: But Seriously Folks,
>>>  Mamas go home
>>>  The fourth R
>>>  Shirley's mother
>>>  The atom of divinity
>>>  What harm can it do?
>>>  It's greater t
> han you think
>>>  Ain't she cute
>>>  Happy, happier, happiest
>>>  Tug-o-war
>>>  Let's get together
>>>  In closing.
>>>



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