[78-L] Scrapopy Lambert questions

Malcolm Rockwell malcolm at 78data.com
Tue Jan 25 09:29:57 PST 2011


No. Scrappy Lambert was a real person who, as far as I know, used Norman 
Wallace and John Vincent as pseudonyms. Unless, of course, there 
actually was a bandleader by the name Norman Wallace who had Lambert in 
as the vocalist. This I am not sure of.
Malcolm

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On 1/25/2011 7:00 AM, Julian Vein wrote:
> 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
> ============
>
> 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
>>
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>> 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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