[78-L] What is the Meaning of This - The Sportsmen Quartet

[David Lewis]

Thank you David. Decca makes sense; my notes -- random stuff from the web; they have no bio or anything -- 

"According [to] Bill Days, who passed away on May 6, 2002 at 91, Mahlon Merrick was the one who got them into the [Benny] show. 
He [Merrick] had worked on some recordings with them and suggested to Jack [Benny] that they be hired."

They became regulars on the Benny show in 1946, but had appeared on it as early as 1942. "They were also featured on The Judy Canova show, 
Eddie Cantor show, Sealtest Village Store, Ginny Simms show, Blue Ribbon Town with Groucho Marx, Phil Harris/Alice Faye show among others."

They also apparently sang on some of Charles Fuller's "The Old Fashioned Revival Hour" Sunday programs in the late 1940s. All of which is
interesting to me.

Uncle Dave Lewis
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