The Harp That Once Through Tara’s Halls (1925)

“The Silver Masked Tenor“ (Joseph M. White) / The Harp That Once Through Tara’s Halls (Thomas Moore) / Kathleen Mavourneen (Louisa McCartney Crawford; F. Nicholls Crouch) / Recorded: December 7, 1925 -- Joseph M. White (October 14, 1891 – February 28, 1959): Irish-American tenor. Joseph M(alachy) White, born in New York City as the grandson of an Irish emigrant born in Dublin in 1820. Joseph White displayed an early talent for singing and made his first recordings in 1915. His main voice teacher from about 1920 was E. Presson Miller, a well-known private teacher who lived and worked in the Carnegie Hall building, New York. From 1925 White took part in a radio show sponsored by the tyre company B.F. Goodrich for its Silvertown cord tyres, which featured a ’Goodrich Silvertown Orchestra’ and an unnamed tenor wearing a silver mask across his eyes. Intended for advertising, the show drew a large number of listeners who were asked to guess his identity, which was not revealed unti