[78-L] Oldest Happy Birthday Recording

[Cary Ginell]

Actually, I got it for the other side, which was "Thousand Miles" by The Wanderers, a great early western swing band from Dallas. The Happy Birthday side is really more of a novelty record, but I didn't find out until much later how historic it actually was.
 
Cary Ginell
 
> From: bowiebks at isomedia.com
> To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
> Date: Fri, 20 Aug 2010 19:35:45 -0700
> Subject: Re: [78-L] Oldest Happy Birthday Recording
> 
> Yes, and what an OUTSTANDING record that is. For those of you who haven't 
> heard it, Ray and the band play several choruses of that well-known ditty, 
> each in a different style, including marching band, waltz, country, and 
> a regular dance band fox trot. If that is the first record of the song, it 
> was never topped after that!
> 
> 
> Taylor
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Cary Ginell" <soundthink at live.com>
> To: <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
> Sent: Friday, August 20, 2010 6:37 PM
> Subject: Re: [78-L] Oldest Happy Birthday Recording
> 
> 
> >
> > I've never seen one older than the one by Ray Nichols & his Four Towers 
> > Orchestra on Bluebird B-5921. This is from 1935, the year the Hill Sisters 
> > were able to copyright the song.
> >
> > Cary Ginell
> >
> >> From: wmfisher at mtsu.edu
> >> To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
> >> Date: Fri, 20 Aug 2010 16:32:28 -0500
> >> Subject: [78-L] Oldest Happy Birthday Recording
> >>
> >> Hi Guys,
> >>
> >> I'm trying to locate the oldest recording of "Happy Birthday" that I can 
> >> for
> >> a special project. Any catalogue numbers??
> >>
> >> Thanks in advance.
> >>
> >> Martin
> >>
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