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Title Page for Reference Only Fats Waller on the Air Additions and Corrections Fats at the piano, unknown date. © Corbis. 1 2 Fats Waller on the Air Introduction This file is a list of additions and corrections for the book Fats Waller on the Air: The Radio Broadcasts and Discography [FWotA] (Scarecrow Press, 2006). The chapter and page numbers refer to those in the book. Please refer to the revi- sion date at the end of the listing. The discography section is updated from the book version which uses a re- vision dated 22 December 2005, and includes all the updates included in the electronic version of the discography called the Fats Waller Ultimate Discogra- phy, available from the author. As stated in the introduction to the published discography, the CD listing includes most issues up to 21 May 2005, the 101st anniversary of Waller’s birth in 1904, but does not include compilations by various artists unless they contain an unusual track or some other special feature such as a previously unissued take. This update continues that policy. Since the publication of the book I have received further information about additional Victor Argentina and Brazil 78 rpm issues. I have noted some of these here, but for a more complete listing please refer to the Discography. Please note these updates are cumulative, and incorporate previous revisions which can be discarded. Abbreviations p xix. Add the following abbreviations (Hansjürg Richner email 17 May 2006) BBC British Broadcasting Corporation (U.K.) BMG Bertelsmann Music Group (U.S.A.), now a joint venture with Sony BMG Music Entertainment (Sony–BMG). Chapter 1 – Broadcast Listing p 2. The Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio listings for Monday, 30 July 1923 , and for “Tomorrow’s Early Program” has “Thomas Waller, pianist” at 12:10–12:20 pm over Station WDT (Manhattan, 405) playing “Two A.M. Blues,” “Man, Man, Don’t Do That To Me,” and “Don’t Let Me Find You Here When I Get Back.” The earliest newspaper report noted in the book is from 18 August Additions and Corrections 3 1923, also over Station WDT. It’s possible that Waller may also have sat in on the other performers from 12 midday to 12:10 pm with Henderson’s Happy Six; 12:20–12:30 pm Trixie Smith and her Down Home Syncopators; 12:30–12:40 pm Rosa Henderson; 12:40–12:45 pm Floyd G. Sneldon; 12:45–12:50 pm Trixie Smith and her Down Home Syncopators; and 12:50 pm Henderson’s Happy Six (Fulton History newspaper archive www.fultonhistory.com). The Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio listings for Friday, 24 August 1923, again under “Tomorrow’s Early Program” for Station WDT has “Thomas Waller, pia- nist” at 12:20–12:30 pm playing “Farewell Blues” and “Molasses.” Other per- formers listed are Duke Ellington and Orchestra from 12 midday to 12:10 pm; 12:10–12:20 pm Trixie Smith; 12:30–12:35 pm Duke Ellington and Orchestra; 12:35–12:40 pm Joe De Lisle, singer; 12:40–12:45 pm Rosa Henderson; 12:45– 12:50 pm Lena Wilson; and 12:50 pm Duke Ellington and Orchestra (Fulton History archive). The New York Times radio listing for 25 August 1923 has “Popular songs: orchestra” over WDT at 12:00–1:00 pm (Carl Hällström email March 2007). The New York Evening World for 25 August 1923 has additional infor- mation about the tune titles: 4 Fats Waller on the Air Ken Steiner “Duke Ellington and the Washingtonians, 1923–27” (2008) WDT was a short-lived (1921–23) radio station owned by the Ship Owners’ Radio Service that broadcast one or two hours a day. Programming was arranged by, and originated from, the Grand Premier Grand Piano Company at 510 W. 23rd Street. WDT was managed by actress, singer and radio personality Vaughan De Leath, the "Original Radio Girl," who was responsible for "some of the best shows on the air during radio's first years." (from The Airways of New York: Illustrated Histories of 156 AM Stations in the Metropolitan Area, 1921– 1996 by Bill Jaker, Frank Sulek, and Peter Kanze (McFarland & Company, 1998), as quoted in the above mentioned paper by Ken Steiner). p 4. The Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio listings for Wednesday, 23 September 1925, for Station WGCP (Manhattan, 252) at 8:15–8:30 pm has “Thomas Wal- ler and Roy Banks, and Andy Razaf, the yodelling kid.” The broadcast is also mentioned in the radio listings for the New York Daily Post for the same date (Fulton History archive). The Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio listings for Saturday, 26 September 1925, for Station WGCP at 3:30–4:00 pm has “Thomas Waller and