WFMU: Sounds Under 64 Not Allowed with Jan Turkenburg: Playlist from January 15, 2022

Sounds Under 64 Not Allowed with Jan Turkenburg: Playlist from January 15, 2022

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January 15, 2022: 167 Will F. Denny

William "Will" F. Denny (ca.1860 - 1908) sang in vaudeville, beginning his career in Boston. He made his first recordings—cylinders—for the New England Phonograph Company in 1891. Denny specialized in comic songs and parodies. He recorded copiously for the Columbia, Edison, and Berliner record companies, and less so for Zonophone and Victor. He sang in a loud, full tenor with a slight trace of Irish brogue that slightly resembled George Walker of the team of Williams and Walker. He died in Seattle on October 2, 1908 of atherosclerosis, while touring on the Pantages vaudeville circuit, and was buried in Philadelphia.
(sources: wikipedia/library of congress)

A more comprehensive story by Tim Gracyk can be found underneath this video (a song that will be played on the show too).

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Artist	Track	Year	Comments	Approx. start time
Will F. Denny	Sweet Marie "Sweet Marie" by "Will F. Denny"	1893		0:00:00 (Pop-up)
Will F. Denny	You Cant Think Of Everything	1893		0:03:54 (Pop-up)
Will F. Denny	Change Will Do You Good Brown	1897		0:06:17 (Pop-up)
Will F. Denny	She Was There "She Was There" by "Will F. Denny"	1897		0:09:15 (Pop-up)
Will F. Denny	Miss Helen Hunt "Miss Helen Hunt" by "Will F. Denny"	1899		0:12:00 (Pop-up)
Will F. Denny	How'd You Like To Be The Iceman?	1899	from archive.org: This very funny comic song was a typical piece of Denny's repertoire, and this recording is just as wild and weird as many he made. The piano playing on this take is particularly interesting, as it's very different from the takes Denny made for Edison around the same time. The pianist on this recording could be debated, from very small characteristics that are distinct to opposing pianists who worked luckily for the same company. The pianist is more likely to be Fred Hylands, though there's a possibility it's Edward Issler.	0:14:26 (Pop-up)
Will F. Denny	Oh Don't It Tickle You	1899-1902		0:16:50 (Pop-up)
Will F. Denny	And The Parrot Said	1904s		0:19:13 (Pop-up)
Will F. Denny	Turkey And The Turk	1901		0:21:19 (Pop-up)
Will F. Denny	I'm Looking at you, Lize	1901		0:23:49 (Pop-up)
Will F. Denny	Time Is Money "Time Is Money" by "Will F. Denny"	1898		0:27:17 (Pop-up)
Will F. Denny	Up Came Johnny With His Camera	1899	Piano accompaniment by Frank P. Banta.	0:29:53 (Pop-up)
Will F. Denny	The Shadows On The Door	1898		0:32:36 (Pop-up)
Will F. Denny	You Cant Think Of Everything	1893		0:34:51 (Pop-up)
Will F. Denny	Little Alabama Coon	1902	lyrics (Hattie Star)	0:37:17 (Pop-up)
Will F Denny & Edison Minstrels	At the Minstrel Show No4	1906		0:40:03 (Pop-up)
Will F. Denny	Mister Dooley "Mister Dooley" by "Will F. Denny"	1902s	Mr. Dooley was a fictional newspaper writer who just happened to be just everywhere, just like this song suggests.	0:42:12 (Pop-up)
Will F. Denny	Just One Girl "Just One Girl" by "Will F. Denny"	1902		0:44:47 (Pop-up)
Will F. Denny	I Couldn't "I Couldn't" by "Will F. Denny"	1904		0:47:15 (Pop-up)
Will F. Denny	Doing His Duty-Ooty-Ooty	1900		0:49:25 (Pop-up)
Will F. Denny	A Job like that "A Job like that" by "Will F. Denny"	1899		0:51:46 (Pop-up)
Will F. Denny	When Mister Shakespeare Comes to town	1901-1902		0:56:37 (Pop-up)

