[78-L] Weems' ongoing Heartaches

[Taylor Bowie]

I'd like to know the "real" story about it as well.  I know one thing...I 
first heard the record when I was no more than four or five and it totally 
hooked me...it is still a great "pick-me-up" to listen to it.  I like the 
original version,  and I'm pretty sure that the "hit" Victor in the late 40s 
was that one reissued,  although I've heard another version from Victor 
which is clearly a remake.

Looking forward to info from anyone who knows "The Rest of the Story.

Taylor



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Stephen Davies" <SDavies at mtroyal.ca>
To: <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
Sent: Wednesday, December 02, 2009 11:52 AM
Subject: [78-L] Weems' ongoing Heartaches


> Please help set the record straight.  I'm reading bits and pieces of this 
> fabled story on the WWW which don't fit together.
>
> Would you say that the following is the correct history of this tune?
>
> Ted Weems, with Elmo Tanner on lips, recorded "Heartaches" for Bluebird in 
> 1933 (cat# 5131-B, mx# 76847=1).
> He then took his orchestra to Decca, and re-recorded "Heartaches" with 
> Tanner in 1938 (cat# 2020-B, mx# DLA1444).
> Decca then re-released "Heartaches" as the A-side in 1941, b/w "Oh, 
> Monah".  (cat# 25017-A).
> Weems then rejoined RCA Victor who re-released *OR* remade the Bluebird 
> side as cat#20-2175 in 1947, when the song finally hit the jackpot.  Elmo 
> Tanner rejoins the Weems orchestra as a result.
>
> Was the 1947 Victor a remake or a re-release? and was it the cause or the 
> result of a grassroots popularity for the song?
>
> - Stephen D
> in Calgary
>
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