[78-L] i don't want to play in your yard addendum by original poster

[Kristjan Saag]

Two other sources differ from Mr Whitburn's opinion.

Here's one, a website about Parlor Songs:
http://parlorsongs.com/issues/2003-7/thismonth/feature.php

Roger Lax & Frederick Smith in "The Great Song Thesaurus" lists the song 
as one of 1894's notable songs.

And remember: in 1894 (and for a long time to come) sheet music sales 
were much more important than cylinder recordings...
Kristjan



On 2012-09-18 01:43, Ray wrote:
> The song never was a hit, as defined by Joel Whitburn.  His book on Pop
> Memories goes back to 1890, but no mention.
> It was recorded on cylinder around the time it was written.  The Cylinder
> Archive at UC Santa Barbara has such a cylinder but it is in such poor
> condition that they could not transfer it or even identify the artist.
> http://cylinders.library.ucsb.edu/search.php?queryType=@attr
> 1=1016&query=I+Don%27t+Want+to+play+in+Your+Yard&num=1&start=1&sortBy=&sortOrder=id
> Could you be confusing it with the VERY similar song PLAYMATE(S) which was
> popular in 1940 by Kay Kyser and revived in 1955 by the Fontane Sisters?
> RayK
>>
>>
> From: Eric Goldberg
> And so we come to these questions......Was this song ever a hit song and for
> whom? Who recorded it in the early 78 era? ...and let's not forget Alfalfa,
> did he sing it in the movies?
>
>
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