Red Norvo

APolly Wolly Doodle(36)
B(Kirby)By the Waters of Minnetonka(38)

Label: Decca
Catalogue number: F7806
Genre: Jazz
Format: 78rpm shellac disc, 10 inch unless noted
Reference: #15898

Red Norvo, the American swing vibraphonist, in two novelty recordings on Decca: "Polly Wolly Doodle" and "By the Waters of Minnetonka", from the late 1930s.

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