[78-L] Dick Robertson

[Julian Vein]

Dan Van Landingham wrote:
> 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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I'm not aware of Dick Robertson on any Victor Young medley involving the 
Boswell Sisters etc.

      Julian Vein