A trip to Will F. Denny's grave

Lots and lots of other audio antiquities on WFMU:

Centennial Songs - The Antique Phonograph Music Program contextually presented by Michael Cumella

The Ragged Phonograph Program with Mike Haar Original ragtime, jazz, and pop music from the first quarter of the 20th century, with historical background on vaudeville-era artists

Thomas Edison's Attic The audio curator at Edison National Historic Site rummages through the archives of the legendary Edison Laboratory of West Orange, New Jersey

The Old Codger: playing 78 RPM records like they're going out of style!

Rare Oldies Radio hosted by Kitschy Mama, featuring lost songs from the 50s & 60s: Retro Obscuro with Kitschy Mama

Music from the 1920s in the January 7, 2020 episode of Continental Subway with David Dichelle

Music and other recordings of Lynda Barry in the june 7, 2020 episode of Canibal Stew with DJ ARB

and you might want to check out the Surface Noise archives with DJ Joe McGasko from 2008 and 2009

Listener comments!
	11:18am WR: Hello Jan. Will be listening while having lunch.
	11:47am Jan Turkenburg: bon appétit, WR!
	12:01pm WR: Usual Saturday lunch: soba noodles, boiled egg and a lager beer.
	12:01pm Jan Turkenburg: :-)
	12:07pm Jan Turkenburg: As you can notice, the recordings are from a variety of sources, playing and recording devices.
	12:08pm Mr Fab: Good morning, Jan and fellow antique-freaks! (anteek-freeks?)
	12:08pm Jan Turkenburg: Hey Mr Fab!
	12:09pm Mr Fab: Must have been a real challenge to sing and SHOUT at the same time.
	12:09pm MHLee: Hi Jan
	12:10pm Jan Turkenburg: Hi MHLee! Yes, opera techniques would have come in handy..
	12:11pm WR: Well, Mr Fab, at least in the recording studio they didn't have to compete with audience cat calls.
	12:13pm MHLee: Yeah the recording method is extremely difficult... everything has to be very loud... which led to some new instruments
	12:15pm Mr Fab: “You go to hell and hunt for it”? An intentional double entendres, or just my dirty modern mind hearing things?
	12:19pm Mr Fab: ^^ referring to the “Helen Hunt” song
	12:20pm WR: I'll be archive listening to this to be able to stop and replay bits too quick to catch, since many lines and references are not always obvious to me.
	12:21pm MHLee: @Mr Fab The way he enunciated it made me believe it was there
	12:22pm Jan Turkenburg: I only know that in Dutch songs from the same period some clear erotic innuendos (is that the word?) were not rare.
	12:22pm MHLee: Wonder how Edward Meeker got his announcer job
	12:23pm Jan Turkenburg: He probably was around a lot anyway, I guess, wasn't he an instrumentalist too?
	12:23pm MHLee: I have a collection of them... but mostly from the 1930s. My Girls Pussy by Harry Roy comes to mind
	12:25pm MHLee: @Jan Turkenburg He sang for sure. I think he does the original "Take Me Out to The Ball Game".
	12:26pm WR: Regarding Meeker, Wikipedia has minimal info. I think we found a more informative web page before.
	12:28pm Jan Turkenburg: A good excuse to prepare an Edward Meeker hour. I'm sure I will find that in the proces.
