[78-L] Vaughn de Leath mystery

[David Lennick]

And she didn't want to lead a band.

dl

On 11/3/2010 8:05 PM, Royal Pemberton wrote:
> 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?
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> ________________________________
>> From: Malcolm Rockwell<malcolm at 78data.com>
>> To: 78-L Mail List<78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
>> Sent: Mon, November 1, 2010 11:36:09 AM
>> Subject: Re: [78-L] Vaughn de Leath mystery
>>
>> That's Supertone 9126, sorry!
>> Mal
>>
>> *******
>>
>> 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
>>>>