Virginia Burt?

[Amy Jeanne]

Does anyone know anything about a singer from the 20s named Virginia Burt?

The only thing a google search turned up for me was where I discovered her: http://www.archive.org/details/dhawaii1923

She recorded this song in 1923. She sings and then suddenly switches to imitating a steel guitar. It's a bit weird and I like it.

I was wondering if there was any more to her story. Or maybe a picture? Thanks.

 

[rue]

I found this:

http://www.gracyk.com/ferera.shtml

"One of the most unusual artists that Ferera and Franchini accompanied was Virginia Burt, who made her recording debut with Okeh discs in early 1922. Page 103 of the February 1922 issue of Talking Machine World states, "Miss Burt is well known to theatre-goers throughout the country, and she possesses the unusual gift of being able to produce in her throat tones resembling with marvelous accuracy the notes of a steel guitar string. When producing her melodies of the guitar in combination with the famous Hawaiian guitar artists Ferera and Franchini, it is almost impossible for the hearer to believe that it is not a third guitar playing." "

 

[dhermann1]

And I (thanks to Rich Conaty of the Big Broadcast) found this:
http://www.honkingduck.com/mc/discography?field_combo_value=virginia+burt&field_selection_value