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Dick Kuhn and his Orchestra – Put Your Arms Around Me, Honey（I Never Knew Any Girl Like You）（1943）
with vocal trio

This sparsely arranged treatment of the 1910 oldie turned out to be quite the popular hit…but not until nearly two years after it was recorded, and then by default. While audiences loved seeing and hearing Betty Grable sing this old-timey song in 1943’s “Coney Island,” the ongoing Recording Ban （AFM union strike） prevented the major labels from creating any new records that utilized union musicians. So Decca kept stores stocked with this disc, along with their brand new a cappella vocal recording by Dick Haymes & The Song Spinners （also posted）.

Dick Haymes and The Song Spinners – Put Your Arms Around Me, Honey（I Never Knew Any Girl Like You）（1943）
（a cappella）

With this 1910 oldie performed so fetchingly by Betty Grable in the current film “Coney Island,” people went to the record stores to take home a copy of the tune. Due to the Recording Ban, their choices were pretty much limited to this new voice-only version by Haymes and a two-year old recording by Dick Kuhn and his band, both of which became top-10 best-sellers. Kuhn’s version and the Haymes flipside “For The First Time” are also included in this 1943 collection.
This is a’recording ban’ hit, performed a cappella （all vocal…no musical instruments） due to the ongoing strike against the recording industry by James C. Petrillo’s American Federation of Musicians which began August 1, 1942, and remained in effect for each of the major labels until they reached agreement on a new contract with the union.

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The Platters – You’ll Never Know（1961/11）
ザ・プラターズ – ユール・ネバー・ノウ
Composer: M. Gordon, H. Warren

Nat King Cole – “You’ll Never Know”（TV live）
Nat King Cole
2021/06/28
on the Nat King Cole Show from 1957.

Rosemary Clooney, Harry James – You’ll Never Know（1952/10/10）
with Harry James’ Orchestra

Pop Chart Peaks: Billboard 18, Cash Box 20
Rosie and Harry perform the Oscar-winning Harry Warren-Mack Gordon ballad from the 1943 film “Hello Frisco, Hello.”

Frank Sinatra, with The Bobby Tucker Singers – You’ll Never Know（1943）
（a cappella）

recorded June 7, 1943. Performed by Alice in the film, this track was the first solo hit of Frank’s new Columbia Records contract, peaking at #2 on the Billboard sales chart.
Note that this was a’recording ban’ hit, performed a cappella （all vocal…no musical instruments） due to the ongoing strike against the recording industry by James C. Petrillo’s American Federation of Musicians which began August 1, 1942, and remained in effect for each of the major labels until they reached agreement on a new contract with the union.
Movie: “Hello, Frisco, Hello” （20th Century Fox）, starring Alice Faye, John Payne, JackOakie, Lynn Bari, Laird Cregar, and June Havoc.
1943 OSCAR-WINNING SONG
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1943 BEST ORIGINAL SONG NOMINEES （10）
You’ll Never Know （”Hello, Frisco, Hello”） （winner）
That Old Black Magic （”Star Spangled Rhythm”）
You’d Be So Nice To Come Home To （”Something To Shout About”）
They’re Either Too Young Or Too Old （”Thank Your Lucky Stars”）
My Shining Hour （”The Sky’s The Limit”）
Happiness Is A Thing Called Joe （”Cabin In The Sky”）
Saludos Amigos （”Saludos Amigos”）
We Mustn’t Say Goodbye （”Stage Door Canteen”）
Say A Prayer For The Boys Over There （”Hers To Hold”）
Change Of Heart （”Hit Parade Of 1943″）
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SOME OTHER SONG HITS FROM 1943 FILMS
The Dreamer （”Thank Your Lucky Stars”）
Hit The Road To Dreamland （”Star Spangled Rhythm”）
How Sweet You Are （”Thank Your Lucky Stars”）
I Heard You Cried Last Night （”Cinderella Swings It”）
If You Please （”Dixie”）
Let’s Get Lost （”Happy-Go-Lucky”）
“Murder” He Says （”Happy-Go-Lucky”）
My Heart Tells Me （”Sweet Rosie O’Grady”）
No Love, No Nothin’ （”The Gang’s All Here”）
One For My Baby （”The Sky’s The Limit”）
Star Eyes （”I Dood It”）
Sunday, Monday or Always （”Dixie”）
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Willie Kelly and his Orchestra – You’ll Never Know（1943）
with unidentified vocalist

