78 RPM - Cactus Pryor - Christmas Time Is A Very Merry Time / That's All I Want For Christmas - Empire [Texas] - USA

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Artist:	Cactus Pryor
Label:	Empire [Texas]
Country:	USA
Catalogue:	E-455
Date:	1949
Format:	10"
Collection:	I Own It I Want It
Community:	1 Wants
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Track	Artist	Title	Composer	Rating
A	Cactus Pryor	Christmas Time Is A Very Merry Time	Bert Haney	Rate
B	Cactus Pryor	That's All I Want For Christmas	Bert Haney	Rate

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"Christmas Time Is A Very Merry Time" has master number E-455-32-4986 on label and in deadwax
"That's All I Want For Christmas" has master number E-455-32-4987 on label and in deadwax

Empire Records Co
Taylor
Texas

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xiphophilos 23rd Dec 2015		There is a brief bio of Cactus Pryor by George O'Leary on amazon.com: "Born Richard Pryor in Austin, Texas on January 7, 1923, he first got the nickname "Cactus" when his father managed the Cactus Theater in Austin. He became one of the best-known voices in the region as a DJ on radio station KLBJ before moving to TV station KTBC, where he also hosted an interview show and became the narrator of a series of programs dealing with activities at the station. He also appeared in the 1968 John Wayne films "Hellfighters" (playing the doctor to Wayne's character, whose crews fought oil well fires) and "The Green Berets", among others. As a recording artist his specialty was the Country novelty/parody tune, and in 1950 he made it to the national C&W charts with an hilarious spoof of the Tennessee Ernie Ford and Frankie Laine hit "The Cry Of The Wild Goose". Under the title "The Cry Of The Dying Duck In A Thunder-Storm" and billed to Cactus Pryor & His Prickly Pears, it peaked at # 7 in June on 4 Star 1459 b/w Double Trouble. That would be his only such national claim to fame on record, although he did release a number of other singles, three of which came out before the above spoof. His first, in late 1949, was "That's All I Want For Christmas" b/w "Christmas Time Is A Very Merry Time" on Empire 455, and this was followed in early 1950 by "Jackass Caravan" b w/ "Red River Valley" on 4 Star 1404 and "Texas Tapper" b/w "Cool Water" on 4 Star 1442."



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