97 near Danville, Virginia-for the Victor Talking Machine Company, became a runaway hit, alerting the national record companies to the existence of a sizable market for country-style vocals. He was already an established singer when he made his first country music recordings which cemented his place in music history.ĭalhart’s 1924 recording of “ The Wreck of the Old 97“-a classic American railroad ballad about the Septemderailment of Southern Railway Fast Mail train No. From 1916 until 1923, using numerous pseudonyms, he made over 400 recordings of light classical music and early dance band vocals for various record labels. He saw an advertisement in the local newspaper for singers and applied, and was auditioned by Thomas Alva Edison he would thereafter make numerous records for Edison Records. He also played the part of Lieutenant Pinkerton in Madame Butterfly.
One of his first roles was in Giacomo Puccini‘s opera Girl of the Golden West following this he played the part of Ralph Rackstraw in a production of HMS Pinafore. He found employment in a piano warehouse and took occasional singing jobs. Around 1910 the family moved to New York City. He married Sadie Lee Moore-Livingston in 1901 and had two children, a son and a daughter. Vernon, who already could play the jaw harp and harmonica, received vocal training at the Dallas Conservatory of Music. When Vernon was 12 or 13, the family moved from Jefferson to Dallas, Texas. Dalhart’s father, Robert Marion Slaughter was killed in a fight with his brother-in-law, Bob Castleberry, when Vernon was age 10. He took his stage name from two towns, Vernon and Dalhart in Texas, between which he punched cattle in the 1890s. To choose the correct needle, you would rotate the reproducer on the arm to the proper position, each which had a detent.Dalhart was born in Jefferson, Texas. The double Ultona reproducer played 3 types, the 2 previously mentioned, and the Edison type, with the diamond tip needle. To clear up some confusion, the single Ultona reproducer played two types of records, the standard 78, with the straight needle and the Pathe style, with the sapphire ball needle. This phonograph has both, the single is shown in the photo. This came standard with the single Ultona reproducer and the double Utona reproducer as an extra cost piece. This also features a counterbalanced lid and an auto stop feature at the end of the record. The brightwork on this one is nickel plate. As with most spring driven items, always leave the spring in an unwound state if it will be unused for any length of time. Some of the more expensive Brunswick models had 3 and 4 spring motors. There is a crank on the side that winds a two spring motor. This is a Brunswick York Model Phonograph with the console style cabinet.
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