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

[David Lennick]

There's a pair of discs of Alice on RCA Victor (came in a big book!) and I'm 
thinking Colonna might be there..I'd have to check, or call on the Kiddie 
Rekord King.

dl

Bud Black wrote:
> Did he ever commercially record his version of "A Very Merry Un-birthday,"
> from Alice In Wonderland?
> 
> Bud 
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> -------Original Message-------
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> From: David Lennick
> Date: 6/12/2009 9:18:35 AM
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> Subject: [78-L] Colonna, was Re: 78-L Digest, Vol 9, Issue 30
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> 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
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>> 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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