Magic Valley Jamboree (Feb 5 1949) / Frankie & Johnny
Item
Streaming Audio
Brand
Recordio Disc
Size
8"
Speed
70 rpm
Date
1949-02-05
1949-02-16
Tracks
Unknown Mandolin Song
Just A Little Lovin'
Boil Them Cabbage Down
Frankie & Johnny
Lady Of Spain
Physical Description
Homemade Recordio Disc. Playing surface is unbroken but shows casual wear. Labels are written on with pencil.
Text On Label
Side A:
Slepy and Huney
& Gan.
Feb 5 1949
No. 7
Slepy and Huney
& Gan.
Feb 5 1949
No. 7
Side B:
Frankey Johney
Feb 16 1949
No. 8
Frankey Johney
Feb 16 1949
No. 8
Audio Description
Side A is a recording of the Magic Valley Jamboree from Charleston WV in 1949, hosted by Sleepy and Honey. The audio starts with the end of a song featuring the mandolin on a radio program with many people present. Somebody says "That's Frank Hall on mandolin" after it stops. Then someone mentions that their steel guitar player has a voice like Frank Sinatra. Chubby Wise is called up to the microphone and sings Just A Little Lovin' with guitar accompaniment. Afterwards the whole band gets together into a version of Boil Them Cabbage Down.
Side B is a recording of a radio program playing Frankie & Johnny by Maggie Whiting and Jack Smith. An announcer gives the name of the artists and then goes into a version of Lady Of Spain.
Side B is a recording of a radio program playing Frankie & Johnny by Maggie Whiting and Jack Smith. An announcer gives the name of the artists and then goes into a version of Lady Of Spain.
Transfer Information
Rek-O-Kut TT > Waxwing ESP > Focusrite Scarlett 18i8 > Reaper v6.75 > Izotope RX
Stylus Used
2.0mil
Tracking Force
2.5g
Date Added To Collection
Additional Notes
Digitized with funding from the Ohio Arts Council
Location
Unknown
Comments from Frank
Really great snippet of a jamboree radio show from 1949. The hosts are Sleepy Jeffers & Honey Davis, but they only play on the last song. They refer to the singer of Just A Little Lovin as Chubby Wise but I couldn't find any evidence that he'd ever done that song anywhere else, nor had I ever heard him play guitar and sing before. I know him as a fiddle player, but there it is right in the audio.
Collection
Citation
Magic Valley Jamboree (Feb 5 1949) / Frankie & Johnny, accessed November 18, 2025, https://dollarcountry.org/items/show/28372




