[78-L] Barney Rapp Victor test

[David Lennick]

This info was under our noses in Kinkle all the time (Barry Wood being Barney 
Rapp's brother). Never knew it.  I always assumed Barney shortened his name 
from Rappoport or Rappaport, which probably happened in an earlier generation, 
maybe at Ellis Island. NOBODY would really be named Rapp.

dl

On 11/19/2010 9:29 PM, Taylor Bowie wrote:
> Al,  I had no idea that you were into "Rapp" music.
>
> Barry Wood's first records as a singer were  with the Buddy Rogers band on
> Victor in 1932...under his real name of Louis Rapp.  Great records,  btw.
>
> Taylor
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "simmonssomer"<simmonssomer at comcast.net>
> To: "78-L Mail List"<78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
> Sent: Friday, November 19, 2010 6:20 PM
> Subject: Re: [78-L] Barney Rapp Victor test
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>> Another minute fact from my almanac.
>> .Barney Rapp was the brother of Barry Wood, star singer, along with Joan
>> Edwards, on the Lucky Strike
>> Hit Parade in the mid 40's. Rapp owned a nightclub in Cleveland . Doris
>> Day
>> began her big band career with his band there.
>> There is a 30 minute line check dated June 17, 1939 .Doris sings two
>> tunes.
>> "Little Sir Echo and "I'm Happy About The Whole Thing."
>> To my knowledge it is her first recorded performance. She didn''t yet
>> sound
>> anything like the Doris Day we knew.
>>
>> Al Simmons
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Han Enderman"<jcenderman at solcon.nl>
>> To: "78-L"<78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
>> Sent: Friday, November 19, 2010 7:28 PM
>> Subject: [78-L] Barney Rapp Victor test
>>
>>
>>> Ebay # 330494827121 (not sold)
>>>
>>> http://cgi.ebay.com/RAPPS-ORCH-Roaming-Away-Brunswick-25853-Test-Dance-/330494827121?pt=Music_on_Vinyl&hash=item4cf306da71
>>>
>>> is listed as a Brunswick test, but the description plus
>>> the bad label image indicate that it is:
>>> (BARNEY) RAPP''S ORCH, Roaming Away, mx 25853, recd Dec 7, 1921,
>>> listed in first ADBD as Vic rejected.
>>> So at least the test exists (single-sided?) and may be of interest to
>>> someone.
>>>
>>> The label shows also 2 letters/digits next to the spindle hole.
>>> A letter "K" at 3-o'clock, and
>>> a digit "3" or the letter "B" at 9h.
>>> Is this take 3 or what is the meaning of the letters?
>>>
>>> Does the new ADBD show that a rejected take exists?
>>>
>>> Han Enderman