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Ramona
Words by L. Wolfe Gilbert, music by Mabel Wayne
Tommy Weir, tenor
Harmony 625
March 30, 1928
"Ramona" was the theme song for the 1928 film by the same name starring Dolores del Río in the title role. Del Río had a hit with Ramona and with the title song, which the public loved even before the movie opened. The song, performed by del Río for Victor Records, was synched with a scene in the otherwise silent film.
The only information I could find for tenor, Tommy Weir was extracted from newspaper archives, radio logs and record discographies.
Thomas (Tommy) Weir, born in 1889, was a boxer in his youth but in 1909 he joined the George Primrose Minstrels and sang tenor with the Church City Quartet. In a newspaper review he was described as having "an unusually pure and velvety tenor." In 1911 he married Jessie Keller, a vaudeville trick bicyclist and they formed an act, "Venus on Wheels" in which he accompanied her with his vocal talent. A newspaper review of the act called her the "perfect formed woman" and him a "dandy little tenor." He was identified as a "countertenor" meaning a male singing voice in the alto range. The act performed in theaters across the United States. In 1918 he performed in a comedy act "Jack and Tommy Weir" (Jack was presumably his brother.) Tommy was the straight man and singer, while his brother was the comedian. The act consisted of dancing and singing often in black-face. In 1928 he opened a music store in Rochester New York with his partner and pianist Frank Nanna. Between 1928 and 1930, Weir made about 70 recordings for Harmony, Grey Gull, and other dime-store labels. He wrote several songs including some that he also recorded. In the late 1920s, Weir performed regularly on the radio, mostly in Rochester on WHAM. On the radio program, "Hoover Sentinels", he sang tenor with soprano Ruth Manning as the "Hoover Honeymooners." He also sang on a music request program accompanied by organist, J. Gordon Baldwin. He continued singing on the radio into the early 1930s but with less frequency. In 1936 he appeared in a local theater concert and was referred to as a "former NBC star."
After 1940, I could not find any information on Tommy Weir.
Ramona
Words by L. Wolfe Gilbert, music by Mabel Wayne
Tommy Weir, tenor
Harmony 625
March 30, 1928
"Ramona" was the theme song for the 1928 film by the same name starring Dolores del Río in the title role. Del Río had a hit with Ramona and with the title song, which the public loved even before the movie opened. The song, performed by del Río for Victor Records, was synched with a scene in the otherwise silent film.
The only information I could find for tenor, Tommy Weir was extracted from newspaper archives, radio logs and record discographies.
Thomas (Tommy) Weir, born in 1889, was a boxer in his youth but in 1909 he joined the George Primrose Minstrels and sang tenor with the Church City Quartet. In a newspaper review he was described as having "an unusually pure and velvety tenor." In 1911 he married Jessie Keller, a vaudeville trick bicyclist and they formed an act, "Venus on Wheels" in which he accompanied her with his vocal talent. A newspaper review of the act called her the "perfect formed woman" and him a "dandy little tenor." He was identified as a "countertenor" meaning a male singing voice in the alto range. The act performed in theaters across the United States. In 1918 he performed in a comedy act "Jack and Tommy Weir" (Jack was presumably his brother.) Tommy was the straight man and singer, while his brother was the comedian. The act consisted of dancing and singing often in black-face. In 1928 he opened a music store in Rochester New York with his partner and pianist Frank Nanna. Between 1928 and 1930, Weir made about 70 recordings for Harmony, Grey Gull, and other dime-store labels. He wrote several songs including some that he also recorded. In the late 1920s, Weir performed regularly on the radio, mostly in Rochester on WHAM. On the radio program, "Hoover Sentinels", he sang tenor with soprano Ruth Manning as the "Hoover Honeymooners." He also sang on a music request program accompanied by organist, J. Gordon Baldwin. He continued singing on the radio into the early 1930s but with less frequency. In 1936 he appeared in a local theater concert and was referred to as a "former NBC star."
After 1940, I could not find any information on Tommy Weir.
