[78-L] Oldest recording artist

Russell Miller saintrussell at gmail.com.invalid
Tue Nov 25 15:55:10 PST 2014


Rose Marie made a Victor test record on January 29, 1930 per DAHR. Her
first issued record was from March 10, 1932 per Wikipedia. So she might be
the living person who has recorded earliest, but at age 91, not nearly the
oldest.

Russell


On Tue, Nov 25, 2014 at 6:38 AM, Kristjan Saag <saag at telia.com.invalid>
wrote:

>
> Old topic but worth reviving every now and then.
> Does anyone know of a living recording artist who recorded before French
> vocalist Léo Marjane? Marjane made test recordings for French Gramophone
> in 1931 (which were never issued), and recorded for French Columbia in
> 1932 (issued).
> She may also be the oldest now living person who has recorded
> commercially. Léo Marjane was born on August 27 1912 - 102 years old.
> Danish jazz violinist Svend Asmussen may be the oldest now living jazz
> musician who recorded. He made his first recording as leader of a
> backing group for vocalist Lulu Ziegler in 1934 and recorded as main
> artist in 1935.
> Svend Asmussen was born on February 28 1916 - he's 98 years old.
> Also: does anyone know of any living band vocalist who is older than
> Vera Lynn? Lynn was born on March 20 1917, and started her career as
> band vocalist (Ambrose, Charlie Kunz, Jay Wilbur, Orlando - first
> recording with Joe Loss in August 1935). She beats Bea Wain with about a
> month - Bea was born on April 30 1917.
> Kristjan
>
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