[78-L] Chalking up a "borrowed" song idea (was: Kate Smith stamp)

[Bertrand CHAUMELLE]

Sure, Cantor may have done other kind of songs, how would I know ?

But the ones I've heard are trivial; wasn't he the first performer to 
get censored on US TV ?

BC
Le 9 janv. 10, à 20:54, Craig Ventresco a écrit :

>
> Billy Murray (Victor) and Fred Whitehouse (Olympic?) also recorded "She
> Gives Them All the Ha Ha Ha). I wouldn't call Cantor's Emerson material
>  trivial....lots of classic stuff.
> There is a song called "Bill Was There" from 1905 (American record) 
> sung by
> Billy Hines that has a verse about hugging/"chalking" his girlfriend. 
> THere
> must be lots of other references to this strange activity, not only in 
> early
> songs but also in period skits and comics.
>
> On Sat, Jan 9, 2010 at 11:44 AM, Bertrand CHAUMELLE 
> <chaumelle at orange.fr>wrote:
>
>> The older song is trivial (as usual with Cantor material), the newer
>> song is poetic. Praise Hayes and Goell instead.
>