	12:34pm Mr Fab: Supposedly even “Jingle Bells” was considered a bit risqué - a song about getting some private time with your lady friend in the back of a sleigh.
	12:35pm WR: @12:22 @Jan Turkenburg: yes, that's an appropriate word.
	12:35pm Jan Turkenburg: Talking of preparing: I'm looking for a digital copy of this record: www.discogs.com...
	12:36pm Mr Fab: An Edward Meeker special is a great idea! Don’t know how familiar you are with “Take Me Out to The Ball Game" Jan, but it’s a very important song in American culture, sung by crowds at most pro baseball games.
	12:37pm Jan Turkenburg: Ah, preparing would sure take some time, because I don't want to look ignorant :=)
	12:38pm MHLee: For some reason all nearly all these old vocalists come off as Irish to me. Often they sing as Irish characters anyway ...
	12:40pm WR: No rush Jan. Regarding the Broekman record, will look around, but not expecting me to do any better than you in web searching.
	12:40pm MHLee: I found a track, Jan http://artworkbymanicmark.blogspot.com/2014/06/music-from-wide-wide-world-david.html?m=1
	12:40pm Jan Turkenburg: Only the track 'Carlsbad Caverns' pops up every here and there.
	12:41pm MHLee: @Jan Turkenburg thats the one
	12:41pm Jan Turkenburg: :-)
	12:43pm Mr Fab: “Ladies should all take a husband. Just make sure it’s your own husband that you take.” Haha
	12:44pm MHLee: I have one called "She's a Sweetheart (Of Six Other Men)"... the wit is great in these old tracks
	12:44pm Mr Fab: I like how that album is called “Music From Wide Wide World” but almost every song title references someplace in the US. Typical!
	12:44pm Rich in Washington: Whenever I think about the song Take Me Out to The Ball Game I think of the Albert Brooks short film where his dad gets hit in the head with a home run and when he's wheeled into the hospital he's singing 'peanuts and crackerjacks' over and over like a stuck record.
	12:45pm Jan Turkenburg: Hey Rich!
	12:45pm Rich in Washington: Hi Jan!
	12:46pm Mr Fab: That’s funny, Rich. Was that one of his SNL films?
	12:47pm Jan Turkenburg: David Broekman was a Ducth immigrant who has written piles of music which was only performed but never recorded, so I'm trying to get my hand on as much as possible to get a good overall impression of his work.
	12:52pm Derek Westerholm: "A Trip to Will F. Denny's Grave" is quite the article. Fun show!
	12:52pm Jan Turkenburg: Hi Derek!
	12:53pm fred: @Jan: can you ask someone to take a look in the station's record library?
	12:54pm Derek Westerholm: Hi Jan! & all!
	12:54pm Derek Westerholm: Great special/show/tribute!
	12:55pm WR: Thank you Jan!
	12:55pm Jan Turkenburg: Hi fred, I have taken action in that direction, but no result so far.
	12:55pm Mr Fab: Super fun show today, Jan. Much thanks.
	12:56pm Mr Fab: Stay tuned for the big new 2-two-TOO hours of Fuji puzzle box.
	12:57pm Jan Turkenburg: wfmu.org...
	12:58pm ironybread: Hi Jan! Hi everybody! Let's go to town!
	1:00pm Rich in Washington: Thanks, Jan!

