Popular Songs (1920-1945)

[stlukesguild]

A few standards... from across the spectrum of musical genre:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MIDOEsQL7lA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3cV5QOZHNH8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AXCxb5bCqTE&feature=fvst

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QhzbzwPNgXA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hJYvAVhSIMg

The original of this dates from the 1930s... but I quite like this recording:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1RIn-ov1yJM

This one breaks outside of dates 1900-1945, dating from 1860... but who cares?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PvQSg...eature=related

And who can ignore the first great American songwriter, Stephen Foster:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ixbah9u234

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-iMFtU1TrE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=su4Q3oB4fS0

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XtKXTbeWWX4

[Emil Miller]

Another random pick from my collection of sheet music:

Deanna Durbin singing "Always" from the movie "Christmas Holiday".

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nvEEs2KZYgI


I just discovered that the movie is based on William Somerset Maugham's book; "Christmas Holiday"

Wow! Thanks for he information Gilliatte. Although I've read Christmas Holiday twice, I had no idea there was a film of it, especially one directed by Robert Siodmak, one of the high priests of film noir, and scripted by the Herman J. Mankiewicz who co-scripted Citizen Kane. The story has been transposed from England and Paris to America and only superficially resembles the novel
but the photography is great and Deanna Durbin looks marvellous in her role, at least in the video extract below. The music is Wagner's Liebestod delivered in the best Hollywood tradition of the 1940s and must have had the women reaching for the Kleenex in droves. Amazing to see Gene Kelly cast as the villain.

http://youtu.be/YqTgwbgM0qg

[Gilliatt Gurgle]

A few standards... from across the spectrum of musical genre...

...And who can ignore the first great American songwriter, Stephen Foster...

Great selection!

Ella and Louis – what more can you say?
Hard Times Come Again No More – Wonderful!

Blind Boy Fuller – It is interesting to note the use of “blind” in the nickname for several of the blues greats. For example, there’s Blind Lemon Jefferson:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sTX1r...eature=related

Wow! Thanks for he information Gilliatte. Although I've read Christmas Holiday twice, I had no idea there was a film of it, especially one directed by Robert Siodmak, one of the high priests of film noir, and scripted by the Herman J. Mankiewicz who co-scripted Citizen Kane...

Yes Emil, that caught me completely by surprise. As I say it was an entirely random pick from the stack. As soon as I saw Maugham’s name at the start of the video, I figured you would be responding in no time. Looks like a movie I need to add to my growing list!
Btw, I finished “The Moon and Sixpence” last night.
I'll put my thoughts together and post at some point.



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[Emil Miller]

Yes Emil, that caught me completely by surprise. As I say it was an entirely random pick from the stack. As soon as I saw Maugham’s name at the start of the video, I figured you would be responding in no time. Looks like a movie I need to add to my growing list!
Btw, I finished “The Moon and Sixpence” last night.
I'll put my thoughts together and post at some point.

Yes , I'm sorry that I forgot to enquire about the Moon and Sixpence but I was so taken with the fact that Christmas Holiday had been filmed. The surprising thing about Maugham is that he didn't seem to care what Hollywood did with his work once he'd signed away the screen rights. I suppose that being a man of the theatre who had written a number of successful plays, he was a bit antipathetic to the cinema except as a medium for making money.

[stlukesguild]

It is interesting to note the use of “blind” in the nickname for several of the blues greats. For example, there’s Blind Lemon Jefferson:

Of course both Blind Lemon Jefferson and Blind Boy Fuller were actually blind... but I agree... there's a slew of other blind blues musicians: Blind Blake, Blind Willie McTell, Blind Willie Johnson, etc...

[Emil Miller]

This is, despite an inner resistance to pop music (in its broadest sense ) as good as it gets.

http://youtu.be/tbnA78ravpY

[LitNetIsGreat]

This is, despite an inner resistance to pop music (in its broadest sense ) as good as it gets.

http://youtu.be/tbnA78ravpY

Mrs N infoms me that this was in When Harry Met Sally (one of her favourite films...) as she overheard it.

