[PW] Olsen & Johnson's "Laughing Song"

[S M Colowick]

I wonder if they could have "borrowed" this 1894 version by "Geo. W.
Johnson, the original whistling coon and laughing darkey":

http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/dukesm:@field(DOCID+@lit(ncdhasm.b0814))::

Susie

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> Fuller, Thomas (US - Washington D.C.)
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> Subject: [PW] Olsen & Johnson's "Laughing Song"
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> This one's for me, so no rush.
>
> The vaudville team of Ole Olsen and Chic Johnson (creators of the 1930's
> Broadway show HELLZAPOPPIN, which my theater is doing this summer -- the
> reason for this request) were famous for a song they wrote and
> performed:  "The Laughing Song".  In addition to being a part of their
> act, it was featured in the 1930 movie <Oh, Sailor Behave>, which
> appears to be unavailable on any standard format.
>
> Does anybody know where I could find this song, either in sheet music or
> in audio form?  I'm coming up dry using all of my usual techniques.
>
> -- Tom
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