[78-L] Who is William Robyn?

[L78rpm at aol.com]

He left Victor when they indicated that they wanted him for their foreign  
series, but not for singing in English.
 
Paul Charosh
 
 
In a message dated 5/15/10 8:39:37 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
smnet at oyfpro.com writes:

At 06:05  AM 5/15/2010, L78rpm at aol.com wrote:
>Robyn (1894-1995) was a member of  radio's "Roxy's Gang" and during the
>1920s appeared at the Capitol  Theatre with the group, which included 
Gladys
>Rice  and Douglas  Stanbury.  (They remained friends until the end of  
their
>lives.)  He was born in Latvia, never quite lost his accent,  and 
>that  hindered
>his career.

He also recorded  more than a few sides of Yiddish  material.