Sticking with the Snob Appeal of Opera, of course. It DID work very well
for Victor, as proven by the immense number of Red Seals still found in most
collections today (though they are also obviously hardly played!) ...
"The Boys" getting slaughtered Over There must have wanted to hear Billy
Murray, Collins & Harlan, Jolson, and surely the latest Dance Hits by the
Victor Military Band.
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By the way, I wonder why Victor thought that our troops in the trenches
wanted to listen to Caruso, Heifetz, Paderewski, etc. I'm sure that kind of
music wouldn't be any more popular then than today with our troops.
Jim Nichol
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