[78-L] Colonna, was Re: 78-L Digest, Vol 9, Issue 30

Bud Black banjobud at cfl.rr.com
Thu Jun 18 18:06:31 PDT 2009


Did he ever commercially record his version of "A Very Merry Un-birthday,"
from Alice In Wonderland?

Bud 
 
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From: David Lennick
Date: 6/12/2009 9:18:35 AM
To: 78-L Mail List
Subject: [78-L] Colonna, was Re: 78-L Digest, Vol 9, Issue 30
 
Julian Vein wrote:
> krabgrass at aol.com wrote:
>> Here's a good posting on Jerry Colonna, with bio and samples.
>
>> http://blog.wfmu.org/freeform/2007/02/old_bug_eyes_je.html
>
>> df
> ===================
> I hadn't realised he'd done a spoof version of Gloria Wood's "Hey
> Bellboy!" ("Hey Barmaid"). His long drawn-out notes seemed to have been
> an influence on Johnnie Ray.
>
>        Julian Vein
>
And inspired, I've always felt, by John Barrymore's scenery chewing in the
Leslie Howard-Norma Shearer Romeo and Juliet. Or some other Barrymore shtick
if
that's chronologically too late.
 
dl
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