[78-L] Child Singers

[DAVID BURNHAM]

The posting about Laurie London got me wondering what became of other Children who performed on 78s.

Ernest Lough, (Hear My Prayer and others), lived to a ripe old age before his demise in 2000.  If anyone's interested there is a four part documentary on YouTube about Ernest Lough discussing his recordings and lots of videos of the recording process in the 20s.

Jimmy Boyd, (I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus),  made it to his three score and ten before dying last March, (I'm sure it must have been mentioned on this list but I didn't see it).

Barry Gordon, (Nuttin' for Christmas), still alive and well at age 61.

Christopher Robin Milne, died at 76 in 1996.  Not a very happy person so I've heard.

Ann Stephens, (Teddy Bears' Picnic, etc.), Born in 1931, no evidence that she died, or that she continues to live.  But I'm pretty confident that she is in one condition or the other.  She managed to record "Teddy Bears' Picnic" at the age of 13 while sounding like she hadn't reached her 7th birthday yet.

I guess Deanna Durbin counts, she signed up with Decca at age 15, but she's one who is neither dead or alive.  The person who was Deanna Durbin still breaths but she claims that the Deanna Durbin we all knew never existed.

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