Harry Warren & Mack Gordon’s Oscar-winning song, memorably sung by Alice Faye in “Hello Frisco, Hello,” is represented here by the three 1943 recordings that made appearances on Billboard’s weekly Top-10 record chart. Of the three, this was the only recorded version using actual musical instruments and was backed on the flipside by “Comin’ In On A Wing And A Prayer,” which is also posted, as are the Dick Haymes and Frank Sinatra vocals of “You’ll Never Know.”
Quality note: This is a HIT label record, which during the current Recording Ban （a strike by the American Federation of Musicians） often signaled sub-par quality…in performance, engineering, and shellac. But those HIT’s, clandestinely recorded without union authorization by anonymous artists （somewhere across the border, according to some rumors）, did provide record buyers with something they could not obtain anywhere else…newly-produced big band recordings of various popular song hits that emerged during the year 1943. Usually the only option for the crippled domestic labels was to release the tune via a cappella vocal arrangements.

Dick Haymes and The Song Spinners – You’ll Never Know（1943）
（a cappella）

Harry Warren & Mack Gordon’s Oscar-winning song, memorably sung by Alice Faye in “Hello Frisco, Hello,” is represented here by the three 1943 recordings that made appearances on Billboard’s weekly Top-10 record chart. The million-selling Haymes version was among the year’s foremost hits, spending four weeks at #1. See also Frank Sinatra and Willie Kelly.
This is a’recording ban’ hit, performed a cappella （all vocal…no musical instruments） due to the ongoing strike against the recording industry by James C. Petrillo’s American Federation of Musicians which began August 1, 1942, and remained in effect for each of the major labels until they reached agreement on a new contract with the union.

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Tommy Tucker Time – There Will Never Be Another You（1942）
vocal: Don Brown

recorded in Chicago July 31, 1942
A fine recording of the great popular standard that was performed by the Sammy Kaye band on-screen in the 20th Century Fox musical “Iceland.” The film featured a Harry Warren-Mack Gordon score and starred Sonja Henie and John Payne, who had appeared one year earlier in the Glenn Miller vehicle “Sun Valley Serenade.” For Kaye’s original recording

Teddy Powell and his Orchestra – There Will Never Be Another You（1942）
vocal: Peggy Mann

recorded in NYC July 17, 1942
1st Recording Of “There Will Never Be Another You”
track not available elsewhere on YouTube as of this posting. This popular standard was performed by the Sammy Kaye band on-screen in the 20th Century Fox musical “Iceland.” The film featured a Harry Warren-Mack Gordon score and starred Sonja Henie and John Payne, who had appeared one year earlier in the Glenn Miller vehicle “Sun Valley Serenade.”

Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye – There Will Never Be Another You（1943）
vocal: Nancy Norman
タイトルは「もう一人の君はいない」「あなたの代わりになる人はいない」「あなただけ」の意。

recorded in NYC July 3, 1942
First commercially recorded version of this great popular standard, also performed by the Kaye band on-screen in the 20th Century Fox musical “Iceland.” The film featured a Harry Warren-Mack Gordon score and starred Sonja Henie and John Payne, who had appeared together one year earlier in the Glenn Miller vehicle “Sun Valley Serenade.”

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The Platters – I’ll Never Smile Again（1961/07）
orchestra conducted by David Carroll

The #1 ballad of 1940, first popularized by the Tommy Dorsey orchestra with vocals by young Frank Sinatra with The Pied Pipers.
Pop Chart Peaks: Billboard 25, Music Vendor 30, Cash Box 32
Billboard R&B Peak: 17

Pat Suzuki – I’ll Never Smile Again
パット・スズキ – どうして笑顔が作れるの
from the album “Pat Suzuki”（1958）ミス・ポニー・テイル – パット・スズキ

Tommy Dorsey and his Orchestra – I’ll Never Smile Again（1940）
vocal: Frank Sinatra and The Pied Pipers

This huge hit for Dorsey and his rising-star vocalist Sinatra was the country’s #1 record on Billboard’s very first national singles sales chart in July 1940. It remained on top for twelve weeks while the song itself spent seven weeks at #1 on “Your Hit Parade.”

