[78-L] Telling it to the daisies

[David Lennick]

No worse than the same orchestra and vocalist doing "Sweet Violets" three times 
for Victor, then taking it over to Crown and doing it up with all the lyrics. 
(Gene Kardos/Joel Shaw with Dick Robertson).

I don't think anybody cared, unless you were someone like Guy Lombardo who 
actually sold more than a few hundred copies of any one title.

MW obtained a lot of masters from Bluebird as well as from Decca, and also from 
Oberstein's labels.

dl

Stephen Davies wrote:
> ... but it never gets back to you.
> 
>     Sorry, I have a collection of small questions here.
> 
>     Thanks, DL, for answering me about Wilf. Carter.  He also re-recorded some tunes for Montgomery Ward. (or else Victor leased them out.  How probable would that be?)
> 
>     Still in the category of "it sounded so nice, they recorded it twice"....
> 
>     Bernie Cummins & his New Yorker Hotel Orch recorded "Telling it to the daisies" Victor 22408, 1930-apr-16, with Karl Radlach at the piano.
>     One day later, 1930-apr-17, Karl Radlach & his Orch recorded it for the generic disc pool, resulting in Banner 669 and Conqueror 7535.
>     Victor can't have been very happy about that, right?
> 
>     My copy is from the U.K. Imperial label.  It's backed by Lou Gold & his Orch "Swingin' in a hammock".  This tune was co-composed by Tot Seymour.  What's Tot short for?
> 
> - Stephen D
> in Calgary
> 
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