tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7493712084606110971.post8366541665156863322..comments2024-03-28T04:48:19.626-07:00Comments on Strange Company: The Awful Greatness of the Cherry SistersUndinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16214242522330278662noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7493712084606110971.post-6725325937383361432021-04-09T04:37:22.656-07:002021-04-09T04:37:22.656-07:00Well, at least three recordings were made of Jessi...Well, at least three recordings were made of Jessie, according to this article taken from Edison Phonograph Monthly, who, in turn, took it from Portsmouth (Ohio) Daily Blade. Here it is:<br /><br /><br /><br />VALUE OF THREE ORIGINAL RECORDS. <br /><br />The question of what value can be placed upon a Phonographic record of a dead sister's voice will be the question to he decided by the Cherry Sisters, whose notoriously rank show has made a success solely for the reason that it is the most ludicrous attempt at acting ever put before the American people in sincerity. <br />Manager Higley, of the Grand Theatre, received a communication from the Cherry Sisters, now at Cedar Rapids, Iowa, inquiring as to the identity of the party here who took the record of their little sister Jessie's voice. Manager Higley has learned that the party is <br />a former attache of the Grand and now in the newspaper work here. <br />The holder of the three records has opened negotiations with the sisters and has asked them to place a figure on the three records. He will hold them at $100, although advised to make the price $500, one man agreeing to take up the negotiations on a commission of all over $100. <br />The records of little Jessie's voice are probably worthless to the present holder as far as their use is concerned, but to the Cherry sisters, who desire to hear once more the voice now stilled in death, they would be invaluable, hence the feeling on the part of the owner that they are worth at least $100. <br />If the Cherry sisters have laid aside any of the good coin handed over by those who have laughed themselves sore at a performance intended to be serious, they may be in a position to meet the demands of the individual monopoly. <br />While the mere mention of the name of the Cherry sisters and "Little Jessie" brings a smile to regular patrons of the theatre, there is an element of pathos in the desire to hear a dead sister's voice that cannot be ignored, and it is to be hoped that the milk of human kindness will not be soured in the progress of negotiations for the Phonographic records. <br />The holder of these records says he has no desire to gouge the sisters, even though they have been doing that for the public for a number of years, and under such circumstances could not be expected to resort to poetic justice.Nikola P. Zekićhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02161732912453778324noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7493712084606110971.post-54993823568675787662018-07-08T11:20:49.675-07:002018-07-08T11:20:49.675-07:00Somewhere there's a Heaven where the Cherry Si...Somewhere there's a Heaven where the Cherry Sisters keep performing, in company with Florence Foster Jenkins, and all of it being filmed by Ed Wood...grandoldmovieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10773085288675763855noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7493712084606110971.post-59656634360441123842018-03-30T22:36:01.332-07:002018-03-30T22:36:01.332-07:00Oh dear lord, had the song been released commercia...Oh dear lord, had the song been released commercially there'd be more chances for it to appear somewhere. But a demo? That means there's probably just ONE or a few copies.. and it was 100 years ago :'(<br /><br />Maybe it was the master recording they were trying to buy from the studio or record company/factory?Sesenta Veinticincohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09328806210652465946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7493712084606110971.post-37589988052644957432017-09-02T08:33:37.334-07:002017-09-02T08:33:37.334-07:00There was apparently a 78 of Jessie singing "...There was apparently a 78 of Jessie singing "Fair Columbia" but it has been lost to time. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04822203226610112903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7493712084606110971.post-36121465115646445312017-04-21T08:23:53.466-07:002017-04-21T08:23:53.466-07:00You might give some credits-- http://www.iowacente...You might give some credits-- http://www.iowacenterforthebook.org/air/previous-years/2014/air14-home/previous-years/2004/info-for-groups/cherry-sisters<br />sfullerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02893255320817665915noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7493712084606110971.post-20262894511481465622016-06-16T04:51:16.947-07:002016-06-16T04:51:16.947-07:00Thanks! I'll see what I can find out about it....Thanks! I'll see what I can find out about it.Undinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16214242522330278662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7493712084606110971.post-16986072305636440572016-06-15T20:05:44.148-07:002016-06-15T20:05:44.148-07:00If