[78-L] Who is the artist on these early Columbia's

Sammy Jones sjones69 at bellsouth.net
Sun Aug 9 13:22:23 PDT 2009


Bruce wrote:

> In case anyone missed it, the unanimous choice of all those who have
> heard the recording on You Tube was Bob Roberts, who along with Arthur
> Collins was another of the popular singers of Ragtime "Coon Songs" from
> the early 1900's. I will be posting the other Columbia 1903 10" record
> (1448), where the artist is in question shortly.

Sounds like Bob Roberts to me, too.  I love records and songs from this
period, as well.  My collection is very Billy Murray heavy, but I enjoy
Roberts, Len Spencer, Dan W. Quinn, Arthur Collins, et al., as well as most
of the well-known quartets.

Your Victor machine is beautiful, as well.

Sammy Jones




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