[78-L] Franklyn McCormack

[Steven C. Barr]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Andrea Walsh" <petquality1 at gmail.com>
> It was on this list--- I was asking about it.
> On Mon, Nov 23, 2009 at 9:16 AM, David Lennick 
> <dlennick at sympatico.ca>wrote:
>> I can't remember if it was on this list or elsewhere that someone was
>> asking
>> about Franklyn McCormack on LP. I just came across a ten-inch MGM, E283,
>> titled
>> "Melody Of Love (Why I Love You)", with Herbert Foote at the organ.
>> Interestingly, this credits "Davies" as author of the poem, something the
>> Wayne
>> King Victor disc never did as I recall.
>>
McCormack (sp?) was, IIRC, on the announcing staff at WGN; this recitation 
was
a major hit (and a favourite of my late mother's!). I'm not surprised to see 
that he
re-did it with an organ...?!

Steven C. Barr