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George Hall and his Orchestra – May I Never Love Again（1940）
vocal: Dolly Dawn

recorded in NYC October 7, 1940
One of four tracks from the first Hall session issued on the updated OKeh label （which had replaced the Vocalion brand）.

George Hall and his Orchestra – Love Is Never Out Of Season（1937）
vocal: Dolly Dawn

recorded in NYC May 6, 1937
This and the flip side “Our Penthouse On 3rd Avenue”were from the RKO comedy-musical film “New Faces Of 1937.”

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Linda Scott – Never In A Million Years（1962/05）
リンダ・スコット – いついつまでも

Glen Gray and The Casa Loma Orchestra – Never In A Million Years（1937）
vocal: Kenny Sargent

recorded March 30, 1937
A rather mournful-sounding Sargent vocal on a really pretty arrangement of one of the several hit tunes that Mack Gordon and Harry Revel wrote for the delightful film musical “Wake Up And Live.” However it was Bing’s version of the song, backed by the Jimmy Dorsey band that outsold the rest.

Mildred Bailey and her Orchestra – Never In A Million Years（1937）

recorded in Chicago March 23, 1937
A #2 “Hit Parade” song, this was one of several Mack Gordon-Harry Revel tunes from the film musical “Wake Up And Live.” Listen here for Bing’s popular version

Bing Crosby with Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra – Never In A Million Years（1937）

recorded in Los Angeles February 28, 1937
A #2 “Hit Parade” song, this was one of several popular tunes that Mack Gordon and Harry Revel wrote for the delightful film musical “Wake Up And Live.” Buddy Clark was heard singing this in the movie, voice dubbing for Jack Haley.

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Bing Crosby – Moonlight And Shadows（1937）
orchestra conducted by Victor Young

recorded in Los Angeles March 3, 1937
Song hit from “The Jungle Princess,’ which was Dorothy Lamour’s first starring film role.

Shep Fields and his Rippling Rhythm Orchestra – Moonlight And Shadows（1937）
vocal: Bob Goday

recorded in NYC February 1, 1937
Popular version of the song hit from “The Jungle Princess,” which was Dorothy Lamour’s first starring film role.

Anson Weeks and his Orchestra – Moonlight And Shadows（1937）
vocal: Frankie Saputo
“Never, never, never to part from me.” という歌詞がある。

recorded in Chicago January 26, 1937
Song hit from “The Jungle Princess,” which was Dorothy Lamour’s first starring film role. For the Shep Fields version,
Among the better-known vocalists who on occasion performed with the Weeks band during the 1930s were Donald Novis, Bob Crosby, Carl Ravazza, and （yes） Dale Evans.

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Ted Fio Rito and his Orchestra – Never Gonna Dance（1936）
vocal: Muzzy Marcellino and The Debutantes

recorded in Chicago August 11, 1936
Sometimes ranked alongside “Top Hat” as one of the two greatest Astaire-Rogers film musicals, “Swing Time” boasted a top-notch Jerome Kern & Dorothy Fields score that included this tune, “A Fine Romance,” and the Oscar-winning “The Way You Look Tonight.” For the flip side “The Night Is Young And You’re So Beautiful,”

Fred Astaire with Johnny Green and his Orchestra – Never Gonna Dance（1936）

recorded in Los Angeles July 26, 1936
Often ranked alongside “Top Hat” as one of the two greatest Astaire-Rogers film musicals, “Swing Time” boasted a top-notch Jerome Kern & Dorothy Fields score that included this tune, “A Fine Romance,” and the Oscar-winning “The Way You Look Tonight.”

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Joe Haymes and his Orchestra – If We Never Meet Again（1936）
vocal: Barry McKinley
recorded in NYC July 27, 1936

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Joe Reichman and his Orchestra – I’ll Never Let You Go（1936）
vocal: Buddy Clark

recorded in NYC June 12, 1936
Fred Astaire wrote the melody, with lyrics provided by Dave Dreyer & Jack Ellis. And it was sung here by good ol’ mister “vocal refrain” during one of his two ARC sessions with the Reichman band.

