[78-L] Barney Rapp Victor test

[David Lennick]

Well, I see 78-L is back after a brief absence..

On 11/19/2010 10:23 PM, David Lennick wrote (and it arrived 11/21/2010 at 12:47 PM)
> 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
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> ----- 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
>>
>>
>>> 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
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