1916 Alma Gluck - My Old Kentucky Home

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Posting three popular (single-faced) 12-inch Red Seal recordings by early recording star Alma Gluck (1884-1938), born Reba Feinsohn in Romania and moved at an early age to the U.S. The opera and concert soprano was married (2nd husband) to violinist-composer-conductor Efrem Zimbalist and was mother of actor Efrem Zimbalist Jr. See also “Carry Me Back To Old Virginny” https://youtu.be/i_PzZNnalSo and “Listen To The Mocking Bird” https://youtu.be/c-htf7eOaOc

Harry Macdonough, Lambert Murphy, Frederick Wheeler, and William Hooley provide backing vocals on this treatment of Stephen Foster’s mid-19th century anti-slavery song (see the extensive Wikipedia entry: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Old_Kentucky_Home )

From 78rpm Victor 74468 - My Old Kentucky Home (Stephen C. Foster) by Alma Gluck and Male Chorus, orchestra conducted by Walter B. Rogers, recorded in Camden NJ February 15, 1916 .
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