[78-L] Robeson & Dalhart question

[David Lennick]

By the way, would anyone recognize Robison's signature? I have a signed copy of 
"Tee-Jus".

Don't underrate Robison's whistling..he did a really nice job on, of all 
things, The Victor Salon Orchestra's "You Forgot To Remember" (VI 19802).

dl

On 1/23/2012 12:33 PM, David Sanderson wrote:
> On 1/23/2012 11:57 AM, Malcolm Rockwell wrote:
>> As we know Carson Robeson and Vernon Dalhart both released many, many
>> 78s. Asking purely for subjective responses, what is considered the best
>> performance of each artist (not necessarily the biggest seller) and what
>> is the most representative performance?
>> Good thing it's Monday!
>> Malcolm R
>
> I like "My Blue Ridge Mountain Home," "When The Sun Goes Down Again,"
> "Little Green Valley." Robison was a songwriting genius, and Dalhart
> never gave him the credit he deserved - I heard a presentation by
> someone who had access to Robison's files, which include copyright
> records for 1200 songs. "Life Gets Tedjus" is an example of Robison's
> comic songs, clever and funny consistently. I like "Goin' Back to Where
> I Come From," too (this may not be the exact title). Then there's
> "Lindbergh, the Eagle of the USA," a classic of sorts. "The Prisoner's
> Song" is one of Dalhart's better solo pieces, and popular too. The
> recordings with jew's harp, whistling and whatnot are fun, but not the
> real keepers. What I'd say generally is that Robison's best songs are
> the best recordings. I've got a miscellaneous batch of 78s, at least one
> Dalhart reissue set, and a couple of Robison reissue CDs, mostly later
> recordings. He was working in England and Europe beginning about 1932, I
> think the first US cowboy/country performer to really spend time there,
> did some recording for HMV. I'll be interested in other comments.
>
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