[78-L] Vaughn de Leath mystery

[Royal Pemberton]

Nope....was a she.

On Thu, Nov 4, 2010 at 12:02 AM, Dan Van Landingham <
danvanlandingham at yahoo.com> wrote:

> I vaguely remember Vaughn DeLeath.Was he a bandleader?
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> ________________________________
> From: Malcolm Rockwell <malcolm at 78data.com>
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> Sent: Mon, November 1, 2010 11:36:09 AM
> Subject: Re: [78-L] Vaughn de Leath mystery
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> That's Supertone 9126, sorry!
> Mal
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> *******
>
> On 11/1/2010 8:32 AM, Malcolm Rockwell wrote:
> > "By The Side Of The Omelette Sea" was recorded Jan. 26, 1927 in New
> > York. Released on Gennett 6046, Champion 15217, Silvertone 8306,
> > Supertone 1926, and Aco GA 20009 (England), all as -B sides.
> > The reverse "The Worst Rose Of Summer" (the laughing record) was the -A
> > side for all Omelette releases.
> > I do not show a Challenge release so what's the number, Sean?
> > And, Taylor, the ledgers show the flip side of Omelette is as indicated
> > above. Can you dig out your copy and let us know if there actually is an
> > alternate flip and what it is?
> > Thanks,
> > Mal
> >
> > *******
> >
> > On 11/1/2010 7:41 AM, David Lennick wrote:
> >> Vaughn de Leath recorded "By the Omelette Sea" in January 1927. Anyone
> hearing
> >> this would think it's a takeoff on Frank Crumit's "A Gay
> Caballero"..except
> >for
> >> the fact that Crumit's song wasn't recorded till over a year and a half
> later.
> >> So what's going on here? Is there a common antecedent? Similar melody,
> some
> of
> >> the same rhymes, same limerick construction.
> >>
> >> The reverse is another attempt at creating a "Laughing Record" with VdL
> doing
> >> her Fanny Brice imitation and a bunch of Gennett employees laughing
> >> uproariously (in the wrong places) at a bad violinist.
> >>
> >> (Is this record scarce? Seems to be one of the few VdL records Brian
> Boyd
> >> didn't own.)
> >>
> >> dl
> >>
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