78 rpm- Columbia- Ken Maynard- cowboy movie star. 1930..EXC condition
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Columbia J 1123(Japanese)- Ken Maynard- The Cowboy's Lament/ The Lone Star Trail E+ scr B
nap one of the rarest personality records- and this copy on Japanese Columbia!!
Recorded 1930. Records graded with 30 years experience as a collector/dealer. Winner pays media mail postage at cost. Domestic and international bidders welcome. Paypal accepted..Wins may be combined to save postage, so please see other auctions for more jazz 78s. Thanks..
Ken Maynard He first appeared in silent motion pictures in 1923. Maynard's work included stunt performance. His horsemanship and rugged good looks made Maynard a cowboy star. He and his white stallion, "Tarzan," became famous. His two recorded songs with Columbia Records, "The Lone Star Trail" and "The Cowboy's Lament," made him one of the first of the singing cowboys. Maynard moved to Universal Studios, where he made his first films with a musical soundtrack. He sang two songs in Sons of the Saddle in 1930.
In 1931 and 1932, Maynard worked for Tiffany Productions and Sono Art-World Wide Pictures before moving back to Universal in 1933. Maynard played several musical instruments, and was featured that year on the violin in The Fiddlin' Buckaroo, and on the banjo in The Trail Drive. Maynard moved to Mascot Pictures in 1934.
Maynard appeared in more than ninety films in twenty years with his white cowboy hat, fancy shirt, and a pair of six-shooters, but alcoholism so severely affected his life that his acting career ended in 1944. He made appearances at state fairs and rodeos. He owned a small circus operation featuring rodeo riders but eventually lost it to creditors. His substantial wealth had vanished, and he lived a desolate life in a rundown trailer. During these years, Maynard was supported by an unknown benefactor, long thought to be Gene Autry.
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