A little tune to lift your spirits, on this beautiful spring day. Mary Dear, from “Honeymoon Lane” by Creamer, Dowling, & Hanley. Played via Welte-Mignon Reproducing Player Piano Roll. This roll, # 75262, was recorded in June of 1927 by Harry Perrella. Mr. Perrella, (1900-1939), was a member of the Paul Whitman Band, and several other bands. There is very little information about him, out there, but suffice it to say, he is one of my favorite Welte Artists. Played this afternoon on my 1921 6’2” Baldwin Welte-Mignon Reproducing Player Piano.  Please listen with headphones for best fidelity, and thanks for listening.

Mary Dear

Dol. Pauscher dir. unknown personnel; Lászlo Mocsányi and Tibor Lakos, v.

Radius M 516 mx. 14487

Prague, c. November 1932

Harlem Melody Band - Oh Monah! - 1932

Vic Quam dir. unknown personnel and vocalist (?)

MacGregor & Sollie Musical Library 395 mx. MS 2003

San Francisco, 1936.

Vic Quam & Orchestra -  I'm Building Up To An Awful Let-Down - 1936

Broadcast South Pacific 50th Anniversary WQXR 1999

Grenville Walker directing unknown personnel; Howard Barrie, vocal.

Columbia 1010 (matrix unknown - recorded by Trans-Air Broadcast Corporation)

1775 Broadway, New York City, June 21, 1932

Grenville Walker and his New York Knights - Living In Dreams - 1932

Etting Interview 1

SYLVIA FROOS: Here is an unissued "demo" made in Manhattan by Sylvia Froos, a former child vaudevillian ("Baby Sylvia") who made one feature film, "Stand Up And Cheer" (Fox, 1934), phonograph records (RCA-Victor, Crown, Etc.), and many film shorts. She was a special featured vocalist on the radio and in theaters with major dance bands (Hal Kemp, Arden & Ohman, Johnny Green, Paul Whiteman...) and radio orchestras throughout the 1930s and '40s. Her last commercial records were made in 1951 with producer/writer Allen Sherman, who wrote special material for her before he was "My Son, The Folk Singer."

A Shine On Your Shoes (Schwartz-Dietz): Sylvia Froos, June 16, 1949 Demo

A 1933 Rudy Vallee recording via OTR CAT dot com, of "I Hate to Think That You'll Grow Old, Baby" from the musical "Forward March".

I Hate to Think That You'll Grow Old, Baby

Vincent Price Cooking Lesson 3 - Small Boys

Live performance from Indiana University on Sept. 26th, 1996.

A Shine On Your Shoes (Schwartz-Dietz): Sylvia Froos, June 16, 1949 Demo

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