Name: Because Of Once Upon A Time (Maltin-Stride-Young) by Peter Mintun in June MacCloy (1909-2005) Recordings
Duration: 3 min 3 s
Description: Griff Williams-Jimmy Walsh & Their Hotel Mark Hopkins Orchestra, Vocal refrain by June MacCloy. Recorded in San Francisco, California. This is the only commercial record of singer June MacCloy (1909-2005).

I really am enjoying the Anson Weeks broadcast. Nicely recorded and beautiful recording quality. Amazing what they could do in those days.

Wow, Griff Williams, one of those legendary San Francisco bandleaders I had only ever heard about, and here he is with June MacCloy to boot. What a treat. Thank you, Peter.

June MacCloy (1909-2005) Recordings

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

Vocals, Buddy Moreno (gtr), Monte Kelly (trpt) and June MacCloy

Williams - Walsh Orchestra Transcription, 1934

Etting Interview 1

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

Personnel unknown except for Bob Kimic - t / Jimmy Walsh - tb / Griff Williams - p / June MacCloy - v. 

Decca 328 B mx. DSF-6

San Francisco, c. January, 1935

Williams - Walsh and their Hotel Mark Hopkins Orchestra - Because Of Once Upon A Time - 1935

Vincent Price Cooking Lesson 3 - Small Boys

June MacCloy & MGM Studio Orchestra. June MacCloy's last real role was in "Go West" (MGM, released 6 December 1940) in which she tried to seduce Groucho Marx, and sang "You Can't Argue With Love" (unpublished) in the beer hall. It is interesting to notice that MacCloy is wearing the same costume, though modified somewhat, as Jeanette MacDonald's in the film "San Francisco" (MGM 1936).

You Can't Argue With Love, from the film "Go West"

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

Porgy Fantasy for two piano-four hands by Percy Grainger

Griff Williams-Jimmy Walsh & Their Hotel Mark Hopkins Orchestra, Vocal refrain by June MacCloy. Recorded in San Francisco, California. This is the only commercial record of singer June MacCloy (1909-2005).

Because Of Once Upon A Time (Maltin-Stride-Young)

Griff Williams-Jimmy Walsh Hotel Mark Hopkins Orchestra, vocal by June MacCloy, San Francisco, 1934. From 16" electrical transcription made by Titan Production Co., San Francisco.

Lost In A Fog (Dorothy Fields-Jimmy McHugh)

Ben Selvin & His Orchestra, with Kate Smith, Jack Miller & the 3 Nitecaps. Songs by Lew Brown & Ray Henderson: You Can Make My Life A Bed of Roses; Say; There I Go Dreaming Again. From the show starring Bert Lahr, June Knight, Lupe Velez, Lynne Overman, Buddy Rogers, June MacCloy.

Because Of Once Upon A Time (Maltin-Stride-Young)

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