[78-L] Looking to identify/locate female singer

[David Lennick]

I've looked in English Columbia catalogues from 1954 and 1957 and the only 
"Goodbye" songs are one from White Horse Inn, sung by Richard Tauber, and the 
one played by Benny Goodman. Not even Tosti's Addio (Goodbye..Forever) which is 
the one sung by Ponselle (Victor Red Seal).

As far as I know, English Columbia had a green label only from the mid 50s on, 
for its pop series, unless this is a really ancient recording on the label 
which World Records revived in the 70s.

dl

Glenn Longwell wrote:
> Hi Everyone, I got the following email from someone hoping I could help identify who might have sung a song she knew from long ago.  It is from a UK green Columbia label.  Below is part of her email to me.  Any ideas?
> Thanks,
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> When I was a child, a neighbour gave me a heap of 78s which I played over and over again - amongst them was a song called 'Good-bye',  but I couldn't recall who it was sung by.  It was a record I played most of all.  Of course over the years and growing up, it must have got broken and I no longer have it,  and have been looking for this Song ever since!  However, there was some confusion - both over the actual Song and who actually sang it;  every search that I do on the Internet, (and of course I was spelling it without the 'hyphen' which may have confused matters) kept bringing up different Songs with the same title, and ones that were sung by different people;  it was as if this Song I remember never existed at all - until recently,  when I stumbled upon the Song at long last,  but being sung by two different Singers on YouTube.  
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> Now,  I do know that the one I had was by yet a different Artist than any of the two I have managed to locate - but it is definitely the same Song.  The two Singers are: 'Rosa Ponselle' and 'Florence Hinkle'.    All I remember is,  is that the copy I had was a much later recording, (only because the bulk of records I was given were from over around a ten year period - probably that of say 1948 - 1958)  and had been issued on the 'green' Columbia Record Label.   It was a soprano voice.  (probably an older lady - but am unsure)  She may well have been English because I live in the United Kingdom,  but again; could be anyone...  
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