{"id":1934,"date":"1914-04-21T14:48:45","date_gmt":"1914-04-21T14:48:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ottomen.com\/?p=1934"},"modified":"2015-05-19T12:27:06","modified_gmt":"2015-05-19T12:27:06","slug":"rockaways-playland-record-souvenirs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.angryjim.com\/jimsoldrecords\/?p=1934","title":{"rendered":"Rockaways’ Playland souvenir personal records"},"content":{"rendered":"

Here are 4 custom 6 inch souvenir records I recently found that were made at Rockaways’ Playland, <\/a>an amusement park that no longer exists. The 4 records look the same, and only one of them had anything written on it, “Sept 6 1949 Addie & Anna singing to Geo and Will” The song on that one is easily identifiable as “I Can’t Give You Anything But Love, Baby”. The others are harder to identify. Although a google search led to a 1967\u00a0 newspaper clipping<\/a> attributing “Heart of a fool” to “Terrence Pelletier”<\/p>\n

“Heart Of A Fool\u00a0 In the heart of a fool that is broken\u00a0 And tossed like a ship at sea, There’s a story old That’s never been told Of the wreck you made of me. Like a baby will break all its playthings, You broke love’s golden rule. Though you’ve been untrue, There’s a prayer still for you Down in the heart of a fool.\u00a0 TERRENCE PELLETIER Greenfield”<\/p>\n

… Obviously the song was around before 1967 if this lady at Rockaways Playland knew the melody in 1949 (assuming all 4 records were made around the same time)<\/p>\n

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