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Magic Valley Jamboree (Feb 5 1949) / Frankie & Johnny

Item

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Streaming Audio

Magic Valley Jamboree featuring Chubby Wise:
Frankie And Johnny Radio Recording:
Note: this audio has been cleaned up, if you'd like to hear the preservation copy please email me at researchrequest@dollarcountry.org

Brand

Recordio Disc

Size

8"

Speed

70 rpm

Date

1949-02-05
1949-02-16

Genre

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
Side B:
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.

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.

Citation

Magic Valley Jamboree (Feb 5 1949) / Frankie & Johnny, accessed November 18, 2025, https://dollarcountry.org/items/show/28372