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Artist	Track	Year	Comments	Approx. start time
Will F. Denny	Sweet Marie "Sweet Marie" by "Will F. Denny"	1893		0:00:00 (Pop-up)
Will F. Denny	You Cant Think Of Everything	1893		0:03:54 (Pop-up)
Will F. Denny	Change Will Do You Good Brown	1897		0:06:17 (Pop-up)
Will F. Denny	She Was There "She Was There" by "Will F. Denny"	1897		0:09:15 (Pop-up)
Will F. Denny	Miss Helen Hunt "Miss Helen Hunt" by "Will F. Denny"	1899		0:12:00 (Pop-up)
Will F. Denny	How'd You Like To Be The Iceman?	1899	from archive.org: This very funny comic song was a typical piece of Denny's repertoire, and this recording is just as wild and weird as many he made. The piano playing on this take is particularly interesting, as it's very different from the takes Denny made for Edison around the same time. The pianist on this recording could be debated, from very small characteristics that are distinct to opposing pianists who worked luckily for the same company. The pianist is more likely to be Fred Hylands, though there's a possibility it's Edward Issler.	0:14:26 (Pop-up)
Will F. Denny	Oh Don't It Tickle You	1899-1902		0:16:50 (Pop-up)
Will F. Denny	And The Parrot Said	1904s		0:19:13 (Pop-up)
Will F. Denny	Turkey And The Turk	1901		0:21:19 (Pop-up)
Will F. Denny	I'm Looking at you, Lize	1901		0:23:49 (Pop-up)
Will F. Denny	Time Is Money "Time Is Money" by "Will F. Denny"	1898		0:27:17 (Pop-up)
Will F. Denny	Up Came Johnny With His Camera	1899	Piano accompaniment by Frank P. Banta.	0:29:53 (Pop-up)
Will F. Denny	The Shadows On The Door	1898		0:32:36 (Pop-up)
Will F. Denny	You Cant Think Of Everything	1893		0:34:51 (Pop-up)
Will F. Denny	Little Alabama Coon	1902	lyrics (Hattie Star)	0:37:17 (Pop-up)
Will F Denny & Edison Minstrels	At the Minstrel Show No4	1906		0:40:03 (Pop-up)
Will F. Denny	Mister Dooley "Mister Dooley" by "Will F. Denny"	1902s	Mr. Dooley was a fictional newspaper writer who just happened to be just everywhere, just like this song suggests.	0:42:12 (Pop-up)
Will F. Denny	Just One Girl "Just One Girl" by "Will F. Denny"	1902		0:44:47 (Pop-up)
Will F. Denny	I Couldn't "I Couldn't" by "Will F. Denny"	1904		0:47:15 (Pop-up)
Will F. Denny	Doing His Duty-Ooty-Ooty	1900		0:49:25 (Pop-up)
Will F. Denny	A Job like that "A Job like that" by "Will F. Denny"	1899		0:51:46 (Pop-up)
Will F. Denny	When Mister Shakespeare Comes to town	1901-1902		0:56:37 (Pop-up)

