[78-L] Dick Robertson

[Dan Van Landingham]

The only recording I had of Dick Robertson was a late '30s Decca recording of 
"Cry,Baby Cry" which
dated from 1938 as I recall.Save that one recording,the only other record I had 
under Dick Robertson's
name was a Varsity 78 of "Oh,Monah" which,as I now know,was originally done as 
"Joel Shaw and his
Orchestra".I have an LP of that band and that particular recording of "Oh,Monah" 
is one it.The Varsity
78 I have,I've owned since the early '60s.Dick Robertson was never a favourite 
singer of mine.I did have
an early '30s Victor Young Brunswick that Robertson was on that featured the 
Boswells,the Mills Broth-
ers,Frank Munn and featured Jimmy Dorsey on clarinet.The record was a medley 
that took both sides.It
disappeared several years ago.




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From: Bud Black <banjobud at cfl.rr.com>
To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
Sent: Fri, April 1, 2011 12:35:46 PM
Subject: Re: [78-L] Dick Robertson

< Aliases for this performer, who also played violin on records every now
and then, include Ray Carroll and Bobby Dick.>

Shouldn't that be Bobby Dix? 




-------Original Message-------

From: DanKj
Date: 4/1/2011 1:32:22 PM
To: 78-L Mail List
Subject: Re: [78-L] Dick Robertson

  I don't know (or care) if "Eugene Chadbourne" is a real person, but that
name is attached to many Allmusic 'articles' & every one of them is slop.
Allmusic (neither know nor care what the hell its purpose is supposed to be)
should be sent to the grimriper, who will remove its grinding noises.


----- Original Message -----
>>
>> Here is something: http://www.allmusic.com/artist/dick-robertson-p165243
>>
>> _______________________________________________
> It doesn't tell us much that we can't glean from his recordings. It's
> doubtful if musicians had much say into what pseudonyms were assigned to
> them.
>
> As for "going country", he'd already dabbled in this years before!
>
>      Julian Vein

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