This is NOT Billy Costello doing the "Popeye" voice. IT IS POLEY McCLINTOCK, who co-founded the band with Fred Waring's brother Tom at Penn State. He was doing this voice on records in the mid-to-late 1920s, several years before the first Popeye cartoon. It is likely that Billy Costello, aka "Red Pepper Sam," was trying to imitate Poley McClintock (who remained with Waring's Pennsylvanians long past the group's transformation into a large chorale).
I would like to congratulate "bixfan78" for an immeasurable contribution to the history of this bizarre and very rare snippet from history. I consider myself a Popeye expert - and if not for bixfan78 - I'd be a scramblin' to put some sense into this indescribable piece of cinematic " must see"! Thanks again sir for a massive contribution to not only MY personal understanding of Popeyes history, but the early animation scene..Bravo.....!!!
This short film with a band member has nothing to do with cartoons. The fellow with the gruff voice is not Billy Costello. nor is this the soundtrack to the animated cartoon.. however, your comment is very accurate in the general sense.
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@@MarcoGamer640Productions2012 I think he meant a general feeling of innocence felt as children. As such, most of us weren't aware of the terrible things that were happening. Don't ridicule a person for the "ambiance" they remember experiencing. I don't mean to speak for Sheldon Rose, just my read on it.
Billy Costello, AKA Red Pepper Sam, was long before Jack Mercer. He began doing the Popeye voice in 1933 and started working for the Fleischer Studios even earlier. However, I am positive that this is not Billy Costello at all. Anyone who's heard any of his great scat records from the 1920s would be able to tell the difference. This is not the man who was the original voice of Popeye.
@@thefinalthefirst5638 But he was a percussionist, singer, and uke player. Could be him, just a bad recording... he's not close miked, so you're missing frequencies.
Have you heard any of the recordings I mentioned? He did nobody sweetheart, Dinah, and others... This just doesn't sound like him... Costello when he was singing scat would make his voice sound like a musical instrument somewhat more similar to Cliff Edwards in the 20s but way more radical. It doesn't look like him, it doesn't sound like him, it isn't done in his style... It's just not Billy Costello.
Hey Sergeant, I suggested you do a search on red pepper Sam on RU-vid music. It will bring you not only Billy Costello's recordings but also the recordings he did in the 1920s under that pseudonym. If you listen to them you'll understand what I mean about the far greater range that Billy Costello had in his scat singing only some of which he used when he performed as Popeye. Thanks for the feedback, it's great to run into someone who is enthusiastic about this subject matter!
No, this isn't the first Popeye voice. That kind of voice was used in minstrels and vaudeville long before this. Billy Golden was using it on records by the aughts of the 1900s and possibly 1890s. Gene Greene was using it by the teens.
Hello friends, growing up I lived next to an old man that said he was the original popeye voices and he would do them for us. We thought he was full of it but fun none the less, until I saw him on a talk show and in the paper for signing autographs at the Oregon state fair. For the life of me I can’t remember his name. Any ideas? He lived in clackamas Oregon at the time. Late 70s
According to the information beneath the video, this singer is Poley McClintock. But Popeye's first voice was William Arnold Costello who appeared in Popeyes first animated cartoon in 1933
That's incorrect. He appeared in 1919, when he,and several other characters were created. They were all added into thimble theatre strips by 1920, however , these strips were rejected because they didn't include ham gravy. By 1929 though, they were finally able to rerelease these stories that were already created back in 1919.
Where do you work-a, John? On the Delaware-Lackawann; What do you do-a, John? I push-a, push-a, push. What do you push-a, John? I push-a, push-a the truck. Where do push-a, John? On the Delaware-Lackawanna, wanna, wanna, wanna, The Delaware-Lackawann!
My papa use to sing this song all the time when I was small. He started it off as a story and then ended with the song. ....A long time ago, a John and a Joe, and John he came from Italy and when they met up the other day here is what they had to say... Now sing what you wrote! Perfect 🥰 Childhood memories thank you for writing the lyrics.
That is not Billy Costello, Bevis! And you damn well should know. Furthermore, there's no mention anywhere a billy Costello ever working for Fred Waring. You just made that up. Fake!
This is absolutely not Jack Mercer because Jack Mercer and Billy Costellos Popeyes sound VERY different; Mercer's was a long more sing-songy and happy, whereas Costello's was a lot more beat-up and angrier sounding And THIS voice IS COSTELLO'S voice. Not that I think it was Costello either; I think this was just one of those weird vocal effects jazz singers used to do
Here's a comparison I did of Costello's Popeye VS Mercer's impression of Costello, VS the time Costello came back for a couple cartoons and did a PERFECT impression of Mercer's impression of him twitter.com/everyfan3417/status/1106648439507611649
It sounds like Popeye but I wouldn't count on it BEING Popeye. I actually have this record! (Just not this version.) Now I have visuals to connect it to! BRUNSWICK / 3408 / BILLY HARPER / WHERE DO YOU WORK-A, JOHN? (PUSH-A PUSH-A PUSH)
I don't know why it says "Poley McClintock - Vocal". That's Jack Mercer, the voice of Popeye, behind the drum set. Isn't it? (He even does Mercer's "train whistle", which mercer later did on a tv game show.
Mercer was a teenager at the time this film was made. He was born in 1910. This was (as many have already stated) Poley McClintock. McClintock never actually voiced Popeye AFAIK, but he came up with the "gravelly" voice that William Costello and, later, Jack Mercer used as Popeye.
For about 3 years. Jack Mercer took over after Costello was fired. But neither had anything to do with this film. Costello had his own career, and Mercer was 17 at the time this film was made.
I’m Popeye the sailor man, I’m Popeye the sailor man, I ain’t like Bluto, I’m smarter, cause I eat spinach for dessert, main dish and starter, I’m Popeye the sailor man.
I thought the same thing. 1927 was I think the first year sound was introduced to film, starring Al Jolson, so I thought this would be later, like maybe early 30s.
@@leeschloss4840 -- There were experimental sound films going back to the early 1900s. The process was being perfected well before The Jazz Singer, and some musical films and cartoons, especially by Max Fleischer, go back to 1925.
@@rufust.firefly2474 It IS sound-on-film. The date might be more like 1929 judging they the technique. It appears that there were three cameras in a booth, each focused on three different angles and distances to allow for cutaways.
yes, Paramount distributed to Max Fleischer Popeye cartoons from the very beginning in 1933. officially, it's claimed that Costello was very hard to work with and that he was fired when he demanded a vacation in the middle a production. This is it hard to believe because the Fletcher Popeye's or post recorded ( the animation was done first, then the soundtrack) and rehearsals and recording time will probably minimal. Although castello's Gravely tones will forever be imitated by anyone doing a pop by voice, somebody Ali ministration didn't like him personally. Mae Questel, the voice of Betty Boop and Olive Oyl, claimed that she did the Popeye voice for a couple of cartoons and the tech crew slowed her down. Then Mercer came in to take over the voice. One of, if not the only, interim cartoon was, "Be Kind to Aminals" (1935) in which obviously neither Costello nor Mercer is present.
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None of this crazy ranting has anything to do with Popeye or Popeyes first voice or Billy Costello or Jack Mercer anything pertinent to what is being commented upon! So shut up all of you!