BS: Short Story: Caruso/Grandfather Record

Subject: BS: Short Story: Caruso & Father Record
From: meself
Date: 23 Apr 21 - 05:51 PM

Ring a bell? I'm trying to track down a short story I vaguely remember from a 'reader' when I was in elementary school: Caruso and the narrator's father were friends; the father went to the recording studio and Caruso greeted him, which greeting inadvertently went onto the first recording - this record was given to the father, and a new recording done; the one-of-a-kind record becomes valuable; the family argues over whether or not to sell it; the narrator smashes the record.

Anyone recall the title or author or ... ?

Subject: RE: BS: Short Story: Caruso/Grandfather Record
From: meself
Date: 23 Apr 21 - 05:53 PM

I see I've got 'Grandfather' in the thread title - I think it should have been 'Father', as in my OP.

Subject: RE: BS: Short Story: Caruso/Grandfather Record
From: Monique
Date: 23 Apr 21 - 08:38 PM

The Song Caruso Sang by Patrick McCallum.

Subject: RE: BS: Short Story: Caruso/Grandfather Record
From: meself
Date: 23 Apr 21 - 08:50 PM

Thank you! Did you know that, or are your research skills just that much better than mine?

Subject: RE: BS: Short Story: Caruso/Grandfather Record
From: Monique
Date: 24 Apr 21 - 03:34 AM

I'd never heard of it before but I put "short story caruso sell record father smash" into Google" and it came out.

Subject: RE: BS: Short Story: Caruso/Grandfather Record
From: meself
Date: 24 Apr 21 - 10:48 AM

Yup - your research skills are superior to mine: I put some similar combination of words into Google, but obviously missed a key word or two. Thanks again!

Subject: RE: BS: Short Story: Caruso/Grandfather Record
From: Mr Red
Date: 25 Apr 21 - 02:50 AM

Goggle tailor your results according to the perceived interest.

I saw on a TED video of a case of two friends who searched "Egypt". One set of results came up "Arab Spring" - the other "hotels in Cairo & Luxor".

To improve your search skills you have to have a search different history. IMNSHO

As I always say "There is always someone who knows something you don't" - a sobering thought for experts in any field.