YOGI YORGESSON (HARRY STEWART)

YOGI YORGESSON stammte aus Tacoma und hatte schwedische Wurzeln.
Geboren wurde er als Harry Skarbo am 21. Oktober 1908. Nach dem Tod seiner
Mutter 1911 wurde er von einer Familie Stewart adoptiert. Schon in den 20er
Jahren zog es ihn zum Rundfunk. Dort platzierte er in den 30er Jahren
die Figur YOGI YORGESSON. 1946 war er in Chicago bei S & G Rubber Company.
Verstorben ist der Comedian am 20. Mai 1956 bei einem Autounfall.
Er wurde auch als Harry Stewart bekannt und war Songwriter.

1949 nahm ihn Capitol unter Vertrag, wo er mit verschiedenen Künstlernamen
wie HARRY KARI und auch KLAUS HAMMERSCHMIDT AND HIS HEIDELBERG HEPCATS
bis zu seinem Tod aufnahm.

Capitol

Eine seiner Vinyl-Singles

"The Picnic Song"

März 1953
als HARRY KARI

Auch Yogi Yorgesson gab es auf zeitgemäßen Tonträgern:
CAPITOL
11 49....F781....YOGI YORGESSON with the Johnny Duffy Trio..I Yust Go Nuts At Christmas (45-5092) Y/Adapted by Harry Stewart YOGI YORGESSON with the Johnny Duffy Trio..Yingle Bells (45-5091) Z (dann 3904)
12 49....F816....YOGI YORGESSON With Johnny Duffy And The Scandahoovians..The Bees And The Birds (45-5301) Y/Real Gone Galoot (45-5093) Z
04 50....F1013....YOGI YORGESSON With Johnny Duffy and The Scandahoovians..Nincompoops Have All The Fun (45-5826) Y/Mrs. Yohnson, Turn Me Loose! (45-5825) Z
09 50....F1216....YOGI YORGESSON with Johnny Duffy and The Scandahoovians..My Little Old Shack In Minneapolis, Minnesota Based on (My Little Grass Shack in Kealakekua, Hawaii) (45-6393) Y/Someone Spiked The Punch (At Lena’s Wedding) (45-6388) Z
03 51....F1410....YOGI YORGESSON with Johnny Duffy and The Scandahoovians..Cookies, Pie And Cake (45-7052) Y/Vot Skall We Do? (45-6394) Z
05 51....F1531....YOGI YORGESSON with Johnny Duffy and The Scandahoovians..A Letter From Harry (45-6984) Y/All Pooped Out (45-6985) Z
07 51....F1734....YOGI YORGESSON with Johnny Duffy and The Scandahoovians..The Picnic Song (45-7821) Y/That's How Your Mom Became Mine (45-7822) Z
10 51....F1831....YOGI YORGESSON with Johnny Duffy and The Scandahoovians..The Christmas Party (45-9033)/I Was Santa Claus At The School House (For The P.T.A.) (45-7901)
03 52....F1972....YOGI YORGESSON with Johnny Duffy and The Scandahoovians..Ya Sure, Please Excuse Me (45-9581)/Don't Put Off Chasing Women (Til’ You’re Too Old To Catch ‘Em) (45-9582)
06 52....F2135....YOGI YORGESSON with Johnny Duffy and The Scandahoovians..I'm Gonna Vote Republican (45-10047)/I'm Gonna Vote For A Democrat (45-10048)
CAPITOL - ALBUM CCF 336
06 52....F15878....YOGI YORGESSON with Johnny Duffy and The Scandahoovians PART 1..Grandpa (45-10224)/PART 6..(I Sure Do Love) The Little Woman (45-10101)
06 52....F15879....YOGI YORGESSON with Johnny Duffy and The Scandahoovians PART 2..Little Knucklehead (45-10225)/PART 5..Grandma (45-10244)
06 52....F15880....YOGI YORGESSON with Johnny Duffy and The Scandahoovians PART 3..Sweet Sixteen (Is A Horrible Age) (45-10226)/PART 4..Aunt Frieda (Is Enjoying Poor Health) (45-10245)
CAPITOL
01 53....F2335....YOGI YORGESSON with Johnny Duffy and The Scandahoovians..The Object Of My Affection (45-10827)/Who Hid The Halibut On The Poop Deck (45-10704)
03 53....F2392....HARRY KARI and His Six Saki Sippers Yokohama Mama (45-10911)/Yes Sir, That's My Baby (45-10835)
07 53....F2516....HARRY KARI and His Six Saki Sippers..Nishimoto At The Bat (45-11522)/The Love Bug Will Bite You (If You Don’t Watch Out) (45-11381)
08 53....F2552....YOGI YORGESSON and GEGE PEARSON with Johnny Duffy and The Scandahoovians..Interested In Love (45-11566)/Come Straight Home Tonight (45-11523)
11 53....F2618....HARRY KARI and His Six Saki Sippers..Oh! Oh! Don't Ever Go (45-11671)/The Night Before Christmas (45-11663)
11 53....F2643....YOGI YORGESSON with Johnny Duffy and The Scandahoovians..Mother-In-Law (45-11675)/Ya, Ya, Ya (The Whiffenpoof Song) (45-11673)
02 54....F2724....CLAUDE HOPPER with Orchestra under the Direction of Johnny Duffy..The Specialist (45-12078)/The Goose Plucker’s Picnic (45-12079)
05 54....F2805....YOGI YORGESSON with Johnny Duffy and The Scandahoovians..The Egg Laying Contest (45-12414)/The Snoring Song (45-12415)
11 54....F2978....YOGI YORGESSON with Johnny Duffy and The Scandahoovians..I Give Up! - What Is It? (45-13076)/Be Kind To The Street Corner Santa Claus (45-13077)
04 55....F3089....YOGI YORGESSON Accompanied by Johnny Duffy..Lonesome Loverboy (45-13598)/YOGI YORGESSON with Johnny Duffy and The Scandahoovians..Ballad Of Ole Svenson (45-13572)
10 55....F3257....HARRY KARI and His Six Saki Sippers..Yellow Rose Of Osaka (45-14412)/Ragtime Cowboy Joe (45-14413)
04 56....F3406....KLAUS HAMMERSCHMIDT and His Heidelberg Hepcats..Rock Around The Danube (45-15100)/There'll Be Some Changes Made, Mine Hare (45-15101)
11 57....F3904....YOGI YORGESSON With the Johnny Duffy Trio..Yingle Bells (45-5091)/I Yust Go Nuts At Christmas (45-5092) (781)

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