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Artist: Ruth Wallis Label:   Monarch [Linden, NJ] Country: USA Catalogue: MO 3005 Date: Nov 1953 Format: 10" Collection:   I Own It     I Want It  Community:  2 Own Price Guide: Valuation Page » Search eBay #AD  » Search Amazon #AD This site contains affiliate links for which we may be compensated.

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Track	Artist	Title	Composer	Rating
A	Ruth Wallis	Dear Mr. Godfrey	Ruth Wallis	Rate
B	Ruth Wallis	Say Hello To Joe	Ruth Wallis	Rate

Notes

Vocal with Instr. Accomp.
(Orch. arranged and conducted by Dave Terry [uncredited]) (Source)

A: mx MO 57 (label), MO-57 (runout); B: mx MO 58 (label) MO-58 (runout)

Billboard, Nov. 14, 1953, p. 34: New Records To Watch, Popular

Also released on 45 RPM as Monarch 3005-45.

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Number: 984379  THUMBNAIL Uploaded By: xiphophilos Description: Monarch MO 3005 A Side Label

Number: 984380  Uploaded By: xiphophilos Description: Monarch MO 3005 B Side Label

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xiphophilos 21st Feb 2016		In 1953, TV show host Arthur Godfrey fired the singer Julius LaRosa, whom he had regularly featured on his program but who had started to receive even more fan mail than Godfrey himself, with the comment that LaRosa had lost his "humility." Ruth Wallis's song mocks this comment by offering herself as a replacement singer with lots of humility: "Dear Mr. Godfrey, Listen to my plea Hire me and fire me And make a star of me. If only opportunity knocks upon my door, I have such humility Like never saw before. (Refrain) Humility, humility, Julius lost his humility." A Side: More on Ruth Wallis: http://queermusicheritage.com/jun2004rw2.html Discography also here: http://hensteeth.com/wblue.html

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