[78-L] Oldest recording artist

[Steve Williams]

Let us not forget that Rose Marie recorded a Vitaphone in June 1929, so she
is probably not only the earliest recording artist still alive, but the
earliest living artist recorded on talking film.  Mickey Rooney and maybe
others might have made claims to earlier films as an actor, but Mickey's no
longer with us, and I know of no other living actor who started in 1926.

Steve Williams
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Date: Thu, 27 Nov 2014 06:22:06 +0000 (UTC)
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I guess there are no more artists major or minor, (second violin in an
orchestra or chorister in a choir), from the acoustic era. ?Every time this
has come up there has always been some senior mentioned who made acoustic
recordings but even the aforementioned L?o Marjane was only 13 years old at
the end of the acoustic era.
db 

     On Tuesday, November 25, 2014 6:55 PM, Russell Miller
<saintrussell at gmail.com.invalid> wrote:
   

 
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 L?o 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. L?o 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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