[78-L] The whistler and his dog

Steven C. Barr stevenc at interlinks.net
Tue Jun 9 20:14:46 PDT 2009


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mark L. Bardenwerper, Sr." <citroenid19 at sbcglobal.net>
> I'd forgotten about the charm of this ditty until I found my copy, done 
> by Prince's band, but it was very popular for years and was done by 
> anyone with a piccolo and someone who could pucker.
> Here are a few renditions.
> Know of others?
> 
The most common one (he may have written it?!) is the Victor, done
by Arthur? Pryor and his band. While not as famous as Sousa, Pryor
functioned as the "house marching band" for Victor records in the 
78rpm era!

...stevenc



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