[78-L] William "Billy" Costello and other animated short personalities on record

[simmonssomer]

Wasn't that Venuti on "Barnacle Bill" by Carmichael ?

Al S.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Lennick" <dlennick at sympatico.ca>
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Sent: Tuesday, January 25, 2011 12:47 AM
Subject: Re: [78-L] William "Billy" Costello and other animated short 
personalities on record


> For what it's worth, the "Popeye" voice predates any actual Popeye 
> cartoons by
> a number of years and on Waring's records, it's done by drummer Poley
> McClintock. A similar voice sings the last line of Hoagy Carmichael's 
> "Barnacle
> Bill the Sailor" in 193..still before Costello or anyone else was voicing 
> Popeye.
>
> Costello also recorded as Red Pepper Sam. Great stuff.
>
> dl
>
> On 1/25/2011 12:34 AM, Tim McCormick wrote:
>> A few years ago, I purchased my first William "Billy" Costello 78 from a
>> Kurt Nauck auction.  I recently purchased Victor 20146-B, Bolshevik-Fox
>> Trot, Waring's Pennsylvanians, and there was the unmistakable Popeye The
>> Sailor Man voice again.
>>
>> So this got me to thinking, Warner Brother's made dozens of animated 
>> shorts
>> featuring many famous recording and radio personalities.  So, how many
>> animated short personalities were ever featured on 78 recordings?  If 
>> anyone
>> is interested, I'd love for them to submit an article to In The Groove
>> recounting this fascinating interaction between entertainment mediums. 
>> I'd
>> also love an article just on William "Billy" Costello especially if 
>> anyone
>> has a photograph of him.  There is so little known about this amazing,
>> though hard to work with talent.  Please send your articles or questions 
>> to
>> me at Editor at MAPS-ITG.org
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Tim McCormick, President (and editor)
>> Michigan Antique Phonograph Society
>>
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