Popular Songs (1920-1945)

[Emil Miller]

Here's a 16-year-old Jean Simmons in the 1945 film 'The Way to the Stars', one of the finest of all WW11 films and which was made in 1945.

http://youtu.be/NdipXd3pdOs

[stlukesguild]

Not to be mistaken for this Gene Simmons:



Another undeniable "genius"

[Emil Miller]

Not to be mistaken for this Gene Simmons:

Another undeniable "genius"

I just checked him out on Wikie:

Gene Simmons (born Chaim Weitz; August 25, 1949) is a rock bassist, singer, songwriter, musician, actor, and businessman.

Now why am I singularly unimpressed?

P.S. If selling crap to the masses is a legitimate business activity, then he does qualify for the final epithet.

[Emil Miller]

Had to put this one up.

http://youtu.be/26EVJzc0m8g

[Gilliatt Gurgle]

Emil,

You'll appreciate this sheet music from 1944:







and a recording:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6G0-wpeRsrA



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[Emil Miller]

Emil,

You'll appreciate this sheet music from 1944:







and a recording:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6G0-wpeRsrA



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It's quite amazing how his voice and delivery changed following his initial decline as a proto pop singer to his return to public favour as an entertainer/ serious actor. After his famous recording with Billy May's orchestra of South of the Border/I've Got the World on a String for Capitol records and his role in From Here to Eternity, he never looked back.

[Gilliatt Gurgle]

I'm now spinning some vinyl and Martha Tilton in my dreams:

Benny Goodman and his Orchestra with Martha Tilton performing Bob White

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ychfw5hOqdk

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[Gilliatt Gurgle]

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"I Remember You"



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kp55syGli9w







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[Gilliatt Gurgle]

The combination of Neely's recent posting of Miller and the Reminiscing past members thread, brought this old thread to mind.

Two more selections from the sheet music bin:






First we have Waring's Pennsylvanian's performing Sleep 1923

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pi6DEq0Gxrc


followed by Good Night Wherever You Are 1944
I couldn't find a Joan Brooks version, but Doris Day ain't bad...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6G2jea35ssA

Here's Joan singing Have You Got Any Castles?

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


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[Emil Miller]

The combination of Neely's recent posting of Miller and the Reminiscing past members thread, brought this old thread to mind.

Two more selections from the sheet music bin:






First we have Waring's Pennsylvanian's performing Sleep 1923

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pi6DEq0Gxrc


followed by Good Night Wherever You Are 1944
I couldn't find a Joan Brooks version, but Doris Day ain't bad...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6G2jea35ssA

Here's Joan singing Have You Got Any Castles?

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


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Well you sure have a lot of old sheet music, but to declare Doris Day to be not bad is like saying the Crown Jewels are cut glass, although I must admit that I didn't recognise her voice on that recording. This is more like her on a 1944 recording of a famous standard. Strictly for grown ups naturally.

http://youtu.be/PUw125JMVFI

[LitNetIsGreat]

Good stuff.

Back with Harry James and Co.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MA2hk_CIZeo

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

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

I've just ordered the CD.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Ive-Heard-Th...s_all_1#disc_1

[Gilliatt Gurgle]

Good for you, at nearly 50 songs, you'll be entertained for some time.
I'll explore more on James' music. Helen Forrest is a dream and recorded with Artie Shaw as well.

I scanned through the list of recordings on the disk and noticed Sleepy Time Gal
She was a popular subject for airplane nose art during the War. Here's one example on the nose of a C-47 - a pic I found among my father's many wartime photos.

(click on image)



That might be Doris^

and a recording of the same I found...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5asKVtJJ39w


Emil I figured my "ain't bad" would pull you out of the woodwork as I recall from the past, you're quite fond of Doris. What a voice and that blonde hair!

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[Emil Miller]

(click on image)



That might be Doris^

and a recording of the same I found...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5asKVtJJ39w


Emil I figured my "ain't bad" would pull you out of the woodwork as I recall from the past, you're quite fond of Doris. What a voice and that blonde hair!

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That's a surprising recording of H.James as it sounds much earlier than 1942 with more of a jazz influence than his later swing playing. Checking back on the origins of this thread I was also surprised to see that it was none other than Musicology who set it up; so his legacy lives on.
Who couldn't like Doris Day the all-American girl next door ?
I know this is outside the time limit but it's too magical to pass up. She's 88 now but when she eventually goes, the flags in America should be flown at half-mast.

http://youtu.be/ApNRGiqxjK0

[LostPrincess13]

Here's a 16-year-old Jean Simmons in the 1945 film 'The Way to the Stars', one of the finest of all WW11 films and which was made in 1945.

http://youtu.be/NdipXd3pdOs

I like this. It's very catchy.

[Emil Miller]

I like this. It's very catchy.

I thought it was an old English tune but in checking it out I see that it's actually Irish.

This was way before my time but when I saw a documentary on Jessie Matthews on TV some years ago I was hooked and started collecting her films. I've seen this one a half dozen times and it always delivers.

http://youtu.be/EueEOMjBkUA