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Thread #6796 Message #1706271
Posted By: Jim Dixon
30-Mar-06 - 12:45 AM
Thread Name: Origins: what became of the monk? (Animal Fair)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: what became of the monk? (Animal Fair)
The Online 78 rpm Discographical Project lists several early recordings:
Finzel Arcadia Orchestra of Detroit, THE ANIMAL FAIR, Okeh #40069, 1923.
Casino Do (C.Fry), ANIMAL FAIR, Pathe #10616, 1923.
Casino Do, ANIMAL FAIR, Perfect #14189, 1923.
Carl Fenton & His Orchestra, ANIMAL FAIR, Brunswick #2683, 1924.
W[alt?] Peterson, LAZY OLD MARY-ANIMAL FAIR, Silvertone #8202, c1927.
King's Men, I WENT TO THE ANIMAL FAIR MEDLEY, Decca #18195b, 1941.
Authorship is credited to "Johnson-Laforrest-Russo" or "Johnson-Laforest-Ross."