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Enrico Caruso - La Donna e Mobile
Posted by: merrihew

Video duration: 138 seconds

Caruso singing La Donna e Mobile from Verdi's Rigoletto for Victor in 1907. The correct playing speed is 75 rpm which I did not know when I uploaded this record. I played it at 78.26 rpm. Some of Caruso's earlier records played at much slower speeds and I have adjusted those postings accordingly.

Related: caruso, orthophonic, victor

	Washboard Serenaders - Dark Eyes/St. Louis Blues Posted by: merrihew Video duration: 246 seconds The Washboard Serenaders performing Dark Eyes and the St. Louis Blues in 1936. Does anybody know who the great piano player is? Related: 1930s, jazz, serenaders, washboard

$Gigli - Pearlfishers - Nadir\$

Gigli - Pearlfishers - Nadir's aria
Posted by: merrihew

Video duration: 237 seconds

Another specific Gigli request. Beniamino Gigli singing Mi Par D'Udir Ancora from Act 1 of Bizet's Pearlfishers, recorded for HMV in 1931. Interesting to compare with the Tino Rossi version I posted previously. Totally different. I'm not going to offer an opinion other than to say that it is beautiful singing

Related: gigli, orthophonic, pearlfishers, victor

	Louis Armstrong & His Hot Seven - Potato Head Blues Posted by: merrihew Video duration: 197 seconds Another request. Louis Armstrong and His Hot Seven playing Potato Head Blues for Okeh in 1927. This is a 1939 repressing of the original. Related: 1920s, armstron, jazz, orthophonic, victor

$Mills Bros. - Hold That Tiger & I Ain\$	Mills Bros. - Hold That Tiger & I Ain't Got Nobody Posted by: merrihew Video duration: 300 seconds The Mills Brothers performing Hold That Tiger and I Ain't Got Nobody in 1932. The 2nd song has been posted before but the video and sound quality of the earlier posting is not so good. I hope the Youtuber is not offended. Related: brothers, mills

	John McCormack - Champs paternels from the opera Joseph (Mehul) Posted by: merrihew Video duration: 256 seconds A request. John McCormack singing Champs paternels from Mehul's opera Joseph. Recorded for Victor in 1917 when McCormack was in his prime. Also, an early picture of McCormack when he was thin. Related: john, mccormack, mehul, victor

Jimmie Lunceford Orch. - Nagasaki
Posted by: merrihew

Video duration: 175 seconds

The Jimmie Lunceford Orch. playing Nagasaki. My guess is that this was probably filmed around 1934. The middle trumpeter is Sy Oliver, one of the greatest jazz arrangers of all time. The talent here is extraordinary, Where can you find players today who can match those in this band?

Related: 1930s, jazz, lunceford, oliver

Bing Crosby & Eddie Lang - Please & Dinah
Posted by: merrihew

Video duration: 124 seconds

Two very brief bits from a 1932 film. Bing Crosby singing Please with Eddie Lang on the guitar and then Dinah. Lang and Crosby were very close. Lang died soon after this film was made during a routine operation. Crosby was devastated by the loss. This is Crosby at his zenith.

Related: bing, crosby, eddie, lang

	Tino Rossi - Catari! Catari! Posted by: merrihew Video duration: 209 seconds Tino Rossi singing Catari! Catari! from one of his films. Recorded for Columbia in the mid '30's. A pleasant tune well suited to his voice. Related: 1930s, orthophonic, rossi, victor

Gigli - Una Furtiva Lagrima
Posted by: merrihew

Video duration: 265 seconds

My last Gigli post for today. Beniamino Gigli singing Una Furtiva Lagrima from Donizetti's L'Elisir D'Amore for Victor in 1930. Now I feel guilty for criticizing him in my Tosca post. However, the run at the very end of this record is really sloppy - but the beauty of his voice compensates.

Related: gigli, orthophonic, victor

	Glenn Miller Orch. - Moonlight Serenade Posted by: merrihew Video duration: 215 seconds Another Holland 1935 request. The Glenn Miller Orch. performing Moonlight Serenade for Victor in 1938. Related: 1930s, miller, orthophonic, swing, victor

	Coleman Hawkins Swing Four - The Man I Love Posted by: merrihew Video duration: 326 seconds The Coleman Hawkins Swing Four performing The Man I Love for Signature in the mid 1940's. Hawkins on tenor sax, Eddie Heywood on piano, Shelly Manne on drums and Oscar Pettiford on bass. Related: 1940s, hawkins, heywood, jazz, manne, pettiford

	Tino Rossi - Pearlfishers - Romance de Nadir Posted by: merrihew Video duration: 173 seconds Tino Rossi (1907-1983) singing an aria from Bizet's Pearlfishers in 1936. A small but extraordinarily beautiful voice. He was immensely popular as a pop singer from the early 30's until his death. Related: bizet, orthophonic, pearlfishers, rossi, tino, victor

Vita Sackville-West reads from her poem The Land
Posted by: merrihew

Video duration: 517 seconds

Now something completely different. Vita Sackville-West (1892-1962) reading from her most famous poem The Land. Recorded by Columbia in 1931 for the International Education Society. Wonderful voice and especially good sound for 1931. Check the Wikipedia entry for her. She lead an extraordinary life.

Related: columbia, sackville-west

	Boswell Sisters - Lousiana Waddle Posted by: merrihew Video duration: 99 seconds The Boswell Sisters singing Lousiana Waddle. Related: boswell, sisters

$Ruth Etting - I\$	Ruth Etting - I'm Funny That Way Posted by: merrihew Video duration: 221 seconds Ruth Etting singing I'm (He's/She's) Funny That Way. Related: etting

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