Italian Coloratura Soprano Amelita Galli-Curci ~ Memory Lane (1924)

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Italian Coloratura Soprano Amelita Galli-Curci (1882-1963) / Memory Lane (Conrad) / Recorded: September 18, 1924 / Galli-Curci is pictured in a hand-tinted photograph on the cover of the Thursday, April 11, 1918 edition of The Musical Courier --

Amelita Galli-Curci (November 18, 1882 -- November 26, 1963) ~ Italian operatic soprano. She was one of the best-known coloratura singers of the early 20th century with her gramophone records selling in large numbers. The full wikipedia article can be found here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amelita_Galli-Curci

Con Conrad (June 18, 1891 -- September 28, 1938) ~ American songwriter and producer.
Con Conrad was born Conrad K. Dober in New York City. He published his first song, "Down in Dear Old New Orleans", in 1912. Conrad produced the Broadway show The Honeymoon Express, starring Al Jolson, in 1913. By 1918, Conrad was writing and publishing with Henry Waterson and had his first major hit in 1920 with the song Margie. Over the next several years, he would also be responsible for such standards as "Ma, He's Making Eyes at Me", "You've Got to See Your Mama Every Night", "Memory Lane", "Lonesome and Sorry", "Palesteena" and "Come on Spark Plug". In 1923 Conrad focused on the stage and wrote the scores for the Broadway shows: The Greenwich Follies, Moonlight, Betty Lee, Kitty's Kisses and Americana. In 1929 he moved to Hollywood after losing all of his money on unsuccessful shows. There he worked on films such as: Fox Movietone Follies, Palmy Days, The Gay Divorcee and Here's to Romance. Conrad received the first Academy Award for Best Song for The Continental in 1934 along with collaborator Herb Magidson. He died four years later in Van Nuys, California. Conrad was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1970. (wikipedia)

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