Starter of this subject: Linda Potter
Last post in this subject: 10/4/2000
Messages in this subject: 5
| Linda Potter | 10/4/2000 5 replies |
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My husband, Louis Lenheardt Potter, has inherited a violin from his mother's brother, Joseph Little, of Big Stone Gap, Virginia.
No one left alive can give us any information on who Jack little was. All we know is that my husband's mother complained during the time Louis was growing up that if "Little Jack Little's violin wound up with Aunt Maggie and Uncle Joe, it would never see the light of day." They were childless and known to keep nice things stored away from sight. When Mr. and Mrs. Little died, the violin was found in the attic eaves, inside its old wooden case. Inside the violin is a label reading, "Oscar Hemmig, copy of Amati, 1903." We would like very much to find out anything we can about Little Jack Little, the violin, and the violin maker. The first real evidence we have found that he was a real person, other than hearsay, was the Vintage Radio Place website in the "Fanciful Marriages," where it says "If Vera Vague had first married Little Jack Little . . . ."
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| Jack French | 10/4/2000 4 replies |
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Since I'm the one who wrote "OTR Fanciful Marriages", I wish I could help you more.
Little Jack Little had his own 15 min. radio show, using that name as the title, on Blue Network from 1930 to 1931 and then from 1931 to 1935 on CBS. He was billed as a singer-pianist. He was sponsored by Wonder Bread and Pinex Cough Syrup. Little was brought back to the airwaves in 1944 (Apr through Aug) on Blue Network. He was also one of the cast of "George Jessel Salutes", an ABC radio show that ran from 1953 to 1954. Jack French Editor: RADIO RECALL |
| Ted Hering | 10/4/2000 3 replies |
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I have an LP of Radio Crooners that contains a track from Little Jack Little in a 1930s broadcast. Want a dub?
He closes his song by speaking the words, "Yours truly, Little Jack Little." I believe Mr. Little may have made some records as well. |
| J.Cooper | 10/6/2000 0 replies |
| I rather think this violin did not belong to the radio singer.(I remember him well on the radiola...) Me thinks it should be seen by a musical instrument specialist. It may be worth quite a bit of $$. Fiddleledee... Some of those scratchavarious instruments are right valuable pieces of wood and horsehair! Lady, quit fiddeling around and go to the right source,before the termites get back to it and play a sad song of "Lost To The Times". |
| Jack French | 10/19/2000 1 replies |
| I've found in my personal collection of audio recordings a 1943 show, 15 minutes in length, sponsored by the Dept of Treasury, in which Little sings, plays the piano, and encourages sale of War Bonds. Wanna dub? |
| Jim Stokes | 10/19/2000 0 replies |
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I recall hearing Little Jack Little on the radio when I was little. If memory serves me correctly, I think he used to sing "Little Jack Frost." Words went something like --
Little Jack Frost Get lost, get lo |