[78-L] "Grandfather's Clock", Harold Williams, & D. Lennick
Dan Van Landingham
danvanlandingham at yahoo.com
Sun Nov 7 18:24:56 PST 2010
Thanks for the info.The last time I saw Fyvush Finkel was on the tv drama
"Picket Fences" where he played an attorney.I think that may have been the
record I had.The label was green.The records were
rather well recorded:I had a HEP LP of Georgie Auld from 1944(plus a 1945
aircheck from somewh-
ere in Southern California-the song performed was "Sentimental Journey")and some
of those same tracks
were on a Melodie Jazz Classics CD and were shown as being recorded on Apollo.As
I recall,the late
J.R.T. Davies did the mastering job.I bought the HEP LP back around 1983 in a
record store in Beaver-
ton,Oregon(18 miles east of Portland,Oregon).It was Tower Records as I recall.
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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
I have Fyvush's record.."Ich Bin a Boarder Bei Mein Weib". I used it on a
Yiddish compilation years ago (either Intersound or Mastersound). Fyvush is
still alive, by the way, and was seen in "A Serious Man" (Coen Brothers).
I'm sure I have that Kay Kyser around here. I forgot about it being on
Screwballs in Swingtime, which was a really wacky LP. Running off speed, but
still wacky.
dl
On 11/4/2010 9:58 PM, Dan Van Landingham wrote:
> 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.
>
>
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: David Lennick<dlennick at sympatico.ca>
> To: 78-L Mail List<78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
> Sent: Thu, November 4, 2010 4:12:45 PM
> 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)
>
>
>
> ---------------------------
>
> On 11/4/2010 5:25 PM, victrola78s at aol.com wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>> 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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