[78-L] "Grandfather's Clock", Harold Williams, & D. Lennick

Thu Nov 4 18:58:05 PDT 2010

You mentioned "Popeye,the Sailor Man".Did you ever hear Kay Kyser's "Bell Bottom 
Trousers" with
two of his vocalists impersonating Popeye and Olive Oyl?I had it on an album 
called "Screwballs of
Swingtime" around 30 years ago.The same album had Charlie Barnet doing "At the 
Darktown Strutters'
Ball".It was a very wacky album.I found the original Barnet 78 around 25 years 
ago.It was originally
recorded by him on a Purple label Apollo.The flip sde was a good version of 
"Caravan".The only other
Apollo recording I owned was a Jewish comedy recording by Fyvish Finkel.I can't 
recall the title.

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From: David Lennick <dlennick at sympatico.ca>
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Subject: Re: [78-L] "Grandfather's Clock", Harold Williams, & D. Lennick

8.120777    NX 197  TUBBY THE TUBA: CHILDREN'S FAVOURITES VOLUME 2
        Original 1933-1952 Recordings        A-D-D

1.  OLD MacDONALD HAD A FARM (Del Porter-Spike Jones)
    Spike Jones & His City Slickers; Del Porter, vocal
    Victor 20-1836, mx D6-VB-2027; 11 February 1946, Hollywood (3:05)
2.  ANIMAL FAIR (Country Washburne-Foster Carling)
    Tex Ritter with Calliope & Sound Effects; Animal effects by Max Terhune
      Capitol 25012, mx 3102-4D; ____1947, Hollywood (2:41)
3.  DAFFY DUCK'S RHAPSODY (Mike Maltese-Warren Foster)
    Mel Blanc with Billy May's Music
    Capitol 32018, mx 6023; 1 May 1950, Hollywood (3:04)
4.  THE LITTLE FIDDLE (Sylvia Fine)
    Danny Kaye, with orchestra conducted by Johnny Green
    Decca DU 88006, mx WL 4586/7A; 28 November 1947, Los Angeles (6:21)
5.  I'M POPEYE THE SAILOR MAN (Sammy Lerner)
    Billy Costello (Popeye) with orchestra
    Melotone M-13402, mx 17393; 27 April 1935, New York (2:24)
6.  ON THE GOOD SHIP LOLLIPOP (Richard Whiting-Sidney Clare
    Mae Questel (The Betty Boop Girl) with orchestra conducted by Victor Young
    Decca 346, mx 39521-B; 16 January 1935, New York (2:34)
7.  GRANDFATHER'S CLOCK (Henry Clay Work)
    Harold Williams with the BBC Male Voice Choir conducted by Joseph Lewis;
Ernest Lush, piano
    Columbia DB 1284, mx CA 14113-1; 31 October 1933, London (3:12)
8.  LITTLE MAN YOU'VE HAD A BUSY DAY (Mabel Wayne-Maurice Sigler-Al Hoffman
    Paul Robeson, with orchestra conducted by Ray Noble
    HMV B 8202, mx 0B 7423-2; 21 June 1934, London (3:10)
9.  CHRISTOPHER ROBIN (VESPERS) (A. A. Milne-H. Fraser-Simson)
    Ann Stephens, with orchestra conducted by Clifford Greenwood
    HMV BD 973, mx 0EA 8646-1; 9 July 1941, London (2:13)
10. BUCKINGHAM PALACE (A. A. Milne-H. Fraser-Simson)
    Ann Stephens, with orchestra conducted by Clifford Greenwood
    HMV BD 973, mx 0EA 8645-1; 9 July 1941, London (2:22)
11. THE KING WHO COULDN'T DANCE (THE WORRY SONG)
    (Arthur Freed-Sammy Fain-Lehman Engel, from "Anchors Aweigh")
    Gene Kelly & supporting cast with orchestra conducted by Lehman Engel
    Columbia 36859, mx CO 35092-1, 35093-2; 28 July 1945, New York (6:53)
12. BOZO'S LAUGHING SONG (Pinto Colvig-Billy May)
    Pinto Colvig (Bozo the Clown) with Billy May's Music
    Capitol 30110, mx 3673-4; 25 February 1949, Hollywood (3:00)
13. SUZY SNOWFLAKE (Tepper-Brodsky)
    Rosemary Clooney with Tony Mottola's Orchestra
    Columbia 39612, mx CO 46255-1; 13 May 1951, New York (2:56)
14. (All I Want For Christmas Is) MY TWO FRONT TEETH (Don Gardner)
    Spike Jones & His City Slickers; George Rock, vocal
    RCA Victor 20-3177, mx D7-VB-2342; 4 December 1947, Los Angeles (3:07)
15. THE POPCORN SONG (Bob Smith-Edward Keane)
    The Fontane Sisters & Howdy Doody (Bob Smith) with orchestra conducted by
Norman Leyden
    RCA Victor 20-4322, mx E1-VB-3678; 2 October 1951, New York (1:56)
16. TUBBY THE TUBA (George Kleinsinger-Paul Tripp)
    Victor Jory; Symphony Orchestra conducted by Leon Barzin
    Cosmo DMR 101, mx 6037, 6038, 6039, 6040-2; ____ 1945, New York (11:44)
17. PUFFIN' BILLY (Captain Kangaroo Theme) (Edward White)
    The Melodi Light Orchestra (Danish State Radio Light Orchestra) conducted by
Hubert Clifford
    Chappell C 433, mx CTP 17369-1; 1952, Copenhagen (2:54)

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On 11/4/2010 5:25 PM, victrola78s at aol.com wrote:
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>
>
> This afternoon I was listening to WITT 91.9 FM, Zionsville, Indiana. This is a 
>fairly recent "indy station"&  they play a very diverse range of music. About 
>3pm they played a vintage record of "My Grandfather's Clock" They identified it 
>as being written by Henry Clay Work, recorded on Oct. 10, 1933, performed by 
>baritone Harold Williams, accompanied by the BBC Men's Chorus&  Ernest 
>Lesch[sic] on piano, and...........produced by David Lennick. So then, Professor 
>Lennick, the usual inquiries: from what collection is this track derived, what 
>label did you produce it for, is it still available, when did you do this 
>transfer? Really delicious rendition of this old chestnut, even though I grew up 
>with the Frank Krumit version on Victor.
>
> Dennis "90 Years Without Slumbering" Forkel
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