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Click this link for more great Opera and Vocal Records in my other listings! Great 1927 recording of the famous STORY OF FRANKIE AND JOHNNY , about the philandering boy friend, and Frankie taking final revenge: She did him wrong, so wrong! by Frank Crumit w guitar clarinet and piano "Abdul Abulbul Amir" is a poem written in 1877 (during the Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878)) by Percy French and later set to music. It tells the story of two valiant heroes — a Russian, Ivan Skavinsky Skavar, and one of the Shah's mamelukes, Abdul Abulbul Amir — who because of their pride end up in a fight and kill each other. The poem inspired an MGM cartoon in the 1940s and a series of beer ads by Whitbread in the 1980s. Frank Crumit, who was famous for his renditions of it, wrote three sequels: "The Return of Abdul Abulbul Amir", "The Grandson Of Abdul Abulbul Amir", and "Minnie Skavinsky Skavar".Abdul Abulbul Amir Frank Crumit (arranger)Frankie and JohnnyFrank Crumit (arranger) Frank Crumit (vocalist : tenor vocal) Andy Sannella (instrumentalist : clarinet) Frank Crumit (instrumentalist : guitar) Nathaniel Shilkret (instrumentalist : piano) Description: Male vocal solo, with clarinet, guitar, and piano5/11/1927 New York, New York Victor 20715 Orig Issue Victor Scroll 10" 78 rpm recordCondition: EXCELLENT Lightest rubs, plays very quiet lightest crackleA GREAT COPYA satire on the Turko-Russian war, He wrote this in 1877 for a 'smoking concert'. The song was sold for £5 to an unscrupulous publisher, and it became a worldwide hit. unfortunately, French failed to take out copyright on the song and although it was sung on the stages from London to Australia and in pubs and taverns all over the world, he never received another penny in royalties for his work.The sons of the Prophet were brave men and boldAnd quite unaccustomed to fear,But the bravest by far in the ranks of the shahWas Abdul Abulbul Amir.Now the heroes were plenty and well known to fameIn the troops that were led by the Czar,And the bravest of these was a man by the nameOf Ivan Skavinsky Skavar.One day this bold Russian had shouldered his gunAnd donned his most truculent sneer.Downtown he did go where he trod on the toeof Abdul Abulbul Amir."Young man," quote Abdul, "has life grown so dullThat you wish to end your career?Vile infidel--know you have trod on the toeOf Abdul Abulbul Amir."Said Ivan, "My friend, your remarks in the endWill avail you but little, I fear,For you ne'er will survive to repeat them alive,Mr. Abdul Abulbul Amir!""So take your last look at sunshine and brookAnd send your regrets to the Czar,For by this I imply you are going to die,Count Ivan Skavinsky Skavar."Then this bold Mameluke drew his trusty skibouk,With a cry of "Allah! Hak-bar!"And with murderous intent he ferociously wentFor Ivan Skavinsky Skavar.They fought all that night neath the pale yellow moon.The din was heard from afar,And huge multitudes came, so great was the fameof Abdul and Ivan Skavar.As Abdul's long knife was extracting the life,In fact he was shouting, "Huzzah!"He felt himself struck by that wily Calmuck,Count Ivan Skavinsky Skavar.The Sultan drove by in his red-breasted fly,Expecting the victor to cheer,But he only drew nigh to hear the last sighOf Abdul Abulbul Amir.Dar Petrovitch, too, in his spectacle blue,Rode up in his new-crested car.He arrived just in time to exchange a last lineWith Ivan Skavinsky Skavar.There's a tomb rises up where the Blue Danube rolls.Engraved there in characters clearIs "Stranger, when passing, oh pray for the soulOf Abdul Abulbul Amir."A Muscovite maiden her lone vigil keeps,Neath the light of the cold northern star,And the name that she murmurs in vain as she weepsIs Ivan Skavinsky Skavar.Frank Crumit was born on September 26, 1889, in Jackson, Ohio. He died on September 7, 1943.He first worked on stage at the age of five as part of an amateur minstrel show. As a youth he also worked as a motion picture show entertainer in Ohio cities. He attended Culver Military Academy and graduated in 1912 from Ohio University of Athens, Ohio, with a degree in electrical engineering. He was in the original cast of Tangerine, which opened its New York run at the Casino Theatre on August 9, 1921. With fellow composer Dave Zoob, he wrote "Sweet Lady" for that show (lyrics were by Howard Johnson), strumming and singing it to the show's leading lady, Julia Sanderson, who became his wife within six years. Crumit later noted that eleven years after it was first heard on Broadway, he and his wife had sung the song more than 16,000 times for stage and radio audiences.Crumit began his recording career at age 30. "My Gal," on Columbia A2884, coupled with Al Jolson singing George Gershwin's first major success, "Swanee," was issued in May 1920. Crumit cut "My Gal" on December 10, 1919, and for the next four years Columbia released new Crumit titles almost every month.In the spring of 1920 he made his first sides, anonymously, for Little Wonder. Sam Ash and Henry Burr were two tenors who made many Little Wonders in earlier years, but Ash stopped making records, and Burr became exclusive to Victor in late 1920. Crumit filled this void, many many Little Wonders from 1920 to 1923.Jim Walsh states in the November 1953 issue of Hobbies, "Personally, I think Frank was unfortunate in that the microphonic method of recording had not been developed when he signed his Columbia contract. Some singers sounded better