[78-L] Dick Robertson's "Henry's Made A Lady Out Of Lizzie"?

[Michael Biel]

 >> Since Robertson did most of his recording in the thirties...would he
 >> have recorded a tune which was at least three years old, and
 >> no longer relevant in popular culture?! Steven C. Barr
simmonssomer wrote:
 > Not at all. The replacement  of the old "Tin Lizzie"
 > (Model T ) ,that changed the ethos of the population,
 > by the new Ford "Model A" was huge news. > Al S.

In Dec. 1927 it was huge news.  By the 1930s it was old, old news, 
especially since it ended production in March 1932.  That is why he 
would not have recorded this three+ year old song in the 1930s, only in 
1928.

Mike Biel  mbiel at mbiel.com