[78-L] Willie Howard

Thu Apr 29 18:18:01 PDT 2010

I mistakenly said Victor and Columbia for 78s..Willie and Eugene Howard recorded for Columbia and Lou Holtz was on Victor.

By chance I have 3 of the 4 "Personalities on parade" lps in my hand..wouldn't you know that #3 is the one that's not here. (I have the complete set, but not unpacked yet.) This was a series of 4 LPs produced in 1989 by John Newton. On Volum3 4, Harry Richman, Willie Howard and George White are heard in rehearsal for George White's Scandals and doing "I'm On the Crest of a Wave". June 28, 1928, mx 10352/5. Apparently Newton has some other recordings made at the same time. 

I wrote about the Gala recordings here a couple of months ago..don't have the discs handy to repeat what info I had then, but it put a date to the recordings that's at variance with the given dates of "early 40s", something to do with the show he was in at the time.

I believe I have the "Amalgamated" LP which is a Ziegfeld Follies On The Air broadcast. One-off label, might have had an Australian address. And the odd ten-inch LP might be on Gala..no idea where that ad is. I don't think it was on Jay.

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> From: sternth at attglobal.net
> To: 78-l at 78online.com
> Date: Thu, 29 Apr 2010 20:05:50 -0400
> Subject: [78-L] Willie Howard
> 
> Below is all the information I've been able to gather from internet sources and your input
> about Willie Howard.
> There are many missing details - all input, updates additions corrections appreciated!!!
> Victor recordings??
> What did he perform in the Radio broadcasts, films?
> Details of the "Personalities on Parade" LPs'?
> "amalgamated" LP catalog number, source?
> Jubilee ep catalog number??
> etc.
> Thanks, Thomas.
> 
> 
> WILLIE HOWARD
> 
> Howard, Willie [né Wilhelm Levkowitz] (13 April 1886, Neustadt, Germany-14 January 1949, Paramus, New Jersey), comedian. Born in
> Germany, he grew up on New York's Lower East Side and made his debut in vaudeville in 1897 as a boy soprano. He later appeared
> with Anna Held in The Little Duchess (1901). In 1903 the tiny, tousle-haired, impish-faced Willie joined his taller, heavy-set,
> dapper brother Eugene HOWARD [né Isidore] (1880–1965), who had made his debut in the chorus of The Belle of New York (1897) in a
> vaudeville act called “The Messenger Boy and the Thespian.” At about the same time, Willie began his well-liked imitations of
> other popular performers. The brothers remained in vaudeville for ten years. Two of their most famous turns were “French Taught in
> a Hurry,” in which Willie played a language teacher whose French was more Yiddish and broken English than Gallic, and a spoof of
> the quartet from Rigoletto, in which Willie was a singer who could not keep his eyes off the prima donna's huge bust. In 1912 they
> joined the first Passing Show, remaining with later editions and in other Shubert revues until 1922. They then returned to
> vaudeville until appearing in George White's Scandals of 1926 and several later editions. They also appeared in Ballyhoo of 1932,
> the Ziegfeld Follies of 1934, and The Show Is On (1937). Willie played without Eugene in Sky High (1925) and Girl Crazy (1930)
> and, after Eugene's retirement in 1940, in Crazy with the Heat (1941), My Dear Public (1943), and a 1948 revival of Sally.
> 
> 
> 
> VICTOR
> none listed in EVDR (through 1924),
> didn't find any in 78discography
> anyone have details?????????????????
> 
> 
> COLUMBIA
> Willie Howard, comedian with orchestra accompaniment
> 
> 04/22/1925
> 140547 The Barber of Seville (from "Sky High") Co 370D
> (Rubens, Kelsey, Grey)
> 140548 Let It Rain (Kendis-Dyson) Co 370D
> 
> 
> 09/03/1925
> w140897 My Yiddishe Momme Co 473D
> W140898 When Nathan Was Married to Rose of Washington Square
> Co 455D C2K 86323
> Intersound CDD 3454
> 
> 09/04/1925
> w140903 Valeska (My Russian Rose) Co 455D
> W140904 After The Opera Co 473D
> 
> 
> Film/Soundie ?????
> 1926: Between the Acts at the Opera (as The Howard Brothers)
> aka "The Howard Brothers in Between the Acts of the Opera"
> 
> 
> 1931 FILM:
> Willie & Eugene Howard in "I'm telling you" Vaudeville Nation Program 3 (DVD)
> (performer: "Sweepin' the Clouds Away" (uncredited))
> 
> 
> 1935 FILM:
> Millions in the Air .... Tony Pagano
> 
> 
> Radio [Broadcast] follies of 1935 Amalgamated (LP) XXXX
> Al Jolson, Wallace Berry, co-hosts.
> Bette Davis, Dixie Lee Crosby, Lee Wiley, Judy Garland, Paul Robeson,
