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

[Ray Kilcoyne]

According to Whitburn, Baur was the first tenor of the Revelers in the late 
20's, and the original "Voice of Firestone" on radio.  He died on 2/24/50 at 
age 46.
Rayk
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From: "Jim Whipkey"
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> 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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