[78-L] Last alive to record an acoustical DD?

[Royal Pemberton]

Hugh Ashley died in 2008 aged 94; he made his first records for Victor as
part of Ashley's Melody Men in October 1929 when 14 years old.


On Thu, Jul 25, 2013 at 1:42 AM, Harold Aherne <leotolstoy_75 at yahoo.com>wrote:

> By any chance, do we know what the matrix or catalogue number was for the
> selection he participated in?
>
> As far as I know, the last surviving "name" performer who recorded for
> Edison may have been Dorothea Ponce Verkamp (1909-2000), one of the Ponce
> Sisters.
>
> -HA
> --------------------------------------------
> On Wed, 7/24/13, Ron L'Herault <lherault at bu.edu> wrote:
>
>  Subject: [78-L] Last alive to record an acoustical DD?
>  To: "'78-L Mail List'" <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>, "'Antique
> Phonograph List'" <phono-l at oldcrank.org>
>  Date: Wednesday, July 24, 2013, 6:43 PM
>
>  If all goes according to plan,
>  tomorrow I will meet a 104 year old gentleman
>  who was part of the Drury High School Band which cut a
>  Diamond Disc in 1924.
>  Am I correct in assuming that he may be the last person
>  alive to record an
>  acoustic Edison disk?   If you had the
>  chance, what would you ask him?
>
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