Victor matrix BRC-71226. Beautiful Isle of Somewhere / Jesse Crawford ; Richard Crooks

TitleSource
Beautiful Isle of Somewhere (Primary title)Disc label (RDI)
Authors and ComposersNotes
Jessie Brown Pounds (lyricist)
J. S. Fearis (composer)
Composer information source: Disc label; sheet music.
PersonnelNotes
Jesse Crawford (instrumentalist : pipe organ)
Richard Crooks (vocalist : tenor vocal)
Additional Information
  • Description: Tenor vocal solo, with pipe organ
  • Category: Vocal
  • Language: English
  • Master Size: 10-in.
Notes
Victor ledgers: "Recorded over direct wire from Paramount Studios through NBC." Recorded at New York Studio 1.
Victor disc label: "Accompanied on Wurlitzer organ."
Source(s): Rigler-Deutsch Index; Victor blue history card; trade catalog; Victor ledgers.
Take Date and PlaceTakeStatusLabel Name/NumberFormatNote
1/13/1932 New York, New York. Paramount Theatre 1 Master Victor 1558 10-in.

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Beautiful Isle of Somewhere / Jesse Crawford ; Richard Crooks - Victor 1558 - Take 1 - 1/13/1932
Audio of this recording from the UCSB Library
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1/13/1932 New York, New York. Paramount Theatre 1 Master Victor LR-248 10-in.
1/13/1932 New York, New York. Paramount Theatre 1 Master Gramophone DA-1265 10-in.
1/13/1932 New York, New York. Paramount Theatre 1 Master RCA Camden CAL-251 LP
1/13/1932 New York, New York. Paramount Theatre 1A Hold

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Victor matrix BRC-71226. Beautiful Isle of Somewhere / Jesse Crawford ; Richard Crooks," accessed January 6, 2026, http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/800037178/BRC-71226-Beautiful_Isle_of_Somewhere.

Victor matrix BRC-71226. Beautiful Isle of Somewhere / Jesse Crawford ; Richard Crooks. (2026). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved January 6, 2026, from http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/800037178/BRC-71226-Beautiful_Isle_of_Somewhere.

"Victor matrix BRC-71226. Beautiful Isle of Somewhere / Jesse Crawford ; Richard Crooks." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2026. Web. 6 January 2026.

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