[78-L] Dick Robertson

[Steven C. Barr]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bud Black" <banjobud at cfl.rr.com>
> Why is there so little information available on singer Dick Robertson?  I
> can find virtually nothing about this fine singer anywhere.  Does anyone 
> on
> this list know where I can find anything at all on the man?  Also, I have
> heard that his final recording was on the Coral label in the 1950's.  I 
> had
> always assumed his recorded swan song was sung on the Decca label with
> Johnny Long's orchestra.
>
Note that DR was the nominal leader of a "hot" jazz band in the
earlier thirties!

Steven C. Barr