[78-L] Oldest Happy Birthday Recording

[Mark L. Bardenwerper, Sr.]

Taylor Bowie wrote:
> 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
>
>   
>> 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

Can we hear it?

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