[78-L] Who is William Robyn? and some others!

[David Lennick]

The Six Brown Brothers were Canadian, incidentally. I'm surprised you didn't find this via Google:

http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=U1ARTU0003230

 

The Brown named Fred also recorded a couple of saxophone solos as "Fred Allen" on Columbia, leading later collectors to assume erroneously that this was the radio comedian.

 

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> From: suuford at msn.com
> To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
> Date: Sat, 15 May 2010 16:36:30 -0500
> Subject: [78-L] Who is William Robyn? and some others!
> 
> Oh my goodness, thanks for making William Robyn real for me. I'm always amazed at the instant encyclopedic knowledge from this group. I gather he veered away from pop stardom toward Yiddish, Cantor, etc. and this probably explains why his fame wasn't enduring enough, at least in my sphere, to recall knowing of him. When did he die? and how old was he?
> 
> Perhaps you all can bring a couple more names to life for me. My latest acquisition was all Victor records and again, I see some names not familiar to me: John Steel, Franklyn Baur, H. Benne Henton and Six Brown Brothers. Bing and Google weren't much help, but I did find several records for sale on E-Bay by the Six Brown Brothers. My first impulse was to jump to a conclusion this was a race, or ethnic title, but after listening to the record, Chin Chin- a Medley Fox Trot, decided I was wrong.
> Thanks again for all the info.
> Jim Whipkey
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