Betty Morgan (singer)

Betty Morgan was a singer, performer, and recording artist. She recorded on Pathé Records.[1] Jim Morgan played the piano, violin, and banjo.[2] By 1931, Morgan had teamed with Emmet Gilly (formerly Emmet Guilfoyle), formerly of Guilfoyle and Lange (Elsie Lange),[3] with Morgan performing on the piano and Emmet singing and doing comedy.[4][5]

She and Jim Morgan performed "Don't Bite the Hand That's Feeding You" and "Cleopatra Had a Jazz Band". They performed with a "Collegiate Orchestra".[6] Two songs she recorded are on the jazz record Bring On the Girls (1926-1930)[7] released in 2010 by Challenge Records.[8]

In 1920, Jim and Betty reportedly split and she was to take a few months rest cure after a "nervous spell".[9] She sang and he played piano in the 1929 Vitaphone short film Songs as You Like Them.[10][11]

A reviewer described her as "clever in her musical recitations."[12] Another review noted they had youth, magnetism, appearance, and ability.[13]

Songs they performed include "Then I Forgot", "Just a Little Bit, Not Just Right", and "That's All I Wanted to Know".[14]

Discography

References

  1. ^ Laird, Ross (November 25, 1996). Moanin' Low: A Discography of Female Popular Vocal Recordings, 1920-1933. Bloomsbury Publishing USA. ISBN 978-0-313-37005-2 – via Google Books.
  2. ^ "New York Star". Roland Burke Hennessy. June 30, 1920 – via Google Books.
  3. ^ "New York Star". Roland Burke Hennessy. June 30, 1925 – via Google Books.
  4. ^ "The Billboard". R.S. Littleford, Jr., W.D. Littleford. June 30, 1931 – via Google Books.
  5. ^ "The Billboard". R.S. Littleford, Jr., W.D. Littleford. June 30, 1931 – via Google Books.
  6. ^ "New York Star". Roland Burke Hennessy. June 30, 1925 – via Google Books.
  7. ^ "Vaudeville performer Betty Morgan, approximately 1910s-1920s". digitalcollections.lib.washington.edu.
  8. ^ "Bring on the Girls 1926-1934 by Various Artists".
  9. ^ "New York Clipper 24 November 1920 — Illinois Digital Newspaper Collections". idnc.library.illinois.edu.
  10. ^ Webb, Graham (July 10, 2020). Encyclopedia of American Short Films, 1926-1959. McFarland. ISBN 978-1-4766-3926-0 – via Google Books.
  11. ^ "Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series: Maps and atlases". U.S. Library of Congress, Copyright Office. June 30, 1957 – via Google Books.
  12. ^ "The Billboard". R.S. Littleford, Jr., W.D. Littleford. June 30, 1926 – via Google Books.
  13. ^ "Pacific Coast Musical Review". 1916.
  14. ^ Bradley, Edwin M. (June 14, 2015). The First Hollywood Sound Shorts, 1926-1931. McFarland. ISBN 978-1-4766-0684-2.
  15. ^ "The Sweetest Melody - The Shedd Institute". www.theshedd.org.
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