[78-L] Odd Lindbergh record

[J. E. Knox]

Greetings from FixitLand!

Taylor Bowie wrote:

> Does anybody else have a copy of this oddity?
> 
> Romeo 391 LEROY MONTESANTO TRIBUTE TO CAPT CHARLES LINDBERGH 2479=B 
> CA1163* - 06/??/27
> 
> It's odd because the first 2/3 of the thing is a bloviating "recitation" 
> about Lucky Lindy...accompanied by background noise which I assume is 
> supposed to sound like a single-engine airplane.
> 
> The last 1/3 is a ghastly variation on the song "There's Everything Nice 
> About You"  (which is pretty bad in the first place).
> 
> Does anybody have any idea who is hiding under the name of  Leroy Montesano 
> in this case?  Yes,  I know that Sutton indicates that this name is 
> sometimes used for Scrappy Lambert and no,  this is not Scrappy.
> 
> Hoping someone has the thing and can play it and maybe let me know the 
> "artist" in question.

I don't have it but I sure want it...Cameo and Romeo labels (and related) are among my interests.

So far as I know, Leroy Montesanto was a real person (as opposed to so many of the artist names on Romeo records, when they're even given!) He's the guy who sings "Rose Of The West" on the Romeo sample record (and Romeo 495), along with a number of other 1926-27 Bob Haring sides on Cameo/Lincoln/Romeo ("Oriental Moonlight" comes to mind).

Take care,


—
Joe
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“When I play with my cat, who knows whether she is not amusing herself with me more than I with her.”—Michel de Montaigne