Season's Greetings! This December my usual Christmas quiz on old records. |
Here are some jumbled up names of well known 78rpm recording artistes.
8 Name the legendary collector of dance records who knew everyone, beat everyone to the best hoards of dance 78's and co-authored a book on the subject with Rust? He died in 1995.
Some titles of 78 recordings, vowels missing!
Specialist Quiz on Zonophone Records 16 This label in the 1900's was bought up by which large British record company? 17 Initially this company issued Zonophone records as a cheap subsidiary on single sided issues only. What was the name of the label that issued the first double sided issues, that was later given the Zonophone logo? 18 A solo instrumentalist went under the magnificent name of Signor Tapiero. What unusual instrument did he record with? 19 What was unusual about Zonophone 598 which was by The Black Diamonds Band? One side included Coronation March. 20 One of the first major dance bands to record for the label in 1921 was whose? He was under contract to the parent company. Click for all the answers . . . . . . . . . . .
Answers
1 Bing Crosby
2 Lew Stone
3 Benny Goodman
4 Donald Peers
5 Lloyd Price
6 Petula Clark
7 Mark Sheridan
8 Sandy Forbes 9 any year from 1905 to 1911. 10 Neophone
11 All I need is you
12 If I could be with you
13 Christmas Eve in the toy shop
14 Isle of Capri
15 Book of Love
16 The Gramophone Company, later HMV
17 Twin
18 ocarina
19 It was a double track disc, ie two tunes each side, four in total. Alternatively, you could say the King and Queen were pictured on the label.
20 Jack Hylton
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