[78-L] Hey, Mabel

[Bud Black]

In the 1950's there was a beer called Carling's Black Label which was touted on TV with a gimmicky phrase in which a guy in a bar would shout "Hey, Mabel!  Black Label!"  Thereby attracting the attention of a pretty waitress.

Bud

David Lennick <dlennick at sympatico.ca> wrote:

>Just acquired an odd one here, which seems to exist on a couple of labels, both 
>private.
>
>No label identification, LFS-1002-A: "HEY MABEL"--DIXIELAND" (Paul-Davis)
>--Yank Lawson, Lou McGarity, Artie Baker, Boomie Richman, Joe Harnell, Terry 
>Snyder, Joe Rhodes, Allen Hanlon (yeah, good group!)
>
>As above, LFS-1002-B: "HEY--MABEL!" TAKE ME OUT TO THE BALL GAME (Norworth-Von 
>Tilzer)
>--Earl Paul Orchestra
>
>A Google search for the B side brought up a link to the same recording on PAVIS 
>PV 102, matrix E4-QB-4657. The matrix for the unnamed issue side B is 
>G9-OB-7372. This same link also produced a superimposed ad for American Express 
>which I couldn't remove. Don'tcha just love unremovable ads and unskippable 
>trailers?
>
>Anyway..anybody know anything about this record and Earl Paul or Paul-Davis or 
>Earl Paul Davis?
>
>dl
>
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