[78-L] Happy Lewis - Dregnet

[David Lennick]

I may have mentioned it..isn't Mae Questel on this record as well?

 

Meanwhile, in the "a little knowledge is a dangerous thing" department, a syndicated "today in music history" feature on Miklos Rozsa referred to his having composed the Dragnet Theme. The generation of informed idiots is alive and well. (He did NOT compose it! He wrote the 4-note motif that Walter Schuman swiped, he sued and won a composer credit on future record labels.)

 

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> From: stevenc at interlinks.net
> To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
> Date: Tue, 6 Apr 2010 23:06:02 -0400
> Subject: Re: [78-L] Happy Lewis - Dregnet
> 
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> From: "agp" <agp2176 at verizon.net>
> > Anyone know anything about Happy Lewis? One of the 78s I picked up at 
> > Whistlin' Willie's is Jubilee 3525 -- Dregnet (Dragnet) by him. Its a 
> > jewish humour take on Dragnet in same vein as Stan Freberg -- imagine 
> > Stan Freberg crossed by Jackie Mason.
> > The case -- someone is labeling non-kosher salami as salami
> > Can't find anything about him. Any clues
> > 
> IIRC, Lennick mentioned this record in a recent post...?!
> 
> Steven C. Barr 
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