[78-L] Scrapopy Lambert questions

Julian Vein julianvein at blueyonder.co.uk
Tue Jan 25 09:00:28 PST 2011


Thanks Malcolm. It looks like "Norman" got mistranslated into "Gordon" 
somewhere along the line. So Norman Wallace was a real person, whose 
records appeared as "John Vincent" and whose real name used as a 
pseudonym for Scrappy Lambert!

      Julian Vein
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Malcolm Rockwell wrote:
> I believe the uTube listing is in error.
> John Vincent is a pseudonym for for Norman Wallace, according to my files.
> There is no mention of "Scrappy" Lambert.
> However Norman Wallace is noted as being a pseudonym for Lambert in 
> Allan Sutton's "Pseudonyms On American Records (1892-1942)", 
> specifically on Gennett/Supertone. Maybe that's where the lister got his 
> info.
> No mention of Gordon Wallace, tho.
> Malcolm
> 
> *******
> 
> On 1/25/2011 4:21 AM, Julian Vein wrote:
>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=chabf4bfM7M is "Cheerio Cherry Lips
>> Cheerio" shown as by Scrappy Lambert (as "Gordon Wallace").
>>
>> I've had a quick look through the Settlemier files for this but could
>> only find it by NORMAN Wallace on Gennett 6666 and John Vincent on
>> Supertone 9331.
>>
>> Are "Gordon/Norman Wallace" and "John Vincent" pseudonyms for Scrappy?
>> "John Vincent" was used as a pseudonym for various dance bands.
>>
>>       Julian Vein


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