78 RPM Victor 22644 Ted Weems Orch. Egyptian Ella 1931
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Born on Pennsylvania, Ted Weems (1901-1963) started his band-leading career in the 1920s but is remembered, if at all, for giving a young singer named Perry Como his start in 1936 and for a huge 1947 hit, “Heartaches,” a reissue which first was recorded on Bluebird in 1933. Here, before both events, Weems plays “Egyptian Ella,” recorded on October 28, 1930 and “Jig Time,” recorded on February 2, 1931. “Country” Washburn does the vocals on both. Wear, some scratches. Condition V/V+
NOTE: I grade records by a rating system that has been standard in the industry for decades. Still, it can be a subjective undertaking. I am more likely to grade by how the record reproduces aurally (I use a 78 Shure cartridge with a 1950s Voice of Music turntable that has been fit into a 1946 Magnavox Belvedere radio-phonograph) than by how it looks visually. Sometimes a record that appears substantially worn plays very well and sometimes the opposite is true.
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