Date:         Fri, 15 Feb 2008 01:54:12 -0500
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From:         Jack Palmer <[log in to unmask]>
Subject:      Re: Odd late 78
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    Jimmy Scribner's claim to fame was that he did all the voices on his 
show.  I have a few of his shows on tape and while the programs are not that 
great it is interesting to listen to his voice switch from character to 
character.   Jack

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From: "Roger and Allison Kulp" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2008 5:53 PM
Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Odd late 78


> The Charioteers were on a Decca label,towards the very end of their 
> career.They were on Coral,in,like 1956-7,but I don't know this song.Jimmy 
> Scribner had a popular radio show in the 30s,that was all blackface 
> stuff.(Sort of a cross between a "dumbed down" Amos 'n' Andy,and the least 
> clever "coon" routines.) ,that was eventually picked up by Mutual Radio,in 
> 1950-51.So there is a bit of a gap in years here.
>
> Talent agencies used to sometimes put out acetates,of seemingly unrelated 
> acts they represented.I sold a 45 RPM one on eBay a couple of years 
> back,from the 1977-8.One side was an unissued song,by The Jackson Five,and 
> on the other was an unidentifiable female country singer.
>
> I suspect this may be what you have.
>
> I have never heard of this song.If you do indeed have an unissued 
> Charioteers acetate,there are people who would love to put it on a CD.
>
>                                       Roger
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> Steven Smolian <[log in to unmask]> wrote: I've a peculiar, 10", 
> apparently private pressing.
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>
> 1. s. 1. The Wedding of Lucy and Pee Wee by Jimmy Scribner (The Johnson
> Family). Mx 76159A
> 2. s. 2. Down in Chicazola Town. Sung by the Charioteers.  Mx 76158A
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> On both buff labels:
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> Presented bt Ramsdell, Inc
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> New York, N.Y.
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> Wm. Irving Hamilton, Inc.
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> The matrices appear to be Decca.
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> Lucy etc. seems a blackface skit.
>
> Chicazola is a street in Norfolk, VA.
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>
> Why does this record exist?
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> Steve Smolian
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