[78-L] Mae Questel

Spats spats47 at ntlworld.com
Wed Jul 29 13:05:45 PDT 2009


Hi Jan!

I have a couple of Mp3s of Mae Questel, Animal Crackers & The Broken 
Record, to be precise, but Lollipop was recorded on 16th January 1935 
in New York.

Earl.

From: "Jan Hovers" <janhovers at hotmail.com>

>  Dear all,
>  Since the beginning of 1999 I write about my passion for 78's on my
>  website www.radionostalgia.nl. It is called Jan's 78 RPM Record Warehouse
>  and it is based in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Every now and then, when I
>  have sufficient time, I build a new 'floor' for this website.
>  At the moment I am working at the tenth floor and one of the records I
>  want to include is the more than 2 millionseller 'On the good ship
>  Lollipop', recorded by Mae Questel (or Questal, as it is written on the
>  label of the British release). As you all probably know was Mae the voice
>  of Betty Boop and Olive Oyl, a.o.
>  Although there were more than 2 million copies sold, I am not able to find
>  details on the recording date and place and I am wondering if one of you
>  will be helpfull in this matter. I only found that it was Victor Young's
>  orchestra which had quite some interesting musicians in the early 30's.
>  So I would be very greatful if somebody could help me out.
>  Thank you in advance,
>  Jan Hovers
>  Amsterdam, The Netherlands



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