A fact from Anthony Franchini appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 7 November 2017 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
Did you know... that Anthony Franchini, who served in the U.S. Army for both World Wars prior to obtaining U.S. citizenship, recorded more than 3,500 phonograph record sides with Frank Ferera in the 1920s?
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Note that the Las Vegas Sun article (obituary) of September 23, 1997 claims that Franchini played fiddle on Williams' "Your Cheatin' Heart." This is not corroborated by any other sources. Further, the article itself states that Franchini's tenure with Williams ended in in 1951, before the September 1952 recording. I will attempt to discover if Michel Ruppli's MGM discography makes any mention of a "Tony Zachary" on fiddle/violin. 78.26(spin me / revolutions) 21:47, 10 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Following up, there is nothing about Franchini or a "Tony Zachary" in the Ruppli MGM discography, although many sessions do not list personnel. 78.26(spin me / revolutions) 16:58, 26 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]