Roy Banks, pia- nists.” The New York Evening Post for the same date, station, and time, has “Thomas Waller and Roy Banks, two pianos; Andy Razaf” (Fulton History ar- chive). The New York Times radio listing for 6 July 1928 also has the Negro Achievement Hour over WABC at 11:01 pm (Carl Hällström email March 2007). p 5. The New York Times radio listing for 11 September 1930 has “Maxwell House Orchestra: Thomas Waller, Piano Solo: Male Quartet” over WJZ at 9:30– 10:30 pm EDST (Eastern Daylight Saving Time) (Carl Hällström email 10 Oct 2009, and JJ’s Radio Logs). p 8. The New York Times radio listing for 19 March 1932 has “Harold Van Emburgh, Baritone: Wirge’s Orch,; Fats Waller, Piano” over WEAF at 9:30 pm (Carl Hällström email March 2007). P 12. The radio listings in The Register, Sandusey, Ohio, for Sunday, 1 Janu- ary 1933, has Fats Waller over Station WLW, Cincinnati, at 10:30–11:00 pm. (Carl Hällström email 12/5/10 with NA newspaper scan). p 18. Carl Hällström alerted me to the Newspaper Radio Logs at http://www.jjonz.us/RadioLogs. I have checked the New York Times radio logs and found numerous discrepancies between the “Fats Waller, Songs” programs listed here and those in the Pittsburgh Courier. The daily New York Times list- ings are probably more reliable than the weekly Pittsburgh Courier logs. Additions and Corrections 5 All WABC listings have been checked from Thursday, 1 March 1934, to Friday, 22 March 1935. The first broadcast found is from 21 March 1934, some two weeks before the first date in FWotA, and the last on Saturday, 9 March 1935. Corrections and additions are labelled (+). All broadcasts are fifteen minutes duration except for the broadcast on Friday, 13 April 1934. Wednesday, 21 March 1934, 11:15 am. (+) Thursday, 22 March 1934, 10:45 am. (+) Friday, 23 March 1934, 11:15 am. (+) Wednesday, 28 March 1934, 11:15 am. (+) Friday, 30 March 1934, 11:15 am. (+) Tuesday, 3 April 1934, 3:45 pm. (+) Wednesday, 4 April 1934, 11:15 am. Friday, 6 April 1934, 11:15 am. Tuesday, 10 April 1934, 3:45 pm. Wednesday, 11 April 1934, 10:45 am. (+) Friday, 13 April 1934, 10:50 am [10–minutes]. (+ time) Tuesday, 17 April 1934 – Fats Waller not listed. (+) Wednesday, 18 April 1934, 10:45 am. Friday, 20 April 1934, 11:15 am. (+ time) Monday, 23 April 1934, 11:00 pm. (+) Tuesday, 24 April 1934 – Fats Waller not listed possibly due to baseball game over WABC from 3:00 pm. (+) Wednesday, 25 April 1934 – Fats Waller not listed. (+) Friday, 27 April 1934 – Fats Waller not listed. (+) Tuesday, 1 May 1934, 3:45 pm. Wednesday, 2 May 1934 – Fats Waller not listed. (+) Friday, 4 May 1934 – Fats Waller not listed. (+) Saturday, 5 May 1934, 8:45 pm. (+) Monday, 7 May 1934, 11:00 pm. (+) Tuesday, 8 May 1934, 3:45 pm. Wednesday, 9 May 1934 – Fats Waller not listed. (+) Friday, 11 May 1934 – Fats Waller not listed. (+) Saturday, 12 May 1934, 7:00 pm. (+) Tuesday, 15 May 1934, 3:45 pm. (+) Thursday, 17 May 1934, 10:45 pm. (+) The New York Times radio listings have the Harlem Serenade broadcast over WABC on Tuesday, 8, 15 and 29 May 1934 at 10:45 pm, and on 22 May at 11:00 pm. The artists are not listed. Variety Hour replacing George Jessel first appears in the New York Times listing on Sunday, 15 July 1934 at 8:00 pm, and Cliff Edwards is specifi- cally mentioned on Sunday 29 July at the same time, and for regular Sunday broadcasts up to 30 September 1934, after which he was replaced by a sympho- ny orchestra program. The Ed Kirkeby quotation should be moved to p 20. 6 Fats Waller on the Air p 19. Continuing with the New York Times radio listings. All as “Fats Waller, Songs” unless where stated. Saturday, 19 May 1934, 7:00 pm. (+ time) Saturday, 26 May 1934, 8:00 pm. (+) Monday, 28 May 1934, 11:00 pm. (+) Saturday, 2 June 1934, 8:00 pm. “Fats Waller, Organ.” (+) Monday, 4 June, 1934, 11:00 pm. Saturday, 9 June 1934, 8:45 pm. Monday, 11 June 1934, 11:00 pm. Saturday, 16 June 1934 – Fats Waller not listed. (+) Monday, 18 June 1934, 11:00 pm. Saturday, 23 June 1934, 8:45 pm. Monday, 25 June 1934, 11:00 pm. Tuesday, 26 June 1934, 6:30 pm. “Fats Waller, Songs; Beale Street Boys, Songs.” (+) Saturday, 30 June 1934, 8:45 pm. Monday, 2 July 1934, 11:00 pm. (+) Tuesday, 3 July 1934, 6:30 pm. “Beale Street Boys, Songs; Fats Waller, Songs.” (+) Saturday, 7 July 1934, 8:45 pm. (+) In addition the New York Times radio listing for Sunday, 3 June 1934 at 8:00–9:00 pm has “George Jessel, Comedian; Evan Evans, Baritone; Fats Wal- ler, Nick Lucas, Songs, and Others.” No doubt this is part of the series George Jessel Variety Hour.
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