1916 Alma Gluck - Listen To The Mocking Bird (Charles Kellogg whistling)

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”    • 1914 Alma Gluck - Carry Me Back To Old Vir...   and “My Old Kentucky Home”    • 1916 Alma Gluck - My Old Kentucky Home  

Composed in 1855, this popular Civil War-era song eventually sold over 20 million copies of sheet music

From 78rpm Victrola 74465 - Listen To The Mocking Bird (Septimus Winner-Richard Milburn) by Alma Gluck, bird voices by Charles Kellogg, orchestra conducted by Walter B. Rogers, recorded in Camden NJ February 18, 1916 .
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