KB-80 - SOMA LP 102

JERRY MAYERON - “Mambo By Meyeron”

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KB-80A - Quien Sera

              Anabacoa

              Ronnie's Mambo

              Ebb Tide

KB-80B - JC Mambo

              Penguine

              Manteca

              Shangri-La

SOMA LP 102

Minneapolis, MN

KB-79 - VAVRO 101

SONNY-DARRELL TRIO
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KB-79A - Hopeless Polka   (No Publ.)
KB-79B - Nola   (No Publ.)
VAVRO 101
South Street, St Paul, MN

KB-63 - SOMA 1039

EDDIE SKEETS and his Orchestra

55

KB-63A - Prettiest Girl In Idaho

KB-63B - Susie Polka

SOMA 1039
Minneapolis, MN

KB-61 - NORTH STAR 2008

FRED STEVEKIN, The Polka Dots with Art Fitch

55

KB-61A – Chere Est Anna Polka

KB-61B – Polka Dot Schottische

NORTH STAR 2008

St Paul, MN

KB-60 - NORTH STAR 2009

MARV’s OAKDALE DUTCHMEN, Marv Masterman, Gay Zarth

55

KB-60A – Es Gehts Sar Gut (It Goes So Good)

KB-60B – Sunset Schottische

NORTH STAR 2009

St Paul, MN

KB-59 - NORTH STAR 2004

Joe Plumer and Orchestra

55

KB-59A – Summer Paradise

KB-59B – Dance Of The Blue Fox

NORTH STAR 2004

St Paul, MN

KB-58 - SOMA 1038

Fezz Fritsche

55

KB-58A - New Ulm Favorite

KB-58B - Deep Valley Schottische

SOMA 1038

Minneapolis, MN

KB-57 - SOMA 1037

SLIM JIM

55

KB-57A - Jan Johnson’s Wedding

KB-57B - Flikken Paa Belmon’s Roe

SOMA 1037

Minneapolis, MN

The Norwegian American brothers Ernest "Slim Jim" and Clarence "the Vagabond Kid" Iverson were born, respectively, in 1903 and 1905 near Binford, North Dakota.  After their mother's death in 1910, their father hired Molly Ruud, a Norwegian immigrant, to keep house.  Fortuitously for the boys, she was a guitar player with a large repertoire of Norwegian songs, and the boys learned songs and the rudiments of guitar-playing from here.  Ernest dropped out of high school to play guitar with a traveling wild west show, where his lanky 6'4" frame earned his lasting nickname.  Performing sometimes and sometimes working as an oil field hand in Texas boomtowns, he was convinced by an injury on the job to follow a career in radio.  After stints in Wichita Falls and Omaha, he returned to the Upper Midwest in the early 1930s where he and his brother Clarence became stars on the Minneapolis radio station WDGY.  Combining a daily radio show with regional performances, the pair entertained listeners with cowboy songs, sentimental recitations, comic novelty numbers, and hymns in English, along with occasional ballads, seasonal songs, and paeans to mother and home in Norwegian.  Perhaps most popular of all were their comic performances of "Scandihoovian" dialect songs like "John Johnson's Wedding," and "The Whistling, Drifting Snow"--classic performances that continue to be sung throughout the Upper Midwest. Clarence ceased performing in public in 1948, but in the 1950s Ernest Iverson made a series of recordings as Slim Jim on California's FM label, including the popular song, "I Just Don't Give a Hoot."  After his death in 1958, the SOMA label of Minneapolis released an LP, Slim Jim Sings Nikolina And Other Favorites, comprised of studio performances, some of which included the Vagabond Kid.

Source: Norwegian/American Folk Music Portal.

Source: Unknown

Source: Derik Olsen

Source: Derik Olsen

KB-56 - SOMA 1036

JOLLY LUMBERJACKS

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KB-56A - Deutschland Medley Waltz

KB-56B - Sylvia Schottische

SOMA 1036

Minneapolis, MN

KB-55 - SOMA 1035

CLEM BRAU and His Soma Serenaders

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KB-55A - Josephine

KB-55B - Bubbles In The Wine

SOMA 1035

Minneapolis, MN

Clem was also a member of the Jolly Lumberjacks Band. Clem is also slightly famous for being in the band that played at the Surf ballroom in Clear lake, IA the day after Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and the Big Bopper played and subsequently  died in a plane crash after the gig. Apparently, Clem told his brothers daughter that it was the saddest gig he ever played.