An Evening With Wanda (Wanda Schafer)

 

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Beginning in Anderson, Indiana, Wanda started singing on radio station WHBU when she was ten. Her stage career began at fourteen in Anderson with her uncle who Wanda describes as "stand-up vaudeville comic."

The entertainment career she began so early was postponed while she raised six children. The urge to sing again was strong, and she resumed singing at the Shamrock in Anderson where she played for nine years before coming to Indianapolis in 1957. There were seven nine years at LaRue's Supper Club before she moved to Al Myers. Later she went to Fort Wayne, Indiana, to be the songbird in the Gilded Cage.

Wanda « retired »  in 1965 to marry Otto Schafer, a well-known Indianapolis Motor Speedway figure….

Bill Foster (aka Jeff County)

 

 

1963 – Bill (Ramblin' Man) Foster 
Oh, Anna Lee! / Two Broken Hearts 
Virgelle 717 

1966 – Jefferson (Ramblin' Man) County 
Organised Confusion / City Billy   (both wr. Bill Foster (Jeff County) 
Dee Gee 3016 
Prod. Julian Portman
 

Bill Foster from the Jefferson County, Washington State, first recorded for the Seafair-Bolo subsidiary, Virgelle label, located in Seattle, Shortly after, he went down to the south, in California, sought to make his way around the Hollywood studios. accepting just about any job : security guard on the set of "Act For Love" in 1965, a movie starring Angie Dickinson, guarding Miss Dickinson's Cartier jewelry valued at $100,000, stand in for Fred Gwynne filming the TV series "The Munsters"...etc...

His biggest role was probably when he played Gundermar the dragon in the TV series "Lost in Space." (episode The Questing Beast)

After the release of his second record on Doris Gilbert's Dee Gee label in Los Angeles, we lose track of him. Does anyone know more bout him ? 

Bill Foster as Gundermar the dragon, his biggest role ?

 

Dorse Lewis, 1952 footage The Scared Coal Miner'

The Shannopin boat crew, deckhands, walking up hill, entering restaurant in Morgantown, West Virginia. 

Dorsey Lewis w/ guitar singing, 'The Scared Coal Miner' song to crew 

 

Women of Music volume 19

 

 Women of Music volume 19

Nikki Corvette on cover 

 

Abbe Lane - A Good Man Is Hard to Find.mp3                    
Ailish McBride - Scania 164.mp3                               
Brenda Lee (& The Vocaltones) - Ain't Gonna Give Nobody.mp3   
Eileen Barton - Fujiyama Mama .mp3                            
Lorin Dean - Fi Fo Fum.mp3                                    
Marsha Lyn - Tennessee Homesick Blues.mp3                     
Maxine Davis - Another Man.mp3                                
Nikki And The Corvettes - Honey Bop!.mp3                      
Scooter Lee - Barefootin'.mp3                                 
Tanya Tucker - San Antonio Stroll (Single Version).mp3        
Terri ''Cup Cake'' O'Mason - Cup Cakes.mp3                    
Winfield Parker - Funkey Party.mp3                            
 

G. M. Farley LP Rural Rhythm 128

 

 G. M. Farley LP Rural Rhythm 128

 

Following info found at Scratchy Attic

Give Name: George Milburn Farley, Jr.
Date of Birth: January 16, 1927
Place of Birth: Kayford, West Virginia
Date of Death: November, 1991
Marital Status: Francis E. Castle
Children: 3

Musical Style: Bluegrass/Country Gospel
Talents: Fiddle, Guitar, Singer, Songwriter

Rev. G. M. Farley was a coal miner like his father, until he was called into the Gospel Ministry around 1950. Before his conversion he had a bluegrass band called Fiddling Slim Blue in which he played the fiddle and sang.
Part of his church ministry was singing, so in the 1960's cut several albums with Rural Rhythm Records. These were sold mostly in his evangelistic meetings and by Rural Rhythm Records' mail order service.

He always planned on doing another album with just songs that he had written but never got around to it. Most of his free time was committed to his writing. He had numerous articles and several books published. He was also an accomplished artist with oil painting.

He pioneered Trinity Bible Church in 1977, which is still thriving today.

 Discography :

Gloryland Jubilee 
Discogs 

Pictures credit  :

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