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Herbi HARDT
With Louie’s Hungry Five at the 1933 Chicago World’s Fair popularizing a German dialect routine on the old folk lyric “Ist das nicht eine Schnitzelbank? Ja, das ist eine Schnitzelbank”  Recorded with Hal Gilles, who may have written "The Old Ladies..."
--and his Jovial Jesters, Universal Broadcasting Studios, Chicago ca. 1949.    
(U.B. 9913) Sixteen Old Ladies Stuck in a Lavatory Part 1                                 HERBI HARDT unnumbered
(U.B. 9914) Sixteen Old Ladies Stuck in a Lavatory Part 2                                 HERBI HARDT unnumbered
--piano by H. Summer. Matrix numbers point to 1951 as the recording date.
(51-845) My Favorite Dream (Rubitchek-Leopoldi)              HERBI HARDT HH4-B
(51-846) I'm Just a Quiet Drinker     (Berger-Leopoldi)                      HERBI HARDT HH4-A
(51-847) Who Will Pay the Bill?    HERBI HARDT unnumbered
(51-848) Over the Hill        HERBI HARDT unnumbered

Jim HARKINS
--acc. by Lenny Herman Orch.
Gandpa Gave It To Grandma            BROADWAY NOVELTY SERIES 102                             
My Sweetheart, My Husband and Me    BROADWAY NOVELTY SERIES 102

Sam HILL
This may be a pseudonym for Benny Bell.
-ca. 1940.
Once A Bum, Always a Bum
 (Samberg)        RADIO NOVELTY RECORDS 372-A (RRC)
I'm a Happy-Go-Lucky Boy  (Samberg)        RADIO NOVELTY RECORDS 372-B (RRC)

Billy HODES            
--with Ray Carter's Catskill Cowboys, New York City, 1947.
(A256-1) Essen Part 1                              CARNIVAL C-5000
(A257-1) Essen Part 2                              CARNIVAL C-5000
--w. Murray Rumsey and Orch. New York City, 1947.
(A 274) Ice Cream Song                              CARNIVAL C-5001
(A 275) I Sit and Knit                      CARNIVAL C-5001

HOLIDAY BOYS
--Linden, NJ., early 1950's.
(MO 23) The Friday Afternoon Bus (Yellen-Barlow)      MONARCH 502
(MO 24) She Wants a Man (Yellen-Dougherty)         MONARCH 502
                    
THE HOLLYWOOD HOOTERS
--Hollywood, late Summer, 1936. Many of the original releases are anonymous as are all subsequent issues. LO-296 is one of the few Hot Shots from Hollywood known to have been issued with a different mx. on the reverse, and a conventional pop tune (L 0306) at that.  With piano, guitar & string bass accompaniment. Guitarist  is addressed as "Fred" on L 0300.
(LO-296) Virgin From Virginia
 (male vocal)                             HOT SHOTS FROM HOLLYWOOD unnumbered (Novelty No. 4)
(LO-297) Tillie the Tooter  (female vocal)        HOT SHOTS FROM HOLLYWOOD 0297,
                                                                                       GOOD-HUMOR 8B (Novelty No. 4)
-anonymous dub retitled "No Hands Touch It But Mine"        PARTY TIME No. 4 (CR 358-3)
(L 0298-2) If you can't get five take two        HOT SHOTS FROM HOLLYWOOD 0298               
(0299-2) Sweet Violets (male vocal)            GOOD-HUMOR unnumbered-side No. 606
(L 0300) Mama, What's Your Price? (male vocal)        HOLLYWOOD HOT SHOTS 368 A
-anonymous dub retitled "Bigger and Prettier"            PARTY RECORD 509B
(L 0301) Martins and Coys Gone Hollywood       HOT SHOTS FROM HOLLYWOOD L0301,                           NOVELTY RECORDS NOV 0301, HOLLYWOOD HOT SHOTS unnumbered,                                                                                    HOLLYWOOD HOT SHOTS 355 A
--Clarinet, piano, guitar & string bass accomp:
(L 0303-2) Gal From Kankakee (male vocal)        HOT SHOTS FROM HOLLYWOOD L0303, HOLLYWOOD HOT SHOTS unnumbered, HOLLYWOOD HOT SHOTS 303, HOLLYWOOD HOT SHOTS    344 A, HOLLYWOOD HOT SHOTS 347 A, GOOD-HUMOR 14B (313), PARTY NOVELTY'S 14B
--L0306 is an anonymous record of a pop tune:
(L 0306) What's the Use (female vocal)        HOT SHOTS FROM HOLLYWOOD unnumbered
(L 0310) High Flying Mama (female vocal)        HOT SHOTS FROM HOLLYWOOD unnumbered (L0310 Novelty No. 17), GOOD HUMOR 17B (310), PARTY NOVELTY'S 17 B
--c. Dec. 1936.
(L0-350) Men At Work (female vocal)        HOLLYWOOD HOT SHOTS 350-A, PARTY NOVELTY'S 62B, NOVELTY 21B
(L-0351) You Can Fiddle Around with Me        HOLLYWOOD HOT SHOTS unnumbered (L0351)

