[78-L] RCA Victor humour

[David Lennick]

Didn't know about that one either. 'Hope In Russia' (Decca LP) was also funny 
in the context of the early 60s.

dl

On 10/29/2013 3:27 PM, David Weiner wrote:
> Bob also did an RCA 78/45 of "That Certain Feeling"/"Zing! Went the
> Strings of My Heart" in 1956, s tie-in with the film of the same name
> (first title). And other 45 duet with Rosie Clooney in 1959.
>
> Dave Weiner
>
> On 10/29/13 2:01 PM, "David Lennick"<dlennick at sympatico.ca>  wrote:
>
>> What, no 45s?
>>
>> dl
>>
>> On 10/29/2013 1:58 PM, Michael Biel wrote:
>>> The Quick and the Dead also appeared on two RCA Victor 78 rpm sets.  I
>>> have one on 78s and the other on LP.  I also have lacquers of the
>>> original broadcasts.  These were about the development of atom bomb.
>>>
>>> Mike Biel  mbiel at mbiel.com
>>>
>>>
>>> -------- Original Message --------
>>> Subject: Re: [78-L] RCA Victor humour
>>> From: David Lennick<dlennick at sympatico.ca>
>>> Date: Tue, October 29, 2013 11:32 am
>>> To: 78-L Mail List<78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
>>>
>>> To connect these two disparate subjects, Bob Hope did appear on Victor
>>> Records,
>>> but not as a comedian...he narrates The Quick And The Dead (radio
>>> documentary
>>> issued on 2 lps, of which I've found only 1 as well as a partial 78 set)
>>> and
>>> sings on the Seven Little Foys soundtrack. His Capitol 78 set "I Never
>>> Left
>>> Home" seems to turn up frequently and the routines are topical, funny in
>>>
>>> context. Likewise a rare 12-inch set of routines recorded while on tour
>>> in Alaska.
>>>
>>> dl
>>>
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