[78-L] Willie Howard on Gala, was Re: Gala: different label styles,

[David Lennick]

VERY useful information. Rust doesn't list these sides at all, but under Belle 
Baker he lists her 6 Gala sides as "c. 1940".

dl

On 11/18/2012 11:17 AM, Han Enderman wrote:
> There was an earlier discussion of Gala on this forum, where Thomas informed us:
>
> Just found a review of the GALA album (#1) in the NY Times,
> this would put the recording into 1939 at the latest...
> Best wishes, Thomas.
>
> NYT January 14, 1940
> Comedy and Songs by Willie Howard. (Gala Records, six ten-inch sides, $2.75)
> One of the many new recording outfits waxes Professor Howard in some of his
> famous bits "French Taught in a Hurry," "Tyrone Shapiro," "Impressions of the
> Moscow Art Players," "Comes the Revolution," and Imitations of Jessel, Jolson,
> and Cantor.  Enough said.
>
> han enderman
> ===
>>>> Here is the information of the circa 1942 Willie Howard Gala album. It was Gala album 1 entitled "Willie Howard in an album of Comedy and Songs." Sides are:
>
> 1000A: French Taught in a Hurry, part 1 (115A)
> 1000B: French Taught in a Hurry, part 2 (116-1B)
>
> 1001A: Tyrone Shapiro (119-1A)
> 1001B: Moscow Art Players (117A)
>
> 1002A: Comes the Revolution! (118-2A)
> 1002B: Jessel, Jolson and Cantor (imitations) (120B)
>
> By the way, Belle Baker is on Gala album 3.
>
> Philip Fukuda
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