Smith Brothers - I Never See Maggie Alone (1927)

From the late 1920's and through the 1930's, Harold R. "Scrappy" Lambert was one of the most prolific vocalists of the era rivaling the number of recording appearances made by the legendary Irving Kaufman. His vocals show up on hundreds of pop tunes of the era.
In 1922 Scrappy was a college football cheerleader at Rutgers University. During college he played jazz piano with a group known as the "Rutgers Jazz Bandits". In early February 1925 Scrappy and another collegiate vocalist Billy Hillpot, teamed to do an impersonation of two Smith Brothers - "Trade" and "Mark", the Original Smith Brothers for Smith Brothers Cough Drops that originated at the time over radio station WEAF which later became the National Broadcasting Company (NBC).
In 1926 Ben Bernie discovered the Lambert-Hillpot duo and signed them as a specialty act with his orchestra. Scrappy and Billy were with the Ben Bernie Orchestra from 1926 until 1928.
In the 1930's Scrappy and Billy Hillpot could be found on the radio reprising their "Trade" and "Mark" comedy routine on the new NBC radio network. Later, they appear with the Showboat Four in the Maxwell House Show Boat radio program. This group lasted until 1943 when Scrappy quit singing. Scrappy also did a stint with the famous Jazz Age group The Revelers replacing Franklyn Baur.

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[althazarr]

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