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Music Rolls About Flying Machines
By Dorothy Bromage

A famous flying machine is mentioned in one of my favorite rolls,
Ampico #208941-E, "Lucky Lindy, a Fox trot in G major".  It's played
by Vincent Lopez (assisted).  According to the label, you can sing or
dance to the roll.

I have the original 1927 sheet music, words by L. Wolfe Gilbert and
Music by Abel Baer.  I display these with a 78 rpm Edison record
#52029-L with tenor Vernon Dalhart singing, "Plucky Lindy rides all
alone, In a little plane all his own."  I would be interested in
learning the meaning of "assisted."

Dorothy Bromage

 [ When the artist is "Vincent Lopez (assisted)" it means that
 [ the music was arranged by his band arranger, Domenico Savino,
 [ especially for Ampico and recorded by Ampico staff musicians
 [ Adam Carroll and/or Edgar Fairchild.  Ref. "The Ampico Reproducing
 [ Piano", ed. by Richard J. Howe, publ. by MBSI (1987), page 10 & 12.
 [ -- Robbie


(Message sent Mon 15 Jul 2013, 02:40:35 GMT, from time zone GMT-0500.)

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