Frank Crumit #1 Recorded 1919 - 1921 110amp3

Frank Crumit was born in 1889 in Ohio, making his first stage appearance at the age of 5 in a minstrel show. Upon graduating from high school in 1907, he studied voice in Cincinnati and then tried out unsuccessfully for opera in New York City, but by 1913, he was performing on the vaudeville stage with a trio. Later on his own, playing ukulele, he became known as "the one-man glee club". On Broadway, in the musical "Betty Be Good" in 1918, he had some success and went on to the Greenwich Village Follies of 1920, which featured his song, "Sweet Lady" which he recorded for Columbia. By the end of 1923, Crumit signed with Victor. He met musical comedy star Julia Sanderson in 1922 and they were married in 1928, retiring briefly in Springfield, Mass., but two years later began working as a radio team, singing duets and doing comedy routines. Billed as the "Singing Sweethearts." they were featured on a popular quiz show, "The Battle of the Sexes", which ran 13 years. Track 7 is with Art Hickman's Orchestra and he sings a duet with William Davidson on "Whispering". Paul Biese's Trio is featured on tracks 13,14, and 18-22. Of interest in his 1921 recording of Frankie and Johnny is the bridge, which was omitted in his Victor recording of 1927.

1. MY GAL COL A2884 10/10/19 78854 NELSON-COOPER
2. SO LONG OOLONG COL A2935 03/24/20 79066 KALMAR-RUBY
3. OH,BY JINGO COL A2935 03/31/20 79089 VON TILZER
4. EARLY IN THE MORNING COL A2946 04/14/20 79121 LE BOY
5. NOBODY TO LOVE COL A3303 06/23/20 79300 MEYER
6. LOVE NEST COL A2973 06/26/20 79311 HIRSCH
7. IN OLD MANILA ART HICKMAN COL A2982 07/21/20 79354 EARL
8. JINGA BULA JING JING COL A3303 08/25/20 79382 JEROME
9. WHISPERING WILLIAM DAVIDSON COL A3323 09/29/20 79439 SCHONBERGER
10. I'M A LONESOME LITTLE RAINDROP COL A3332 10/20/20 79460 GODWIN-ROTH-HANLEY
11. MARGIE COL A3332 10/20/20 79461 DAVIS-CONRAD-ROMINSON
12. ROSIE COL A3346 11/22/20 79531 MERKUR
13. HAPPY HOTTENTOT PAUL BIESE TRIO COL A3359 12/08/20 79558 VON TILZER
14. BEELA BOOLA PAUL BIESE TRIO COL A3383 01/27/21 79660 ROSEY
15. MOONLIGHT COL A3431 04/22/21 79808 CONRAD
16. THREE O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING COL A3431 05/26/21 79864 ROBLEDO
17. MIMI PAUL BIESE TRIO COL A3430 05/28/21 79870 CONRAD
18. OH,ME,OH MY PAUL BIESE TRIO COL A3430 05/28/21 79871 YOUMANS
19. FRANKIE AND JOHNNIE BIESE TRIO COL A3459 06/10/21 79881 GREEN-KAHN
20. I AIN'T NOBODY'S DARLING BIESE TRIO COL A3459 07/18/21 79943 KING
21. YOU'RE JUST THE TYPE FOR A BUNGALOW COL A3475 07/19/21 79949 DONALDSON
22. SWEET LADY COL A3475 09/07/21 79972 ZOOB-CRUMIT
23. OH,MIN COL A3984 09/05/23 81191 CONRAD
24. DAPPER DAN COL A3477 07/18/21 79944 VON TILZER

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