[78-L] William "Billy" Costello and other animatedshortpersonalities on record

Don Chichester dnjchi78 at live.com
Tue Jan 25 13:49:44 PST 2011


I got to meet them both in 1971.  Both autographed my RCA Vintage Waring LP.
 
Don
 
> From: bowiebks at isomedia.com
> To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
> Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2011 09:02:07 -0800
> Subject: Re: [78-L] William "Billy" Costello and other animatedshortpersonalities on record
> 
> Poley was a mainstay of the Waring group for years...I've seen a picture of 
> him performing with Waring on TV in the 50s.
> 
> I think he was doing "Popeye" before there was a Popeye!
> 
> The Waring Victor of "I've Got Some Lovin' To Do" is one of his best 
> vocals...he also played drums with the band.
> 
> 
> Taylor
> 
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Banjo Bud" <banjobud at cfl.rr.com>
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> Sent: Tuesday, January 25, 2011 8:07 AM
> Subject: Re: [78-L] William "Billy" Costello and other 
> animatedshortpersonalities on record
> 
> 
> > The "Popeye" voice on the Waring recordings is Poley McClintock.
> >
> > Bud
> >
> > -----Original Message----- 
> > From: Tim McCormick
> > Sent: Tuesday, January 25, 2011 12:34 AM
> > To: '78-L Mail List'
> > Subject: [78-L] William "Billy" Costello and other animated
> > shortpersonalities on record
> >
> > 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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