That makes sense.While I have never seen a Patsy Montana,I do have a couple of early Gene Autry on Conquerer.and I think one on the black Oriole label.These labels put out quiite a bit of early country music..
Roger
From: Cary Ginell <[log in to unmask]>
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Subject: RE: [ARSCLIST] Patsy Montana's "million seller"
You would have most likely seen this one on blue label Melotone, although it was also available on Conqueror, Vocalion, OKeh, and possibly other dime store labels like Romeo, Oriole, and Perfect.
I've only seen it on Melotone and Conqueror - and almost always worn out.
Cary Ginell
> Date: Tue, 24 May 2011 18:31:51 -0700
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> Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Patsy Montana's "million seller"
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> Pardon my stupid question,but just what was the original label of "Cowboy's Sweetheart" anyway?
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> As someone who has spent decades trawling through 78s at thrift stores,yard sales,antique shops,and flea markets,I can't recall ever seeing a Patsy Montana record older than the Vogue picture discs,which are relatively common.
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> Roger
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> From: Cary Ginell <[log in to unmask]>
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> Sent: Tuesday, May 24, 2011 1:34 PM
> Subject: [ARSCLIST] Patsy Montana's "million seller"
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> Got this from Jay Orr of the Country Music Hall of Fame:
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> Regarding your Patsy Montana / Cowboy’s Sweetheart
> question, I have this from our senior historian, John Rumble. He refers
> to Robert K. Oermann and Mary Bufwack, authors of
> Finding Her Voice: Women in Country Music. They make the
> assertion that I Wanna Be a Cowboy’s Sweetheart was “the first record by
> a woman in country music to pass the million mark in sales.”:
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> We have not referred to
> it as a million-seller, because sales of this magnitude seem
> implausible during the midst of the Great Depression. I seem to remember
> seeing one source, possibly one of our interviews
> with Art Satherley, who stated that it sold in the hundreds of
> thousands, but not 1 million. If Cary wants to contact Oermann and
> Bufwack, they may have obtained hard data to back their claim. But I
> don’t think so. I think the million-seller designation probably
> bent the truth for promotion purposes. I suppose it’s possible that
> cumulative sales over a good many years reached 1 million, but to reach a
> million within a year or even two years just doesn’t ring true, to me.
> I’ll check some of the Art Satherley interviews
> and see what I find, as this won’t take long and may turn up some
> evidence. Of course, Uncle Art was reflecting after many decades, and
> his memory might not be accurate.
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> Another thing to
> consider is that the Carter Family—enormously popular and with the
> support of 500,000-watt Border Radio, never sold that many copies of a
> single. Considering that 30,000 to 40,000 was considered
> a decent, profit-making country sale in the prosperous late 1940s and
> 1950s, I just find it hard to believe that “Cowboy’s Sweetheart” sold 1
> million units.
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> Cary Ginell
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