[78-L] Master Bieling

[Don Chichester]

A few people still remember him, but as a newspaper writer, not as a record collector.  I don't think too many folks knew of his hobbies. (pun intended)

Don
 
> Date: Tue, 12 Jan 2010 13:24:08 -0800
> From: craigventresco at gmail.com
> To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
> Subject: Re: [78-L] Master Bieling
> 
> That's fascinating!
> Those Bieling Days parties must have been something else.I know there are
> home movies (silent?) from one of those gatherings.
> Jim Walsh was such an interesting character. Have you met people in Vinton
> who remember him?
> 
> On Tue, Jan 12, 2010 at 1:06 PM, Don Chichester <dnjchi78 at live.com> wrote:
> 
> >
> > John Bieling lived a few blocks from me when I was a kid in Hempstead, NY.
> > It was in his backyard that he and Jim Walsh and the Coney Island Gang has
> > their annual picnic. Only trouble was, I was too young to know any of this!
> > Also,
> >
> > vaudevillian George Shelton lived on my street (!) but a few blocks to the
> > north. I didn't find out about both of these folks until it was too late!
> > Today, I live about 7 miles from Vinton, VA, where Jim Walsh lived. I see
> > his house several times a week. Again, I didn't move here until it was too
> > late.
> >
> >
> >
> > Don (too late) Chichester
> >
> > > Date: Tue, 12 Jan 2010 12:16:26 -0800
> > > From: craigventresco at gmail.com
> > > To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
> > > Subject: Re: [78-L] Master Bieling
> > >
> > > It was indeed John Bieling, but he was all grown up and singing on Haydn
> > > Quartette records when this was issued. Victor took advantage of his high
> > > tenor for that particular recording, I suppose.
> > > There was a Byron G. Harlan record called "I've Got My Fingers Crossed,
> > You
> > > Can't Touch Me" that was advertised as featuring a chorus of childen.
> > That
> > > could be the earliest issued record featuring child singers (Columbia
> > > version features the children's chorus. Not sure about the Edison , etc).
> > > This would have been from around 1906.
> > >
> > > On Tue, Jan 12, 2010 at 12:07 PM, <banjobud at cfl.rr.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > > At one time I had a 7" Monarch recording of "Hello Central, Give Me
> > > > Heaven." The artist inscribed on the label was Master Bieling. Could
> > this
> > > > indeed be John Bieling singing when he was a lad? If so, this may be
> > the
> > > > oldest recording of a child singer.
> > > >
> > > > Bud
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