78 RPM RECORD RAREST FATS WALLER 1927 FLORENCE MILLS
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78 RPM RECORD BY FATS WALLER. VICTOR SCROLL 21062. RECORDED NOVEMBER 14, 1927 IN CAMDEN, NEW JERSEY. HERE IS ONE OF THE RAREST OF ALL FATS WALLER ITEMS. IT IS A TRIBUTE TO THE LATE FLORENCE MILLS WHO HAD DIED SUDDENLY FOLLOWING A STRESSFUL SERIES OF PERFORMANCES. FLORENCE MILLS WAS ONE OF THE BRIGHT LIGHTS OF EARLY AFRICAN AMERICAN PERFORMERS WHO APPEARED IN THE FIRST ALL BLACK BROADWAY SHOW, "SHUFFLE ALONG" IN 1921. SHE WAS A FAVORITE OF DUKE ELLINGTON'S, WHO DEDICATED AND NAMED HIS COMPOSITION, "BLACK BEAUTY" FOR HER. FATS ALSO RECORDED A SELECTION AS A SOLO ORGAN PIECE ON NOVEMBER 14, 1927("MEMORIES OF FLORENCE MILLS") BUT IT WAS NEVER ISSUED. THE TWO SELECTIONS ON THIS RECORD ARE, "FLORENCE" SUNG BY JUANITA SINNETTE CHAPPELLE ACCOMPANIED BY WALLER ON THE GRAND ORGAN OF THE CAMDEN STUDIOS. THE OTHER SIDE IS, "BYE BYE FLORENCE" SUNG BY BERT HOWELL (WRITTEN BY MIKE JACKSON) WITH WALLER ACCOMPANIMENT. BOTH SIDES ARE TAKE TWO. AN ITEM OF TRUE SIGNIFICANCE IN THE HISTORY OF AFRICAN AMERICAN ENTERTAINMENT. THE CONDITION IS "E-" TO "E" AND THE STARTING BID IS $9.99.
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