I am trying to find a recording of Carol Channing singing, "Hello,
Lyndon" (a take off on the song, "Hello, Dolly!") which she sang at
the 1963 Democratic National Convention in Atlantic City. If anybody
can find me either an Mp3 of it, or a CD on which it exists, or any
other form in which I can purchase something and hear the original
version (not the re-recorded versions done by several artists since)
that would be awesome!

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Request for Question Clarification by pafalafa-ga on 25 Oct 2006 08:19 PDT

I found a newsclip from 1964:


Tape Number:  VSA0007686 
Title:  00/00/00 A0007686 ATLANTIC CITY -- MUSICAL STAR CAROL CHANNING
SINGS DEMOCRATIC CAMPAIGN SONG (F - J).
Media Type:  Summary 
Library:  APTN 
Date:  08/24/1964 
Content:  00/00/00 A0007686 ATLANTIC CITY -- MUSICAL STAR CAROL
CHANNING SINGS DEMOCRATIC CAMPAIGN SONG (F - J). NX 30323 "HELLO
LYNDON" SHOWS: (1) CROWD WAVING LBJ PENNANTS 11 SECS; (2) CORAL
CHANNING SOF 1:50. (72FT -- 2:01, SHOT 8/24/64) WOMEN - IN POLITICS
MESTA, O - PEARL - IN CUTS JOHNSON, LUCY ( IN CUTS) CHANNING, CAROL -
SOF SINGING MUSIC - POLITICAL - "HELLO DOLLY" NEW JERSEY - ATLANTIC
CITY POLITICAL CONVENTIONS - 1964 - DEMOCRATIC NEW CHRISTY MINISTRALS
- SOF IN CUTS


New Christy Minstrals???  There's a blast from the past.


Actually obtaining the video is a chore, since you have to contact the
providers, explain what your interest/use is, and then negotiate a
price for the film, which may not be cheap!

If you want, I'll post contact information as an answer to your question.

pafalafa-ga

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Clarification of Question by zoogelsnof-ga on 25 Oct 2006 11:37 PDT

yes, that would do nicely, thank you!

zoogelsnof-ga,

Thanks for giving me the go-ahead on this.


The file I referenced is from ABC News, and you can find information
for obtaining it here:


https://www.abcnewsvsource.com/vsource/html/Ordering.htm


Contact information is at the bottom of the page...I suggest an email
with a copy of the description I provided, or if you prefer, a phone
call.


From experience, I know that news services like this one generally
deal with professional production companies and other news
organizations, and may be reluctant to deal with a personal request
for information.  Be politely firm and persistent with them, and
hopefully, you'll get exactly what you need.

If your interest is non-commercial, they may even be willing to make
it available at no cost.

Best of luck.

pafalafa-ga


search strategy -- Used bookmarked sites for newsreel archives

ABC news doesn't sell videos for personal use, only for commercial
use, and thus won't let me have it, because i'm not a commercial
entity.

I think, since you're a member of the site (clearly, thats how you got
the information) you could've checked the FAQ and probably found that
out, which is why I give you a poor score.

Carol Channing was on Larry King Nov 27 2002 and I believe a 'clip' of
Hello Lyndon was part of the show.

http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0211/27/lkl.00.html

Perhaps contacting these fellows will let you know exactly what the
clips contained and if it has what you need a video copy of the show
is available:
TO ORDER A VIDEO OF THIS TRANSCRIPT, PLEASE CALL 800-CNN-NEWS OR USE
OUR SECURE ONLINE ORDER FORM LOCATED AT www.fdch.com

I checked the LBJ archives and the first.gov archives with no luck.

Good luck with this.

I have obtained an obscure CNN video before, and they really are quite
helpful and persistent with finding videos.  They have full-time
workers just for this, and it might take them awhile, but they will
try and they might be able to come through in the end.  You do have to
pay something to the tune of perhaps $40, though.

Also, for one new clip, they no longer had the video but could only
provide the transcript for some reason... Some videos just get lost
over time.

thank you for letting me know about CNN, thats who i got the video from =)