Poignant to see Harry Lauder standing alone on the left; Harry, who threw himself full-force into entertaining the troops in some of the most dangerous spots to boost morale, and all the more after his only son was killed in the war.
Andrew On Aug 16, 2012, at 11:58 PM, DanKj wrote: > Sticking with the Snob Appeal of Opera, of course. It DID work very well > for Victor, as proven by the immense number of Red Seals still found in most > collections today (though they are also obviously hardly played!) ... "The > Boys" getting slaughtered Over There must have wanted to hear Billy Murray, > Collins & Harlan, Jolson, and surely the latest Dance Hits by the Victor > Military Band. > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > By the way, I wonder why Victor thought that our troops in the trenches > wanted to listen to Caruso, Heifetz, Paderewski, etc. I'm sure that kind of > music wouldn't be any more popular then than today with our troops. > > Jim Nichol > > > _______________________________________________ > Phono-L mailing list > http://phono-l.org > _______________________________________________ Phono-L mailing list http://phono-l.org
