Barney and The Bug

May 25, 2022
1939


“The Bug”; Bob Pope and his Hotel Charlotte Orchestra; Bluebird (B-6300-B); 1936


“Barney Google”; Irving and Jack Kaufman; Rose; Conrad; Gennett (5152-B); April 1923


“Barney Google”; Harry Blake and Robert Judson; Rose; Conrad; Perfect (12049-A); April 3, 1923


“Barney Google”; Billy Jones and Ernest Hare; Rose and Conrad; Columbia (A3876); 1923


“Barney Google”; Thomas and West; Con Conrad; Regal (9459-A); March 1923


“Barney Google”; Missouri Jazz Hounds; Arthur Hall; Con Conrad; Regal (9486-A); May 1923


“Barney Google”; Frank Williams; Rose; Conrad; Cameo (351); March 1923


“Barney Google”; The Great White Way Orchestra; Billy Rose; Con Conrad; Billy Murray; Victor (19093-A); 1923


“Barney Google”; Billy Jones; Rose; de Beek; Conrad; Bell (P-220-B); 1923


“Barney Google”; Georgie Price; Billy Rose; Con Conrad; Victor (19066-A); April 26, 1923


“Barney Google”; Haring’s Velvetone Orchestra; Rose; Conrad; Cameo (355); May 1923


The New York Times, May 25, 1939


“Barney Google”; Melody King’s Dance Orchestra; Rose; Conrad; His Master’s Voice (216407-B); 1923

RACKETS SUSPECTS HELD AS VAGRANTS

Two Men Sought for Year by Dewey for Questioning in Lepke – Gurrah Inquiry

BAIL SET AT $25,000 EACH

One Is Known as ‘Charlie the Bug’ [Convicted, in 1941, of killing Dutch Schultz, in 1935, thanks to Abe Reles…] and Other as ‘Barney Google,’ Police Say


“Barney Google”; Charlie Ventura and his Bop for the People; Charlie Ventura and Ensemble; Billy Rose; Con Conrad; RCA Victor (20-3467-A); June 1949

“…packages all over Brooklyn.”

May 24, 2022
1940


“Heavy Traffic on Canal Street”; New Friends of Rhythm; Alan Shulman; Sylvan Shulman; Harry Glickman; Louis Klevman; Harry Patent; Tony Colucci; Laura Newell; Buster Bailey; Paganini; Victor (26647-A); Publication date: May 24, 1940


“No Name Jive”; Gene Krupa and his Orchestra; Wagner; Columbia (35508); May 21, 1940


“Six Lessons from Madame La Zonga”; Gene Krupa and his Orchestra; Irene Davis; Newman; Monaco; Columbia (35508); May 21, 1940


“You Think of Everything”; Del Courtney and his Orchestra; Joe Martin; Rose; McCarthy; Van Heusen; Okeh (5608); Publication date: May 24, 1940


“Hong Kong Blues (Blues de Hong Kong)”; Tommy Dorsey and his Orchestra; “Skeets” Herfurt; Hoagy Carmichael; Deane Kincaide; Victor (26636-B); May 23, 1940


“All This And Heaven Too”; Del Courtney and his Orchestra; Sherman Hayes; De Lange; Van Heusen; Okeh (5608); Publication date: May 24, 1940


The New York Times, May 24, 1940

TWO IN MURDER RING QUICKLY CONVICTED

Maione and Abbandando Are Found Guilty by Kings Jury, Must Go to the Chair

LEPKE INDICTED IN 2 CASES

Racketeer Accused in O’Dwyer Inquiry of Slayings by the Brooklyn ‘Syndicate’

…witness was Abe Reles… and poured into the record a four-hour account of shootings, stabbings and strangulations unparalleled in the annals of modern gangland history…

The New York Times, May 24, 1940


“King George VI’s Empire Day Address”, 05/24/1940; Columbia Broadcasting System, inc.; Publication date: May 24, 1940

“…Most Perfect…”

May 14, 2022
1941


“Babies Crying (Continuous)”; Standard Sound Effect (036255)


“Dear Old Southland”; Duke Ellington; Creamer; Layton; Victor (27564-B); Recorded May 14, 1941


Unidentified Photographer, AP, May 14, 1941

Victors’ Chorus
Winners and runners-up in the Brooklyn Methodist hospital’s “most perfect baby” contest doesn’t seem happy about it…


“Blues in My Condition”; Cootie Williams and His Orchestra; Williams; Columbia (MZ 363); May 7, 1941


Brooklyn Eagle, May 13, 1941


“Boogie Woogie Man”; Pete Johnson and Albert Ammons; Ammons; Johnson; Victor (27505-A); May 7, 1941


Unidentified Photographer, Brooklyn Eagle, May 14, 1941


Boilermaker’s Baby Tops
Howling successes are these babies, all prize winners in Methodist Hospital’s annual perfect baby contest…


“Pete’s Mixture”; Pete Johnson; Dave Dexter; Decca (8582B); May 8, 1941


Unidentified Photographer, Buffalo, May 16, 1941

What? Sextuplets?
No, it’s just the six winners and runners-up in the Brooklyn Methodist Hospital’s “most perfect baby” contest…


“Barrel House Boogie”; Pete Johnson and Albert Ammons; Ammons; Johnson; Victor (27504-B); May 7, 1941


Unidentified Photographer, New York Sun, May 14, 1941


“Death Ray Boogie”; Pete Johnson; Dave Dexter; Decca (3830B); May 8, 1941


Weegee, PM, May 14, 1941, p. 17


“Basement Boogie”; Pete Johnson; Decca (3830A); May 8, 1941


“Baby Crying (Continuous)”; Major (5001 A); 1960


Weegee, PM, May 14, 1941, p 17

Meet Methodist Hospital’s Most Perfect Baby

One of these six babies, all of them born last year in the maternity ward of the Methodist Hospital, Sixth Street and Seventh Avenue, Brooklyn, will soon be named the most perfect baby of the year. The nurses are lining them up to be judged by the pediatricians as part of the hospital’s fourth annual Perfect Baby Contest yesterday. The fist baby on the left is making a grab for the first prize, perhaps it’s an omen. The others don’t seem to be very much interested. Which of the six do you think should win?


Weegee, PM, May 14, 1941, p. 17


Weegee, PM, May 14, 1941, p. 17


“Solitude”; Duke Ellington; Victor (27564-A); Recorded May 14, 1941