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Thread #140097   Message #3452534
Posted By: GUEST
15-Dec-12 - 09:35 PM
Thread Name: Origins: I'm not in the navy, a sailor boy I sit
Subject: RE: Origins: I'm not in the navy, a sailor boy I sit
I have it on a 78 RPM single, titled The Beep Beep Song. It's a plain blue label with no label name, no writers' credit and no artist name. Just the song title, and nothing else. The flip side is Excuse Me, Please, a play on the familiar "I knew an old cowboy from Kent...." saga. I bought it in a collectors shop in the early 1970s. The shop owner speculated that it was from the late 1930s, but he wasn't sure, either. I don't think it dates back that far, though. To this day, I still don't know who the artist is. If that information ever surfaces, I for one would be most grateful!