[78-L] Who is William Robyn?

[Taylor Bowie]

Sherry,

Can you provide details on Robyn's Yiddish recordings?  Thanks.

Taylor



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From: "Sherry Mayrent" <smnet at oyfpro.com>
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> 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.
>
> -- Sherry
>
> Sherry Mayrent
> Associate Director, KlezKamp
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