[Gilliatt Gurgle]

Peggy Lee-Very nice.Perfect for a lazy Sunday afternoon.
Backed up by Benny Goodman trio.

This is going back slightly before the stipulated period.
Fropm 1918; "Oh Frenchy"



The sheet music has both French and English lyrics.
I found this recording:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CLlsHFUisu0

Verse 1:
Rosie Green was a village queen who enlisted as a nurse She waited for a chance And left for France with an Ambulance, Rosie Green met a chap named Jean, a soldier from Paree, When he said “Parlez vous, my pet” She said “I will, but not just yet.” When he’d speak in French to her, she’d answer lovingly

Chorus: Oh! Frenchy, Oh Frenchy, Although your language is so new to me, When you say, “Oui, oui, la la” “We” means you and me, la la, Oh! Frenchy, Oh Frenchy, Frenchy you’ve won my love with your bravery March on, March on, with any girl you see But when you la la la la la, Oh, Frenchy, your la la la’s for me.

Verse 2: Rosie Green married Soldier Jean when his furlough time arrived She said “Go pack your grip We’ll take a trip on a big ship,” Rosie Green took her soldier Jean home somewhere in Maine, They say her rural Pa and Ma, refused to do that oo la la, But when she’s alone with him you’ll hear this same refrain.


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[LitNetIsGreat]

More Harry James and Helen Forrest:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JYvONFHI2xw&NR=1

[Emil Miller]

How about this one?


http://youtu.be/zdistoUW4CQ

[Gilliatt Gurgle]

More Harry James and Helen Forrest:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JYvONFHI2xw&NR=1

How about this one?

http://youtu.be/zdistoUW4CQ

Great selections fellas.
I've had dreams about Helen. What a dame!
I particularly enjoy her recordings with Artie Shaw.
Here's one of my favorites:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M8JoCSoOcPM


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[LitNetIsGreat]

Great selections fellas.
I've had dreams about Helen. What a dame!
I particularly enjoy her recordings with Artie Shaw.
Here's one of my favorites:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M8JoCSoOcPM


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Ha, ha, good dreams then (better than mine), yes she is a royal dame.

Great clip as well, I think I am in love with Helen Forrest as well!

[Emil Miller]

OK, this one goes back to1939 but the arrangement is obviously much later.

http://youtu.be/-5maV2ziZcA

[LitNetIsGreat]

I like that one as well.

Me and Mrs Neely (mostly me) are going out of our minds here because I have a piece of music that is in my head that I can't explain. It is an old very famous piece of music (I see old fashioned dances) but I cannot place it.

I have hummed: da, da, da, da, da dada DA; da, da, da, da, da dada DA, da, da; da, da, Da, DA, DA, DA...,but to no avail - please help!

I realise that this is a slim hope, but I am desperate. However, I am very disappointed in Mrs Neely for not getting it from my perfect humming. Such a loose woman!!

I can't sleep until I place it...

[Emil Miller]

I like that one as well.

Me and Mrs Neely (mostly me) are going out of our minds here because I have a piece of music that is in my head that I can't explain. It is an old very famous piece of music (I see old fashioned dances) but I cannot place it.

I have hummed: da, da, da, da, da dada DA; da, da, da, da, da dada DA, da, da; da, da, Da, DA, DA, DA...,but to no avail - please help!

I realise that this is a slim hope, but I am desperate. However, I am very disappointed in Mrs Neely for not getting it from my perfect humming. Such a loose woman!!

I can't sleep until I place it...

Virtually impossible to discover, because without a time signature or the key signature, it might as well be Morse code. It needs to be heard by someone either whistling or humming it.
There are various websites devoted to answering the question but I guess you might have to jump through hoops to get the answer.

http://mashable.com/2009/08/30/find-that-song-name/