[78-L] Questions re airplay of old recordings on radio redux

[Julian Vein]

Malcolm Rockwell wrote:
> Oh, hell, let's try that again...
> "Charleston" was written by pianist James P. Johnson & lyricist Cecil 
> Mack for the stage play "Running Wild" which opened on Broadway on 
> October 29, 1923 and ran for 213 performances. Without digging any 
> further I surmise it was probably composed that same year. What I find 
> interesting is that Johnson was already recording by that time but I 
> could find no instance of his recording the tune under his own name.
> But I could swear I've heard him do it as a piano solo, possibly on a 
> 1960s 33rpm album of  recordings made in the late 40s.
> That's just a guess, I could be misremembering.
> Malcolm
> 
> *******
He made a piano roll of it in 1925, which was reissued on Riverside, 
London etc.

      Julian Vein


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