[Dixielandjazz] OT-Bing Crosby, Frances Langford?

[Hal Vickery]

I'm guessing it was from the Wikipedia article that I got that.  I remember the next time I watched the movie I checked to see how she was billed.  It was as "Singer."

The link to archive.org didn't work, but I'm going to try searching it.  I've always liked Nora Bayes.

Hal Vickery

> Subject: OT-Bing Crosby, Frances Langford?
> From: bhaesler at bigpond.net.au
> Date: Mon, 22 Feb 2010 12:38:26 +1100
> To: hvickery_80 at msn.com; dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com
> 
> Hal Vickery wrote:
> > Frances Langford was billed in "Yankee Doodle Dandy" as "singer."  
> > I've also read, but I don't know where, that the "singer" was supposed to be Nora Bayes.  
> 
> Dear Hal,
> This may be the reference you recall:
>   http://www.blockbuster.com/browse/catalog/personDetails/35699
> Wikipedia also makes the claim at:
>    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yankee_Doodle_Dandy
> To hear Nora Bayes 1919 recording of "Over Thee" use this link: 
>    http://ia200031.eu.archive.org/2/audio//NoraBayes-OverThereWorldWarISong.mp3
> 
> Kind regards,
> Bill.