1931 Ben Selvin (as ‘Frank Auburn’) - In The Merry Month Of Maybe (Dick Robertson, vocal)
Details
| Title | 1931 Ben Selvin (as ‘Frank Auburn’) - In The Merry Month Of Maybe (Dick Robertson, vocal) |
| Author | Rick Colom Collection |
| Duration | 3:15 |
| File Format | MP3 / MP4 |
| Original URL | https://youtube.com/watch?v=9YH405SiqcM |
Description
From the Rick Colom Collection: This and the also-posted flipside “I Found A Million Dollar Baby” were written for “Billy Rose’s Crazy Quilt,” a 79-performance 1931 revue that featured Fanny Brice, Phil Baker, and Ted Healy among the cast.
“Frank Auburn” was a pseudonym commonly seen on various dime store labels to represent the works of several well-known recording artists, including Ben Selvin, Harry Reser, Fred Rich, Sam Lanin, Phil Spitalny and others.
78rpm Velvet Tone 2404-V (also issued on other Columbia-owned labels) - In The Merry Month Of Maybe (Warren-Gershwin-Rose) by Ben Selvin & his Orchestra (as Frank Auburn), vocal by Dick Robertson (as Robert Wood), recorded in NYC May 28, 1931
