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Seek Yogi Yorgesson Songs on Piano Rolls
By Lee Rothrock

Are there any Yogi Yorgesson piano rolls?  I first heard Yogi Yorgesson
(Harry Stewart) sing "I Yust go Nuts at Christmas" as a fifth-grader
in December 1957.  It was a big hit with us school kids; I was very
impressed!  I can still see my classmate, Ray, putting the 10" 78 rpm
disc on the maroon and gray record players they had in the schools at
that time.  "I t'ink I'll sneak out for a cold glass of beer" was the
line that got the greatest laugh.

As it turns out, Harry Stewart made a lot of other records but none
that matched "I Yust Go Nuts" in sales.  Now, having pawed through dusty
boxes of piano rolls for decades, I'm wondering why I never saw any Yogi
Yorgesson piano rolls.  So, what about that?  Has anyone seen any or
have any?  And if there's any such for sale, that would be nice, too.

Lee Rothrock

 [ From 1948 through 1956 Stewart recorded over forty songs as
 [ Yogi Yorgesson.  Ref. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Stewart 
 [ -- Robbie


(Message sent Sun 9 Mar 2014, 05:57:33 GMT, from time zone GMT-0800.)

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