when recorded by the horn system than under the early electric process, but Crumit did not. He came into his own after the 'mike' succeeded the horn....The most successful recorders of that day were those with naturally strong, well-rounded voices, such as Caruso's, or those who expended large quantities of energy by 'hammering'--that is, singing vigorously into the horn. Frank's easy, relaxed, informal method of singing was not adapted to acoustic techniques. Too often it was made to sound rather nasal, flat and without enough 'body.'"Crumit records were regularly issued by Columbia through February 1924 (his final session was on October 29, 1923), and they helped popularize "Whispering" (sung with William Davidson), "Margie," "Three O'Clock in the Morning," "Dapper Dan," "Stumbling," "I Gave You Up Just Before You Threw Me Down," and "Say It With a Ukulele." Columbia suffered grave financial difficulties in the early 1920s, which may have influenced the tenor's decision to sign in 1923 an exclusive Victor contract. "Frankie and Johnny" (sometimes spelled "Frankie and Johnnie"; also known as "Frankie and Albert" or just "Frankie") is a traditional American popular song. It tells the story of a woman, Frankie, who finds her man Johnny "making love to" another woman and shoots him dead. Frankie is then arrested; in some versions of the song she is also executed. HistoryThe first published version of the music to "Frankie and Johnny" appeared in 1904, credited to and copyrighted by Hughie Cannon, the composer of "Won't You Come Home Bill Bailey"; the piece, whose melody is a variant of the version sung today, was titled "He Done Me Wrong" and subtitled "Death of Bill Bailey".[1] Another variant of the melody, with words and music credited to Frank and Bert Leighton, appeared in 1908 under the title "Bill You Done Me Wrong"; this song was republished in 1912 as "Frankie and Johnny" , but its music and lyrics both differ significantly from today's version. What has come to be the traditional version of the melody was also published in 1912, as the chorus to the song "You're My Baby" , whose music is attributed to Nat. D. Ayer.[2] The familiar "Frankie and Johnny were lovers" lyrics first appeared (as "Frankie and Albert") in On the Trail of Negro Folksongs by Dorothy Scarborough, published in 1925; a similar version with the "Frankie and Johnny" names appeared in 1927 in Carl Sandburg's The American Songbag.[3] Several students of folk music have asserted that the song long predates the earliest published versions; according to Leonard Feather in his Encyclopedia of Jazz it was sung at the Siege of Vicksburg(1863) during the Civil War[4] and Sandburg said it was widespread before 1888, while John Jacob Niles reported that it emerged before 1830.[5] However, the fact that the familiar version does not appear in print before 1925 is "strange indeed for such an allegedly old and well-known song," according to music historian James J. Fuld, who suggests that it "is not so ancient as some of the folk-song writers would have one believe."[6] It has been suggested that the song was inspired, or its details influenced, by one or more actual murders. One of these took place in St. Louis, Missouri, on October 15, 1899, when Frankie Baker, a 22-year-old dancer, stabbed (or shot) her 17-year-old lover Allen "Al" Britt, who was having a relationship with a woman named Alice Pryor. Britt died of his wounds two days later.[7] On trial, Baker claimed that Britt had attacked her with a knife and that she acted in self-defense; she was acquitted and died in a Portland mental institution in 1950.[8] The song has also been linked to Frances Silver, convicted in 1832 of murdering her husband Charles Silver in Burke County, North Carolina. Unlike Frankie Baker, Silver was executed. [9] [edit] LyricsSince "Frankie and Johnny" is a traditional song there is no single definitive version of the lyrics. Several versions were collected by Robert Winslow Gordon. The refrain common to most versions is: "He was her man, but he was doing her wrong." The name of the song's "other woman" varies, Alice or Nellie Bly being the most usual ones. The gunshot that kills Johnny is often depicted by the onomatopoeia "rooty toot toot." Many versions open with the quatrain: "Frankie and Johnny were sweethearts/Lordy, how they could love/They vowed to love one another/Underneath the stars above." Another common opening is:"Frankie was a good girl/everybody knows/she paid a hundred dollars/for Al's one suit of clothes." A common conclusion is: "This story has no moral/This story has no end/This story only goes to show/That there ain't no good in men." 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Artist: CLICK RIGHT ARROW > FOR CONDITION, Frank Crumit, Andy Sannella, Nathaniel Shilkret, Nat Shilkret
Format: Record
Material: Shellac
Genre: World Music
Record Size: 10"
Style: Ballet, Brass, Chanson, Christian, Comedy/Novelty Music, Film Score/Soundtrack, Germany & Austria, Greece, Gregorian Chant, Gypsy, Gypsy Jazz, Islamic, Jazz Instrument, Jewish, Mass, Middle East & Islamic, Music Hall, National Anthem/Patriotic, Polka, Schlager, Speech, Traditional/Vocal, Vocal, Waltz, Cabaret/Vaudeville, Christmas, Eastern Europe & Russia, Jewish & Yiddish, Opera, Political/Conscious
Speed: 78 RPM
Release Title: Abdul Abulbul Amir/ Frankie and Johnny
Language: Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, English, Hebrew, Polish, Romanian, Russian, Yiddish
Catalog Number: 20715
