[78-L] Composer Recording from 1923 Follies?

[Jack Raymond]

Earlier today this got straightened out. It seems that Ken Bloom 
forwarded my message to Michael Feinstein, who replied --

> I have a dub of the record from Harry's collection. It is him
> singing. Harry used to sing along with it for me! I've been looking
> for a real copy of that disc for ages. Tell jack I'm jealous. Harry's
> brother Charlie (his duet partner) was a song plugger who was called
> "Mousie" presumably because he was diminutive like Harry. They made
> one other record together in 1925, and that constitutes Harry's
> entire commercially recorded output.

Paul Charosh wrote:

> The ADBDiscography tells me that this is a Harry Reser group and it 
> gives the singers' names as Irving Post and Charles Sterling.  This 
> disc was released on many labels and it would not surprise me if the 
> names varied.   It also wouldn't surprise me if you have the Kaufman 
> brothers there or some other combination of usual suspects.

Jack Raymond wrote:

> I've  come across a 1923 recording of "So This Is Venice," one of 
> Harry Warren's  very first published songs, which was in the 1923 
> Ziegfeld Follies -- and  the record is sung by a vocal duet credited 
> to the "Warren Bros."   It's a long shot, I'm sure; but is it 
> possible that one of the two singers  on the record is the young 
> Harry Warren?  It's Puritan 11299 (mx  1673), credited to "Earl 
> Randolph's Orchestra." Anybody have any thoughts  on this?