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This is William Robinow (1894?-1996) [i.e. William Robyn] (pronounced ROW-BINE), birth name (in Latvia) William Rubin, also known as Willie Robyn and toured at the time of his first auditions (trials) with Victor and Emerson in 1918 as Wolf Scarpioff. [1] Robyn was a tenor singer who toured the vaudeville circuit and made hundreds of recordings. He recorded first for Emerson, but then for Columbia, Pathe, Okeh, Brunswick, Victor and approximately 50 other labels. [2] [3] Willie Robyn A Recording Artist in the 1920s A lengthy (and fascinating) interview taped with William Robyn by Tim Brooks in 1977 when Robyn was 80 years of age. www.timbrooks.net/PDFs/robyn1.pdf Two recordings of William Robinow [i.e., William Robyn] are available in the National Jukebox at The Library of Congress. Robyn used more than fifty pseudonyms while he was performing in vaudeville and recording between 1919 and 1931: [3] SUBJ AUTH Robyn, William, 1894-1996 SUBJ S FRM Bennett, Bert, 1894-1996 SUBJ S FRM Brown, Tom, 1894-1996 SUBJ S FRM Conroy, Frank, 1894-1996 SUBJ S FRM Conroy, Fred, 1894-1996 SUBJ S FRM Crane, Thornely, 1894-1996 SUBJ S FRM Ender, Jack, 1894-1996 SUBJ S FRM Foster, Al, 1894-1996 SUBJ S FRM Franklin, Fred, 1894-1996 SUBJ S FRM Gravelle, Buddy, 1894-1996 SUBJ S FRM Hamilton, Edward, 1894-1996 SUBJ S FRM Hamilton, Ray, 1894-1996 SUBJ S FRM Mack, Bobby, 1894-1996 SUBJ S FRM Manning, John, 1894-1996 SUBJ S FRM Norton, Walter, 1894-1996 SUBJ S FRM Powell, Ray, 1894-1996 SUBJ S FRM Powell, Roy, 1894-1996 SUBJ S FRM Ray, Walter, 1894-1996 SUBJ S FRM Robinow, William, 1894-1996 SUBJ S FRM Robinson, William, 1894-1996 SUBJ S FRM Robyn, Willie, 1894-1996 SUBJ S FRM Ruban, George, 1894-1996 SUBJ S FRM Rubin, William, 1894-1996 SUBJ S FRM Rubinoff, Mario, 1894-1996 SUBJ S FRM Rubinoff, William, 1894-1996 SUBJ S FRM Scarpioff, William, 1894-1996 SUBJ S FRM Scarpioff, Wolf, 1894-1996 SUBJ S FRM Scott, Henry, 1894-1996 SUBJ S FRM Shaw, Eddie, 1894-1996 SUBJ S FRM Smith, Harry, 1894-1996 SUBJ S FRM Spear, John, 1894-1996 SUBJ S FRM Stanley, William, 1894-1996 SUBJ S FRM Waters, Frankie, 1894-1996 SUBJ S FRM Wee Willie, 1894-1996. SUBJ S FRM Allison, James, 1894-1996. SUBJ S FRM Bolton, Jamie, 1894-1996. SUBJ S FRM Clarke, Walter, 1894-1996. SUBJ S FRM Forsythe, Reg, 1894-1996. SUBJ S FRM Francis, William, 1894-1996. SUBJ S FRM Hart, Charles, 1894-1996. SUBJ S FRM Henderson, Larry, 1894-1996. SUBJ S FRM Henry, Lawrence, 1894-1996. SUBJ S FRM Hillman, Bob, 1894-1996. SUBJ S FRM Johnson, Al, 1894-1996. SUBJ S FRM Lee, Albert, 1894-1996. SUBJ S FRM O’Shea, Allen, 1894-1996. SUBJ S FRM O’Shea, John, 1894-1996. SUBJ S FRM Playman, Edmund, 1894-1996. SUBJ S FRM Remick, Walter, 1894-1996. SUBJ S FRM Richards, Edgar, 1894-1996. SUBJ S FRM Richards, Walter, 1894-1996. SUBJ S FRM Rickman, Eddie, 1894-1996. SUBJ S FRM Roberts, Billy, 1894-1996. SUBJ S FRM Roberts, Lewis, 1894-1996. SUBJ S FRM Robin, Wyllie, 1894-1996. SUBJ S FRM Thomas, Brian, 1894-1996. SUBJ S FRM Turner, Ray, 1894-1996. SUBJ S FRM Weston, Les, 1894-1996. SUBJ S FRM White, Jerry, 1894-1996. SUBJ S FRM Young, Louis, 1894-1996.

Wikipedia article. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Robyn

Thanks Flickr Foundation, we somehow missed Pixel Wrangler's update previously. We'll update Mr. Robyn (Robinow)'s catalog records.

Roberto Zanelli with his daughter Marta Luisa (1918-2009) www.fasolt.gr/f013.asp?P1=200101&Y=&W=1&S=4&a...

Thank you B-59 for locating this second photo and biography!

See also www.ecured.cu/Renato_Zanelli for biographical information.

See and

According to page one of the May 2, 1921, Cambridge (Maryland) Daily Banner the record Ay-Ay-Ay by Renato Zanelli was released by Victor Records in May 1921.

Thank you Doug and Swanq for linking to the other photos and finding additional information!