Lucy Marsh sings “My Hero” from "A Chocolate Soldier" on Victor 60012, recorded in 1910.
Oscar Straus wrote the music (the record label spells the name incorrectly). Stanislaus Stange wrote the lyrics.
Lucy Isabelle Marsh lived from April 10, 1878, to January 20, 1956.
Born in Ithaca, New York, the lyric soprano began singing in church choirs and traveled to Paris to study under teachers Trabadello and Baldelli.
In 1907 and 1908 she recorded three titles for Columbia, the most successful being "The Glow-Worm" (3791, later on double-sided A435), a Paul Lincke composition featured in the 1902 German operetta Lysistrata but introduced in America by May Naudain in the 1907 musical comedy The Girl Behind The Counter. The release of the single-sided disc was announced in Columbia's supplement of June-August 1908.
In 1909 she began working for Victor Talking Machine Company and thereafter never recorded for another company. Her Victor debut was "Angels Ever Bright and Fair" from Handel's Theodora (35075). Issued in May 1909, it remained available as a black label disc until 1925 and is a rare instance of the name Lucy Isabelle Marsh on a black label disc.
Victor's single-sided purple label series--a middle ground between the prestigious Red Seal and regular black labels--was introduced in February 1910 with over a dozen Harry Lauder discs. The series was reserved for certain artists exclusive to Victor. With "My Hero" on ten-inch Victor 60012, recorded on February 21, 1910, Marsh was the second artist featured in the new series (Nora Bayes was third). Marsh became, with the possible exception of Lauder, the most popular artist in the purple label series.
In 1916 Victor ceased issuing new titles on ten-inch purple label discs and in 1920 ceased issuing new titles on twelve-inch purple label discs, instead issuing new titles on its double-sided blue label series. Various titles remained available on single-sided purple label discs until 1925, such as George M. Cohan's "Life A Funny Proposition After All," but by the 1920s all Marsh titles still in the Victor catalog were on double-sided blue label discs.
After marrying Dr. Walter Colwell Gordon in 1910, she moved to Providence, Rhode Island. Concert reviews indicate she adopted Lucy Marsh Gordon as her professional name--she never toured widely but did local concerts. Victor continued issuing her on purple, blue, and red labels as Lucy Isabelle Marsh, sometimes Lucy Marsh.
Articles dated January 21 and 30, 1925, in her hometown newspaper, the Providence Journal, discuss the soprano making her radio debut on January 29 of that year in New York City (others on the program were Miguel Fleta and the Flonzaley Quartet), and she continued doing radio work for several years.
In the early electric era Marsh, like other Victor staff artists, cut new takes of numbers that had sold well in the acoustic era.
Oscar Straus wrote the music (the record label spells the name incorrectly). Stanislaus Stange wrote the lyrics.
Lucy Isabelle Marsh lived from April 10, 1878, to January 20, 1956.
Born in Ithaca, New York, the lyric soprano began singing in church choirs and traveled to Paris to study under teachers Trabadello and Baldelli.
In 1907 and 1908 she recorded three titles for Columbia, the most successful being "The Glow-Worm" (3791, later on double-sided A435), a Paul Lincke composition featured in the 1902 German operetta Lysistrata but introduced in America by May Naudain in the 1907 musical comedy The Girl Behind The Counter. The release of the single-sided disc was announced in Columbia's supplement of June-August 1908.
In 1909 she began working for Victor Talking Machine Company and thereafter never recorded for another company. Her Victor debut was "Angels Ever Bright and Fair" from Handel's Theodora (35075). Issued in May 1909, it remained available as a black label disc until 1925 and is a rare instance of the name Lucy Isabelle Marsh on a black label disc.
Victor's single-sided purple label series--a middle ground between the prestigious Red Seal and regular black labels--was introduced in February 1910 with over a dozen Harry Lauder discs. The series was reserved for certain artists exclusive to Victor. With "My Hero" on ten-inch Victor 60012, recorded on February 21, 1910, Marsh was the second artist featured in the new series (Nora Bayes was third). Marsh became, with the possible exception of Lauder, the most popular artist in the purple label series.
In 1916 Victor ceased issuing new titles on ten-inch purple label discs and in 1920 ceased issuing new titles on twelve-inch purple label discs, instead issuing new titles on its double-sided blue label series. Various titles remained available on single-sided purple label discs until 1925, such as George M. Cohan's "Life A Funny Proposition After All," but by the 1920s all Marsh titles still in the Victor catalog were on double-sided blue label discs.
After marrying Dr. Walter Colwell Gordon in 1910, she moved to Providence, Rhode Island. Concert reviews indicate she adopted Lucy Marsh Gordon as her professional name--she never toured widely but did local concerts. Victor continued issuing her on purple, blue, and red labels as Lucy Isabelle Marsh, sometimes Lucy Marsh.
Articles dated January 21 and 30, 1925, in her hometown newspaper, the Providence Journal, discuss the soprano making her radio debut on January 29 of that year in New York City (others on the program were Miguel Fleta and the Flonzaley Quartet), and she continued doing radio work for several years.
In the early electric era Marsh, like other Victor staff artists, cut new takes of numbers that had sold well in the acoustic era.
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