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Benny Goodman & his Orchestra – I’ll Never Say “Never Again” Again（1953/04/03）
vocal: Helen Ward
シングル “What A Little Moonlight Can Do” のＢ面。

recorded February 23, 1953
A reunion of the bandleader and his popular mid-1930s vocalist, featured on a 1935 song hit which had been the last major success for prolific songwriter Harry Woods （though he lived until 1970）.

Ozzie Nelson and his Orchestra – I’ll Never Say “Never Again” Again（1935）
vocal: Ozzie Nelson

recorded in NYC April 18, 1935
The last major hit for prolific songwriter Harry Woods （though he lived until 1970） was this one…among Ozzie Nelson’s more successful recordings.

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Ray Noble and his Orchestra – Nevermore（Introducing “Danser, Danser”） （1934）

recorded in London February 22, 1934
Like the previously-posted flipside “I’ll Follow My Secret heart,” this lovely waltz was written by Noel Coward for his romantic comedy stage play “Conversation Piece.”

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Isham Jones’ Orchestra – I Never Had A Chance（1934）
vocal: Joe Martin

recorded in NYC September 4, 1934
Two sessions in five days = 25 freshly recorded tracks by the Jones band for its new Decca label affiliation, including this Irving Berlin tune. The flip side is “Pardon My Southern Accent”.

Gene Kardos and his Orchestra – I Never Had A Chance（1934）
vocal: Joe Host

recorded in NYC June 26, 1934
The flip side is “Spellbound”.

Charlie Davis and his Orchestra – I Never Had A Chance（1934）
vocal: Frank Parrish

recorded in NYC June 15, 1934
See also the Eddy Duchin recording of this Irving Berlin song.

Eddy Duchin and his Orchestra – I Never Had A Chance（1934）
vocal: Lew Sherwood

recorded in Chicago June 15, 1934
Irving Berlin tune also recorded by Isham Jones, Ray Noble, Casa Loma and several other bands.

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Glen Gray and the Casa Loma Orchestra – I Never Slept A Wink Last Night（1934）
vocal: Pee Wee Hunt

recorded in NYC June 13, 1934
The flip side is “Jungle Fever”

Vincent Lopez and his St. Regis Hotel Orchestra – I Never Slept A Wink Last Night（1934）
vocal: Frances Hunt

recorded in NYC May 31, 1934
The flip side is “Sleepy Head”.

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Louisiana Collegians – Never Let A Day Pass By（1931）
vocal: Arthur Fields as “Jim Andrews”

recorded in NYC April 13, 1931
The “Louisiana Collegians” pseudonym was used on various dime store labels to represent the likes of Lou Gold, Ted Wallace, Phil Spitalny and the also-pseudonymous “Ford Britten,” whose orchestra is shown in Rust-Johnson-Shirley as the band of record for this session. Ford Britten was also a name used by singer Fields on a number of Clarion and Velvet-Tone releases, though he’s shown on this label as “Jim Andrews.” On the flip side is the’Jerry Fenwyck’ recording of “Nevertheless （I’m In Love With You）”.

Ipana Troubadours – I Never Dreamt（You’d Fall In Love With Me）（1930）
conducted by Sam Lanin
vocal: Smith Ballew
Dreamt は dream の過去形・過去分詞。

recorded in NYC February 27, 1930
The “Ellis” shown as co-writer was Vivian Ellis （male）, a well-respected British composer-author who was active in UK revues and musicals from the 1920s into the’50s.

Roger Wolfe Kahn and his Orchestra – Then You’ve Never Been Blue（1929）
vocal: Scrappy Lambert

recorded in NYC c. October 6, 1929
The flip side is “Through! （How Can You Say We’re Through?）”.

Irving Aaronson and His Commanders – I Never See Maggie Alone（1927）
vocal: Phil Saxe
recorded in Camden NJ January 7, 1927

Oriole Orchestra – You’ll Never Get To Heaven With Those Eyes（1924）
“Con Esos Ojos, Nunca Llegarás Al Cielo”
Dan Russo
SP盤 “Step, Henrietta” のＢ面。
インスト曲。

Paul Whiteman and his Orchestra – I Never Knew（I Could Love Anybody Like I’m Loving You）（1921）

arranged by Ferde Grofé
recorded in NYC December 29, 1920

 

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