HOLLYWOOD HUSTLERS
Female vocal w. trumpet, clarinet/ocarina, piano, bass. L-0325 is uncredited on all issues.
--Hollywood 1936.
(L-0325) She Made It Hard for Him            RACY RECORDS HS-411,                              HOLLYWOOD HOT SHOTS unnumbered (HS 411),                                           NOVELTY RECORD unnumbered
-dubs retitled “Rootin' Tootin' Gal”        NOVELTY RECORDS NOV17 B, PARTY NOVELTY'S 51 B
(L-0329) The Farmer's Daughter            RACY RECORDS HS-415,                             HOLLYWOOD HOT SHOTS unnumbered (HS 415), NOVELTY RECORD unnumbered, GOOD-HUMOR 13B
Note: L-0326 is the same group with male vocal credited to the Sidewinders.

HOOKER JOE
Pseudonym for Jessie James (if that is his real name) who made only 4 sides, two of which were issued by Decca in 1936, one on the mysterious Post label ca. 1948 and the fourth on LP.
-as Jesse James Decca studio Chicago, IL. June 3, 1936.
(90760-A)  Ramrod  [orig. title Sweet Patuni]         POST 439

HOOKER JOE Jr.
Pseudonym for Walter Davis (b. Mar. 1, 1912, d. poss. Oct. 22, 1963.) This RCA recording was reissued (or pirated) on the obscure Post label during the second AFM ban ca. 1948.
--Chicago, April 3, 1936.
(BS 100339-1) Think you need a shot           Bluebird B-6498, Montgomery Ward M7045
-dub retitled "The Needle"                POST 439

Don HORNSBY
Don Hornsby was born in Cooper, TX in 1924. As a night club pianist and comic, he came to the attention of Bob Hope. "Creesh" was his favorite expression. He was signed for an NBC TV show for Anchor-Hocking but died of polio May 22, 1950-just before the program's scheduled debut.
--c. 1948.
(A4898) (APS 1180) Keep Looking        HORNSBY unnumbered
(A8710) Red Riding Hood            HORNSBY unnumbered

Marjorie HUDSON
First noted in 1938 as vocalist with the "Hillbilly Swing at the Village Barn" show of Carl "Deacon" Moore (composer of "Bye-Bye Blues"), the "tall, nicely gowned" Miss Hudson appeared at the Tower in Kansas City in 1940, using "Ol' Man Mose" as her encore. At Tony Pastor's Uptown in 1946.
--acc. by Lenny Herman Orch.
It's Great To Be a Divorcee (Silver)                    BROADWAY NOVELTY SERIES 101 A    
Fifteen Minutes a Day                    BROADWAY NOVELTY SERIES 101 B


 
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