Harry Akst was his accompanist in Korea, yes. Al very possibly killed himself with the effort he expended on that tour, or at least he dealt the final blow to his ailing heart. Actually, I have no problem believing that he'd have a 2-65 Victrola - they were much better machines than any portable made in the 1940s. Who knows - maybe a soldier made the name plate, stuck it on his own machine, and gave it to Al. But still not $3,500 ... Paul Whiteman's stapler only cost me $35, as I recall.
I had a friend who was in the Army during WWII, and when Bing Crosby visited his camp, he was put in charge of driving Bing around & helping him in general. Bing forgot one of his pipes, so my friend mailed it to him. A few months later, Bing sent the now autographed pipe back to my friend, along with a really nice letter and several photos taken of the two of them during Bing's visit. What class! On 12/26/12, Steven Medved wrote: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SinJgcJQhII http://www.corbisimages.com/images/Corbis-NA001477.jpg?size=67&uid=dbb4b702-f7fe-420c-aa83-03a587d44190 Looks like he had a live piano player. > To: [email protected] > From: [email protected] > Date: Wed, 26 Dec 2012 18:27:22 -0500 > Subject: Re: [Phono-L] AL JOLSON'S VICTOR 2-65 ORTHOPHONIC VICTROLA? > > > What troops, exactly, was Al Jolson entertaining? We were not at war > 1919-1941, and had relatively small armed forces during that period. > _______________________________________________ Phono-L mailing list http://phono-l.org
