[78-L] Ol' Man Mose link

[Royal Pemberton]

Rust, in the AMERICAN RECORD LABEL BOOK, in the chapter on Parlophone:   'In
November 1938, Parlophone issued Eddy Duchin's 'Ol' Man Mose'.  It was
instantly withdrawn on the grounds that the vocalist, Patricia Norman, used
an Anglo-Saxon expletive repeatedly throughout.'


On Wed, Jan 19, 2011 at 4:30 PM, David Lennick <dlennick at sympatico.ca>wrote:

> Just about to say the same thing. While Victor's execs just couldn't hear
> "sh*thead" in Barnacle Bill, they'd have jumped on this one immediately if
> "phuquit" had been uttered. Records were pulled off the market for far less
> by
> major labels. Decca recut "My Sweet Hunk o' Trash" even though the word
> might
> or might not have been there..why tempt fate?
>
> dl
>
> On 1/19/2011 11:22 AM, Tim Huskisson wrote:
> > I hadn't heard of Willie Farmer. Nice band.
> > But I don't hear the 'F' word in this version any more than in the Eddy
> > Duchin version. The idea that a solo vocalist - exposed as it is, would
> ever
> > have got away with using an expletive seems absurd to me.
> >
> > Tim Huskisson
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: 78-l-bounces at klickitat.78online.com
> > [mailto:78-l-bounces at klickitat.78online.com] On Behalf Of Dennis
> Flannigan
> > Sent: 19 January 2011 06:31
> > To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
> > Subject: [78-L] Ol' Man Mose link
> >
> > http://picosong.com/cGx
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