45worlds: 78 RPM

“Holiday” is not a Christmas song per se, but the lyrics could be applied. The release timing would almost make it a given.

Born in Indiana, Jarvis worked In Milwaukee post war as a staff musician at WTMJ, later hosting her own TV program “Jivin’ With Jarvis.” When the Braves moved to Milwaukee in 1953, she was hired as the stadium organist for eight years before accepting a job in NYC as...

Added images. First time a female singer appeared on a Kaye disc, and it was a one time shot. Elaine Beatty was the the winner of a talent contest held by the Cincinnati Coin-Op Association. The prize was a Kaye recording date. Blessed with good material. great pipes and...

That's interesting. Nothing in Elmo Tanner's bio suggests that he ever used the name of Erwin Taylor.

Forgot I had this variant. The newspaper clipping (Appleton Post-Crecent) suggests the vocalist is Elmo Tanner

Oklahoma steel guitar player Mitchell backed Jimmie Davis on most of his Decca releases co-writing “ You Are My Sunshine” The Jefferson Hotel was one of the top hotels in Dallas. Built in 1917, it was demolished by the city in 1974 as part of a revitalization project. It...

Co 2718-D - label images added of orig. black labels and of royal blue repressing. This is the last known black label issue in this general -D series; the first known blue label release is 2721-D by Ted Lewis.

B Side Image Added.

Sorry my slow response here, been doing lots of offline stuff this year (incl. packing and moving to new home very soon). A huge job that also includes packing and transporting thousands of heavy records! Now I almost regret not having my own family that would help me......

Artist appears to be based in Atlanta. There seems to be little info on the net about this group, despite having numerous releases

Co 2698-D - images of orig. black labels added. - Only a few issues later the black labels were replaced by the blue labels on royal blue shellac, of which 2721-D by Ted Lewis is the first new issue known to me.

Also Vocalion 05809 When The Stevens Hotel opened in 1927, it was considered the World’s largest hotel. Described as a city within a city, it sported a large movie theatre, a ballroom, a 27 chair barber shop, a bowling alley, a pharmacy, a candy store and many other...

Extremely loud and clear for an acoustic recording. Better than many companies early electrics

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