[78-L] Youngest to record on 78 rpm (was Alicia de Larrocha, RIP)

[Malcolm Rockwell]

What is chapter and verse on the Molly O'Day record?
Mal

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David Lennick wrote:
> The original question was and remains about the youngest living person to be on 
> 78s, and Shirley Temple made no commercial recordings until the late 1940s. The 
>   little brat on the Molly O'Day record is a great guess but it could be from a 
> sound effects disc.
>
> dl
>
> Tom wrote:
>   
>> Wouldn't Shirley Temple be on the short list for this? She started recording at what ... age five or six?
>>
>>
>> --- On Mon, 9/28/09, Erwin Kluwer <ekluwer at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>> From: Erwin Kluwer <ekluwer at gmail.com>
>> Subject: Re: [78-L] Youngest to record on 78 rpm (was Alicia de Larrocha, RIP)
>> To: "78-L Mail List" <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
>> Date: Monday, September 28, 2009, 9:40 AM
>>
>>
>> What about that crying baby in the background of Molly O'Days'
>>
>> Don't Sell Daddy Anymore Whiskey
>>
>> Erwin
>>
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Sep 28, 2009 at 4:04 AM, Steven C. Barr <stevenc at interlinks.net>wrote:
>>
>>     
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Kristjan Saag" <saag at telia.com>
>>>       
>>>>> Realize that the final issue of 78rpm phonorecords occured in the very
>>>>> early
>>>>> 1960's! This in turn means that the artists thus recorded were born...at
>>>>> the
>>>>> latest...around 1942-44., or 65 to 67 years ago (thus defining their
>>>>> age!).
>>>>> In another 20-30 years, 78-L (if it still exists?!) will be announcing
>>>>> the
>>>>> demise of the last artist to have recorded and issued a "78?!"
>>>>> One never knows...do one?!
>>>>>           
>>>> ---
>>>> Don't forget all the children's records released in this late period.
>>>> Swedish jazz/ pop singer Alice Babs, for instance, recorded with her son
>>>> and
>>>> daughter on 78 rpm in 1955. The kids were born in 1948 and 1949
>>>> respectively. The daughter became a recording artist in her own right.
>>>> I'm sure there were kids born in the early-, or even mid-50's who
>>>> recorded.
>>>> Kristjan
>>>>
>>>>         
>>> Weren't there also other young performers during that era?! Brenda Lee was
>>> (IIRC) all of eleven when she cut hit records (issued on 78!) around
>>> 1955...?!
>>>
>>> Steven C. Barr
>>>
>>>       
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