[78-L] Robeson & Dalhart question

[banjobud]

During WWII Carson Robison wrote and recorded many "propaganda" type songs. 
There was "1942 Turkey In The Straw", "Hitler's Letter To Mussolini", "Plain
Talk" , "Get Your Gun And Come Along" , "The Story Of Jitterbug Joe" , and
others.

Bud 
 
 
 
 
-------Original Message-------
 
From: Cary Ginell
Date: 01/23/12 12:48:30
To: 78-L Mail List
Subject: Re: [78-L] Robeson & Dalhart question
 
I have "Whistle-itis" on Electrobeam Gennett, which is astounding.
 
Cary Ginell
 
On Jan 23, 2012, at 9:39 AM, "David Lennick" <dlennick at sympatico.ca> wrote:
 
> 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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