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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
Steven Smolian <smolians@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: I've a peculiar, 10", apparently private pressing.
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
On both buff labels:
Presented bt Ramsdell, Inc
New York, N.Y.
Wm. Irving Hamilton, Inc.
The matrices appear to be Decca.
Lucy etc. seems a blackface skit.
Chicazola is a street in Norfolk, VA.
Why does this record exist?
Steve Smolian
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