> Deanna Durbin, Joe Penner, Willie Howard.
> Silly hilly billy (Willie Howard)
> 
> 
> 07/20/35 SHELL CHATEAU NBC broadcast J David Goldin archive 5842
> Comic dialogue (Willie Howard and Eddie Moran)
> 
> 
> Libraray of Congress NBC Radio Collection
> The Rudy Vallee Show, NBC Red networkd 8:00-9:00pm
> 11/14/1935 RWB 7270 B1-4
> 
> 
> 1936 FILM:
> Rose of the Rancho .... Pancho Spiegelgass
> 
> 
> 1937 FILM:
> Playboy Number One .... Professor Pierre Ginsberg
> The Smart Way .... Professor Pierre Ginsberg
> Broadway Melody of 1938 .... The Waiter MGM VHS
> The Affairs of Pierre .... Prof. Pierre Ginsbairge
> 
> 
> Libraray of Congress NBC Radio Collection
> The Rudy Vallee Show, NBC Red networkd 8:00-9:00pm
> 07/29/1937 RWA 2226 B1-4
> 08/19/1937 RWA 2228 A1-4
> 09/16/1937 RWA 2230 A1-4
> 
> 
> 1938 FILM:
> Pardon My Accident .... Professor Pierre Ginsbairge
> The Miss They Missed (1938) .... Professor Pierre
> 
> 
> Libraray of Congress NBC Radio Collection
> The Rudy Vallee Show, NBC Red networkd 8:00-9:00pm
> 07/28/1938 RWA 2805 B1-4
> 01/26/1939 RWA 2850 A1-4
> 
> 
> 1942/1943 ???
> GALA album 1 3-10" 78rpm
> Willie Howard in an album of comedy and songs
> [Messrs. Edward J. and Harry Lee Danziger present a Gala record revue starring Willie Howard in an album of comedy and songs]
> Gala 1000 A&B: French taught in a hurry.
> Gala 1001 A Tyrone Shapiro (The Bronx Caballero)
> Gala 1001 B Moscow Art Players (impressions)
> Gala 1002 A Comes the revolution (comedy political speech)
> Gala 1002 B Jessel, Jolson, Cantor (imitations)
> 
> 
> Libraray of Congress NBC Radio Collection
> 06/13/1944 Raleigh Room RWA 6581-82 B4-A1
> NBC broadcast 10:30-11:00pm
> 
> 
> Libraray of Congress NBC Radio Collection
> 09/14/1947 Texaco Star Theater RWB 6356 A1-4
> NBC broadcast 8:00-9:00pm
> 
> 
> c.1947
> Willie Howard, Al "Doubletalk" Kelly-*
> Ruby Melnick's Orchestra
> JR-58 Salty-Saul-Peter (Henry Tobias) JUBILEE 3507
> JR-59 Professor Pierre Marquette -* JUBILEE 3507
> 
> 
> Archive Footage:
> It Pays to Be Funny (1947) .... Pierre (edited from: Affairs of Pierre)
> 
> 
> 1948 TV:
> "The Milton Berle Show"
> ... aka "Texaco Star Theater"
> ... aka "The Buick-Berle Show"
> - Episode #1.15 (1948) TV episode .... Himself - Singer/Comedian
> - Episode #1.14 (1948) TV episode .... Himself - Comedian/Singer
> - Episode #1.11 (1948) TV episode .... Himself - Singer/Comedian
> "Toast of the Town"
> ... aka "The Ed Sullivan Show"
> - Episode #1.8 (1948) TV episode (as The Howard Brothers) .... Himself
> 
> 
> Libraray of Congress Danny Kaye/Sylvia Fine Kaye Radio Collection
> 02/06/1949 Hi! Jinx RGA 3224 (RWD 9068 A3)
> Jinx Falkenburg, Tex McCrary, hosts
> WNBC 12:00pm
> Summary
> Program opens with Kaye's recording of Dina, followed by electrical transcriptions of other great comedians, Willie Howard, Moran
> & Mack, Will Rogers, W.C. Fields, and Joe Penner, measuring Kaye against these. Program continues with electrical transcription
> interview by Jinx made backstage at Roxy Theater, where Kaye is now appearing, with Jinx reviewing Danny's career in show
> business.[Transcribed from NBC card in Recorded Sound Reference Center.]
> 
> 
> Columbia Transcriptions: TV25925--TV25926 10"-LP c.1950
> The voices of the all-time comedy greats in their funniest moments.
> "Presented by Ken-L-Ration." Contents: W.C. Fields -- Willie & Eugene Howard -- Burns & Allen -- Will Rogers -- Jimmy Durante --
> Weber & Fields -- Harry Hershfield -- Moran & Mack (the Two Black Crows) -- Georgie Jessel.
> 
> 
> ?????
> a ten-inch LP in the 50s, from an ad in an old Long Player or Schwann.
> 
> 
> Show Biz Records SB-1003 LP 1965
> This is my show business
> Narrated by George Jessel & featuring the voices of persons in
> show business and public life.
> Willie Howard - ?????
> 
> 
> Personalities on parade. Vol. 3 LP 1988
> Got a gal in Cal-i-for-ni-ay (Willie Howard)
> 
> 
> Personalities on parade. Vol. 4 LP 1989
> I'm on the crest of a wave (Harry Richman, Willie Howard, & George White)
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Columbia 370D, 455D, 473D 10"-78rpm 1925
> Columbia Legacy C2K 86323 2-CD 2002
> From Avenue A to the Great White Way
> -Yiddish & American popular songs from 1914-1950
> Intersound CDD 3454 CD 1993
> Mazel Tov-more music of the Jewish people
> Jubilee 3507 10"-78rpm c.1947
> ???? 7"-45rpm ????
> 
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