[78-L] No -- this is the world's rarest record ....

[Banjo Bud]

Henry Burr was dubbed "The Dean of American Ballad Singers."  A well 
deserved title, for the times.

Bud

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From: "Steven C. Barr" <stevenc at interlinks.net>
Sent: Saturday, July 10, 2010 11:47 PM
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Subject: Re: [78-L] No -- this is the world's rarest record ....

> From: "agp" <agp2176 at verizon.net>
>> I was kinda thrown by these statements, too:
>> In describing Henry Burr....
>> --quote--
>> That recording of "Over There" is one of Billboard Top singles of
>> 1917.16 It can be heard at the Virtual Gramophone. He is described as
>> the original King of Pop.
>> --unquote--
>>
> This is based on the HIGHLY dubious "expansion" of the Billboard
> listings to cover the 1889-1941 period...which itself has all the
> reliability of the typical "five days from now" weather forecast...?!
> The description of Henry Burr as "The king of 'pop'" is, in fact,
> fairly accurate; in those early days, artists weren't "signed to
> labels," and Burr recorded for virtually every company! Given
> that minimal records exist for even the major record firms of
> that era, we have NO way of knowing the total sales of Burr's
> discs; however, he WAS a very popular artist of that period...?!
>>
> Steven C. Barr
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