Gus Van - I'm Too Tired To Make Love (1918)
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We hear Gus Van performing (in a Bert Williams manner) without his partner Joe Schenck
Gus Van sings "I'm Too Tired To Make Love"
Columbia A2629
July 30, 1918
The song is by Creamer and Layton.
The song includes these lines: "'Look here Sam,' said Lizzie Epps...From six in the morning 'till half-past nine...Don't you know that love and work, they don't go hand in hand? How you 'spects me to make love with my head in a fryin' pan?"
Van and Schenck was a duo popular in vaudeville, in Broadway shows, and on radio. They wrote songs together. The two men were August Von Glahn (1887-1968) and Joseph Thuma Schenck (1891-1930).
As recording artists, the team enjoyed success from 1917 to 1924.
Gus Van was born in Brooklyn's Ridgewood section. An obituary in the Star Journal (March 14, 1968) states that he was raised on a farm near Hillside Avenue and 168th Street in Queens' Jamaica section, which is several miles from Ridgewood.
Articles in The Ridgewood Times indicate that Van and Schenck had strong ties to Ridgewood. A fan club met regularly at a house at 70-12 Cypress Hills Street in Ridgewood, Van often providing entertainment.
Van's parents were Charles and Lois (Lotz) Von Glahn, both of whom had been born in Germany. The Twelfth Census of the United States reports that August was born in 1886 but several later documents, including his marriage certificate and death certificate, state 1887. The Twelfth Census identifies him as a "printer's errand boy."
Joseph Thuma Schenck was born in the same neighborhood. The future partners attended the same schoo. Given the age difference, it is unlikely they were close as schoolmates. His name was pronounced "Skenk" by his contemporaries.
In 1912 their composition "Teach Me That Beautiful Love" was published by Will Rossiter. The cover of sheet music includes a photograph of the two with the caption, "Originally introduced by Van and Schenck in vaudeville." Song credit is given to "Joe Schenck and Gus Van"--that is, the names are reversed.
In 1916 they were asked to substitute for a trained but temperamental chimpanzee scheduled to entertain at a dinner party hosted by Florenz Ziegfeld and Charles B. Dillingham. Van and Schenck evidently did well at the dinner party since they were soon featured in Ziegfeld shows, beginning with The Century Girl.
Invitations to make records followed their appearance in The Century Girl. The first records were made for Emerson in late 1916: "It's a Long, Long Time Since I've Been Home" (7107) and "Hawaiian Sunshine" (7198). Their first Victor session was on December 29, 1916: "Yaddie Kaddie Kiddie Kaddie Koo" and "That's How You Can Tell They're Irish" (18220). Their next Victor disc--"For Me And My Gal" coupled with "Dance And Grow Thin" (18258)--sold well.
The comic duo may be regarded as successors to Collins and Harlan, who were losing popularity around the time the younger and more jazz-oriented Van and Schenck began recording.
Gus Van sings "I'm Too Tired To Make Love"
Columbia A2629
July 30, 1918
The song is by Creamer and Layton.
The song includes these lines: "'Look here Sam,' said Lizzie Epps...From six in the morning 'till half-past nine...Don't you know that love and work, they don't go hand in hand? How you 'spects me to make love with my head in a fryin' pan?"
Van and Schenck was a duo popular in vaudeville, in Broadway shows, and on radio. They wrote songs together. The two men were August Von Glahn (1887-1968) and Joseph Thuma Schenck (1891-1930).
As recording artists, the team enjoyed success from 1917 to 1924.
Gus Van was born in Brooklyn's Ridgewood section. An obituary in the Star Journal (March 14, 1968) states that he was raised on a farm near Hillside Avenue and 168th Street in Queens' Jamaica section, which is several miles from Ridgewood.
Articles in The Ridgewood Times indicate that Van and Schenck had strong ties to Ridgewood. A fan club met regularly at a house at 70-12 Cypress Hills Street in Ridgewood, Van often providing entertainment.
Van's parents were Charles and Lois (Lotz) Von Glahn, both of whom had been born in Germany. The Twelfth Census of the United States reports that August was born in 1886 but several later documents, including his marriage certificate and death certificate, state 1887. The Twelfth Census identifies him as a "printer's errand boy."
Joseph Thuma Schenck was born in the same neighborhood. The future partners attended the same schoo. Given the age difference, it is unlikely they were close as schoolmates. His name was pronounced "Skenk" by his contemporaries.
In 1912 their composition "Teach Me That Beautiful Love" was published by Will Rossiter. The cover of sheet music includes a photograph of the two with the caption, "Originally introduced by Van and Schenck in vaudeville." Song credit is given to "Joe Schenck and Gus Van"--that is, the names are reversed.
In 1916 they were asked to substitute for a trained but temperamental chimpanzee scheduled to entertain at a dinner party hosted by Florenz Ziegfeld and Charles B. Dillingham. Van and Schenck evidently did well at the dinner party since they were soon featured in Ziegfeld shows, beginning with The Century Girl.
Invitations to make records followed their appearance in The Century Girl. The first records were made for Emerson in late 1916: "It's a Long, Long Time Since I've Been Home" (7107) and "Hawaiian Sunshine" (7198). Their first Victor session was on December 29, 1916: "Yaddie Kaddie Kiddie Kaddie Koo" and "That's How You Can Tell They're Irish" (18220). Their next Victor disc--"For Me And My Gal" coupled with "Dance And Grow Thin" (18258)--sold well.
The comic duo may be regarded as successors to Collins and Harlan, who were losing popularity around the time the younger and more jazz-oriented Van and Schenck began recording.