Rare Vinyl Records - Wes Cornell - Devil Records Label - Signed / Inscribed
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Americana Scarce Wes Cornell Devil Records Label
10" Vinyl 78rpm Records
Very rare Devil Records Label issue #1 featuring I'm A Gentleman and My Piano, and #2 featuring the risque pieces, The Captain of The Army and The Three Convicts, written and performed by Wes Cornell.
Devil Records was Cornell's record label, and as far as I am aware, only 2 record titles were ever issued. These records were inscribed by Cornell, to his friends, tenor Frank Cooke and Cooke's wife. The records are from approx. 1948. Both records are in very good condition. I played them and they sound very good.
Here is some information about Wes Cornell: Stage name of William Wesley Cochran, born Dec. 18, 1910 in Lorimor, Iowa. Played piano and developed routines by listening to the work of Dwight Fiske and similar performers. Began composing specialty material in 1938, writing songs for female impersonator Francis Renault, stripper Nyra Lou Joseph and later Sophie Tucker. Appeared in legit show "Mary Had a Little" and later at the Cambridge Club in Philadelphia. Wrote and delivered a tribute to Ethel Waters when she received the Sojurner Truth Award. Owned his own record label, Devil. Died April 2, 1958 in New York City.
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