Wanted: DICK HOLMES HALLELUJAH I'M A BUM

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Re: Wanted: DICK HOLMES HALLELUJAH I'M A BUM

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Don't care about record label as long as it's by Dick Holmes.

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oldtvsandtoys wrote:Don't care about record label as long as it's by Dick Holmes.
Are you aware that "Dick Holmes" was an alias for Frank Luther?
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also
"Lazy" Larry, Bill Barrett (3), Black Brothers (7), Bud Billings (2), Buddy Spencer, Carson Robison, Carson Robison Trio, Charlie Wells, Claude Samuels, Dick Holmes (2), Eddie Bell (2), Francis Crowell, Frank Evans (9), Frank Tuttle (3), Happy Jackson, Jeff Calhoun (3), Joe Billings, Leonard Stokes (2), Sookie Hobbs, Tom Cook (9), Weary Willie

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Dick Holmes is a pseudonym used on Jewel and Oriole for Jack Kaufman. You may find the same performance under a different pseudonym on another label, for example Banner.

Jack Kaufman used a dizzying variety of pseudonyms, a few of which are Jack Dalton, Happy Jack, Weary Willie, Phil Kaufman and many others. It seems like I have seen The Bum Song By Weary Willie but I don't know what label it was on although Cameo comes to mind.

Hope this helps,
Jim

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Re: Wanted: DICK HOLMES HALLELUJAH I'M A BUM

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Ok I like The Jack Kaufman on domino records. Anyone have this one to sell?

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