Király Ernő, Egy Krajcaros Levél Papir (Columbia E2906, 1916)

About this film

Performer: Király Ernő Matrix and take number: 67520-1 Catalog number: Columbia E2906 (10-inch 78 rpm record) Runout: 67520-1-1 Title: Egy Krajcaros Levél Papir Hungarian Folk Song Énekelte Király Ernő cigányzene kisérettel [= Sung by Király Ernő, Gypsy orchestra accompaniment] Recorded in Budapest(?). Released in 1916. Columbia Graphophone Company Magic Notes label with 6 patent dates in 4 lines (used 1914-1917). Notes Király Ernő (1884 Kiskeszi, Hungary [now Malé Kosihy, Slovakia]-1954 New York, NY) was a Hungarian actor, director, theater director, and tenor vocalist. Debuting in 1902, he soon became not only the most popular tenor in Budapest, but also did guest appearances in Vienna and Berlin. He toured the United States in 1920, 1923, and 1928. Between 1928 and 1929, he led two theaters in Chicago and New York. He returned to Hungary, but moved permanently to the United States in 1935, running a theater in Cleveland, OH, and later a restaurant. The recording on the other side of this disc: Ide Ide Gyere Ide .

Directors & creators

Király Ernő

Subjects

78rpm, Ethnic, Hungarian

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