[78-L] It must have been the ..what!?

[David Lennick]

 From an old eBay listing:

    1. 12" 78rpm original Melotone Recording Studio (NYC) disc featuring the 
greatest bad singer of all time: Florence Foster Jenkins. One side features 
Adele’s Laughing Song from Die Fledermaus, and the other side features Biassy 
with words by Pushkin, Melodie-Song: Count A. Pavlovich, Based on Prelude XVI – 
Bach. Both labels have a bit of damage on the bottom, but on one side you can 
still make out: Cosme McMoon: Piano. In 1938, Jenkins made her only recordings 
at the Melotone Studio which were pressed and sold privately. Her accompaniest, 
McMoon, was a flamboyant and eccentric character well known in NYs underground 
gay community. In 1944, Jenkins performed at Carnegie Hall and died a month 
later in a music store. Her last words were "It must've been the chicken."

dl