Volume 16 , Issue 23

NW Okie's Journey

Do you know the exact date the Declaration of Independence was signed? When did Congress declare the 4th of July a National Holiday?

That's one of many things we are exploring this week in the Weekly OkieLegacy Ezine/Tabloid. Read on to found out more. And here is another piece of history we are exploring: RCA Victor Red Seal 45rpm extended play.

You never know what you will find at a garage sale in Southwest Colorado. We came across this Red Vinyl 45rpm extended play, red seal label and other red seal 45rpm records.

Since the 4th of July 2014 is just around the corner as we move from June to July 2014, we are including Stars & Stripes Forever 45rpm extended play, red seal record that we transferred to a mp3 file at our OkieLegacy Cincopa storage site below.

The Red vinyl RCA Victor 45rpm extended play record, information is: WEPR-22, F. E. Bigelow, Sousa, Boston Pops Orch. Arthur Fiefler, conductor; Side 1 has Stars & Stripes Forever and El Capitan March. Side 2 is Our Director March and Semper Fidelis. These are just two of the Red RCA Vinyl 45rpm records found at a garage sale few weeks ago.

Here's a link to the MP3 file, Side 1 - Sousa & Boston Pops Orchestra, "Stars & Stripes Forever" & "El Capitan March."

Did You Know . . .

On the morning of Christmas Day, 1896, American March King John Philip Sousa wrote his most enduring masterwork, The Stars and Stripes Forever, in his New York hotel room in a couple of hours. By his own account, Sousa had been in Europe when the news reached him that his business manager had died in New York. As he hurriedly made his way back towards America aboard ship, Sousa paced up and down the deck, his mind burning with The Stars and Stripes Forever, born of his impatience to get back home. Sousa's march took its title from a favored toast once often proffered by Sousa's late mentor, legendary bandmaster Patrick S. Gilmore, Here's to the Stars and Stripes Forever!.

Once the band score was completed on April 26, 1897, Sousa may have tried out The Stars and Stripes Forever on a couple of undocumented occasions before its acknowledged premiere, which took place at a Sousa Band concert held in Philadelphia on May 14, 1897.

It's In the Book

At another garage sale we found the following 78rpm record in great condition. Have you ever heard of, It's In the Book, Part 1 & 2, by Johnny Standley?

"It's In the Book" was a recorded comic monologue, partly sung, partly an exhortation in the manner of a revivalist preacher on the subject of Little Bo-Peep. It was marketed as a pop song and made the Billboard chart in 1952, reaching number one. It sold over one million copies, and was awarded a gold disc. It was written by Johnny Standley and Art Thorsen and released by Standley on the Capitol label.

The next time you view the 1971 film, The Last Picutre Show, listen in the final scene, in the background for the recording.

Here is the 78rpm record transcribed to a MP3 file, recorded on Capitol Records, Magnolia Music Corp., BMI 10634. It's in the Book, Part 1 & 2, by Johnny Standley, with Horace Heidt, and his Musical Knights.

As we move on, remember this by Rep. John Lewis, Civil Rights legend, "The right to vote is the most powerful non-violent tool we have in a democracy."

Have a safe 4th of July 2014!
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