it is any help, the song was called "Fair ...If it is any help, the song was called "Fair Columbia". If the recording was archived anywhere, it might be under that name. (It can be dated no later than 1903, of course, but archives can make mistakes.) I have no information on when, where or by whom it was made, or who the prospective seller was, though apparently the sisters' failed quest to buy it was mentioned in some contemporary Iowa newspapers. There is an article in "Tractor" magazine, written by Jack El Hai, which goes into more detail, I think, but I have not read it.Broadway Philhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03318378897350052824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7493712084606110971.post-38129487392971092952016-06-15T04:35:33.956-07:002016-06-15T04:35:33.956-07:00Fingers crossed it turns up somewhere...Fingers crossed it turns up somewhere...Undinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16214242522330278662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7493712084606110971.post-34569171112408395762016-06-14T23:20:47.630-07:002016-06-14T23:20:47.630-07:00There was, in fact, a demo recording of Jessie Che...There was, in fact, a demo recording of Jessie Cherry singing one of their original songs, but it disappeared a long time ago; the surviving sisters tried to buy it, but could not meet the asking price ($100 !!! - remember that this was about 100 years ago).Broadway Philhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03318378897350052824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7493712084606110971.post-55789416597917307772016-02-19T18:41:08.256-08:002016-02-19T18:41:08.256-08:00Enjoying a skit on Travel Channel this PM, 19 Feb...Enjoying a skit on Travel Channel this PM, 19 Feb 2016, "The Cherry Sisters" action when performing in front of a judge in court, "Right of Fair Comment" was ruled in the sisters favor.Perhaps Travel Channel will show this wonderful skit of the sisters performing in their shows if people show interest in watching the girls perform again.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01763929848662560246noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7493712084606110971.post-27959751749151235522016-01-14T04:50:40.217-08:002016-01-14T04:50:40.217-08:00I searched the internet hoping to find something o...I searched the internet hoping to find something of that sort, but no luck. What a loss!Undinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16214242522330278662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7493712084606110971.post-827040110492097462016-01-14T01:15:54.952-08:002016-01-14T01:15:54.952-08:00I actually have some respect for them. While they ...I actually have some respect for them. While they were s**t, they were honest s**t, unlike some contemporary performers, who are dishonest, cynical s**t.Graham Claytonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09182805428889776703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7493712084606110971.post-48675305307533660942016-01-13T15:20:22.958-08:002016-01-13T15:20:22.958-08:00KInda like the Shaggs of their time...KInda like the Shaggs of their time...Frankipophttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09830825107902437854noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7493712084606110971.post-42382649757378473402016-01-13T09:42:50.030-08:002016-01-13T09:42:50.030-08:00If only some wax cylinder recordings and film of t...If only some wax cylinder recordings and film of them would turn up somewhere - it would be a treasure beyond repair.busterggihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02146221182670363053noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7493712084606110971.post-60769443084971149682016-01-12T04:40:41.181-08:002016-01-12T04:40:41.181-08:00Maybe I should have titled this post "Springt...Maybe I should have titled this post "Springtime For Cherry Sisters."Undinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16214242522330278662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7493712084606110971.post-2564846021203889112016-01-11T21:35:59.897-08:002016-01-11T21:35:59.897-08:00It's like that movie "The Producers,"...It's like that movie "The Producers," where they try to go bankrupt by producing the world's worst show (a cheery musical number called "Springtime for Hitler") - only, to their horror, the show is a huge hit and people can't get enough of it. Either that, or it's like the rock concerts where people mostly went to see guitars get smashed. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7493712084606110971.post-91426631394200713272016-01-11T06:50:57.108-08:002016-01-11T06:50:57.108-08:00They did what they loved to do and didn't harm...They did what they loved to do and didn't harm anyone. How is that worse than the egomaniacs in Hollywood who use and abuse all and sundry and eventually kill themselves through drugs and alcohol? I just wish the Cherrys' lives had ended a bit better. But they each had those incomparable memories to look back upon.John Bellenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10946140614088069665noreply@blogger.com