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Listener comments!
	11:18am WR: Hello Jan. Will be listening while having lunch.
	11:47am Jan Turkenburg: bon appétit, WR!
	12:01pm WR: Usual Saturday lunch: soba noodles, boiled egg and a lager beer.
	12:01pm Jan Turkenburg: :-)
	12:07pm Jan Turkenburg: As you can notice, the recordings are from a variety of sources, playing and recording devices.
	12:08pm Mr Fab: Good morning, Jan and fellow antique-freaks! (anteek-freeks?)
	12:08pm Jan Turkenburg: Hey Mr Fab!
	12:09pm Mr Fab: Must have been a real challenge to sing and SHOUT at the same time.
	12:09pm MHLee: Hi Jan
	12:10pm Jan Turkenburg: Hi MHLee! Yes, opera techniques would have come in handy..
	12:11pm WR: Well, Mr Fab, at least in the recording studio they didn't have to compete with audience cat calls.
	12:13pm MHLee: Yeah the recording method is extremely difficult... everything has to be very loud... which led to some new instruments
	12:15pm Mr Fab: “You go to hell and hunt for it”? An intentional double entendres, or just my dirty modern mind hearing things?
	12:19pm Mr Fab: ^^ referring to the “Helen Hunt” song
	12:20pm WR: I'll be archive listening to this to be able to stop and replay bits too quick to catch, since many lines and references are not always obvious to me.
	12:21pm MHLee: @Mr Fab The way he enunciated it made me believe it was there
	12:22pm Jan Turkenburg: I only know that in Dutch songs from the same period some clear erotic innuendos (is that the word?) were not rare.
	12:22pm MHLee: Wonder how Edward Meeker got his announcer job
	12:23pm Jan Turkenburg: He probably was around a lot anyway, I guess, wasn't he an instrumentalist too?
	12:23pm MHLee: I have a collection of them... but mostly from the 1930s. My Girls Pussy by Harry Roy comes to mind
	12:25pm MHLee: @Jan Turkenburg He sang for sure. I think he does the original "Take Me Out to The Ball Game".
	12:26pm WR: Regarding Meeker, Wikipedia has minimal info. I think we found a more informative web page before.
	12:28pm Jan Turkenburg: A good excuse to prepare an Edward Meeker hour. I'm sure I will find that in the proces.
	12:34pm Mr Fab: Supposedly even “Jingle Bells” was considered a bit risqué - a song about getting some private time with your lady friend in the back of a sleigh.
	12:35pm WR: @12:22 @Jan Turkenburg: yes, that's an appropriate word.
	12:35pm Jan Turkenburg: Talking of preparing: I'm looking for a digital copy of this record: www.discogs.com...
	12:36pm Mr Fab: An Edward Meeker special is a great idea! Don’t know how familiar you are with “Take Me Out to The Ball Game" Jan, but it’s a very important song in American culture, sung by crowds at most pro baseball games.
	12:37pm Jan Turkenburg: Ah, preparing would sure take some time, because I don't want to look ignorant :=)
	12:38pm MHLee: For some reason all nearly all these old vocalists come off as Irish to me. Often they sing as Irish characters anyway ...
	12:40pm WR: No rush Jan. Regarding the Broekman record, will look around, but not expecting me to do any better than you in web searching.
	12:40pm MHLee: I found a track, Jan http://artworkbymanicmark.blogspot.com/2014/06/music-from-wide-wide-world-david.html?m=1
	12:40pm Jan Turkenburg: Only the track 'Carlsbad Caverns' pops up every here and there.
	12:41pm MHLee: @Jan Turkenburg thats the one
	12:41pm Jan Turkenburg: :-)
	12:43pm Mr Fab: “Ladies should all take a husband. Just make sure it’s your own husband that you take.” Haha
	12:44pm MHLee: I have one called "She's a Sweetheart (Of Six Other Men)"... the wit is great in these old tracks
	12:44pm Mr Fab: I like how that album is called “Music From Wide Wide World” but almost every song title references someplace in the US. Typical!
	12:44pm Rich in Washington: Whenever I think about the song Take Me Out to The Ball Game I think of the Albert Brooks short film where his dad gets hit in the head with a home run and when he's wheeled into the hospital he's singing 'peanuts and crackerjacks' over and over like a stuck record.
	12:45pm Jan Turkenburg: Hey Rich!
	12:45pm Rich in Washington: Hi Jan!
	12:46pm Mr Fab: That’s funny, Rich. Was that one of his SNL films?
	12:47pm Jan Turkenburg: David Broekman was a Ducth immigrant who has written piles of music which was only performed but never recorded, so I'm trying to get my hand on as much as possible to get a good overall impression of his work.
	12:52pm Derek Westerholm: "A Trip to Will F. Denny's Grave" is quite the article. Fun show!
	12:52pm Jan Turkenburg: Hi Derek!
	12:53pm fred: @Jan: can you ask someone to take a look in the station's record library?
	12:54pm Derek Westerholm: Hi Jan! & all!
	12:54pm Derek Westerholm: Great special/show/tribute!
	12:55pm WR: Thank you Jan!
	12:55pm Jan Turkenburg: Hi fred, I have taken action in that direction, but no result so far.
	12:55pm Mr Fab: Super fun show today, Jan. Much thanks.
	12:56pm Mr Fab: Stay tuned for the big new 2-two-TOO hours of Fuji puzzle box.
	12:57pm Jan Turkenburg: wfmu.org...
	12:58pm ironybread: Hi Jan! Hi everybody! Let's go to town!
	1:00pm Rich in Washington: Thanks, Jan!

Sounds Under 64 Not Allowed with Jan Turkenburg: Playlist from January 15, 2022

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