Re: [ARSCLIST] Fwd: Joseph Wilfred Fletcher

[Rod Stephens <savecal@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hello John,

One correction in the info below.   I think the radio station was KHJ, 
not KJH.    I grew up in the L.A. area, so I'm pretty sure it was the 
prior identification.

Rod Stephens

John Ross wrote:

> A friend has sent me this query. Anybody have any information about 
> Joseph Fletcher or his recordings?
>
> John Ross
>
> > Joseph Wilfred Fletcher was the grandfather of a former co-worker of 
> > mine.
> > He was a tenor who had at least a radio career as a singer, between 
> > about
> > 1920 and 1935. He sang for two stations in LA, KFI and KJH) and made a
> > couple of records.
> >
> > My former colleague is looking for more information about him and 
> > also for
> > copies of the records. (I don't know if what the family had consisted of
> > shellack 78s or acetates or air-checks or what.)
> >
> > I've suggested Grove Opera, dictionaries of musical biography published
> > before 1940, and the searchable news databases. I suspect there are 
> > people
> > out there who are experts in music on radio in that period, and that 
> > those
> > people would make good resources at least for pointers.
> >
> > Any ideas you have would be appreciated.
> >
> > Thank you -
> >
> > - Lisa
> > Lisa Hirsch
> > sunbear@xxxxxxxx