人の世に ただ歌のみぞ美しけれ（５）

 

Richard Rodgers conducts: 05 This Can’t Be Love / Sing For Your Supper
vocal: Deane Janis

recorded in NYC December 21, 1939
“This Can’t Be Love” and “Sing For Your Supper” from the 1938 musical and 1940 film “The Boys From Syracuse”
Track #5 of eight posted sides from the 1940 Columbia Records album set C-11 “Smash Song Hits by Rodgers & Hart,” two-title medley dance arrangements by a studio orchestra under the personal direction of Richard Rodgers. All eight of these individual album tracks are also available for continuous sequential listening in a single 24-minute video posted under the title “1940 full album: Richard Rodgers conducts Rodgers & Hart.”

Artie Shaw and his Orchestra – I Poured My Heart Into A Song（1939）
vocal: Helen Forrest

recorded in Hollywood June 5, 1939.
Both Rudy Vallée and Tyrone Power performed this song in the film.
Movie: “Second Fiddle” （20th Century Fox）, starring Sonja Henie, Tyrone Power, Rudy Vallee, Edna May Oliver, and Mary Healy.
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1939 BEST ORIGINAL SONG NOMINEES （4）
Over The Rainbow （”The Wizard Of Oz”） （winner）
Wishing （Will Make It So） （”Love Affair”）
Faithful Forever （”Gulliver’s Travels”）
I Poured My Heart Into A Song （”Second Fiddle”）
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SOME OTHER SONG HITS FROM 1939 FILMS
An Apple For The Teacher （”The Star Maker”）
Ding Dong, The Witch is Dead （”The Wizard Of Oz”）
The Funny Old Hills （”Paris Honeymoon”）
Good Morning （”Babes In Arms”）
I Have Eyes （”Paris Honeymoon”）
Lydia The Tattooed Lady （”At The Circus”）
Strange Enchantment （”Man About Town”）
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Benny Goodman and his Orchestra – And The Angels Sing（1939）
vocal: Martha Tilton
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Among the best-remembered of Goodman recordings features Ziggy’s trumpet and Mercer’s lyrics. This was the band’s last best-seller for the Victor label before the move to Columbia （and also Martha’s last important vocal with Goodman）.

Ziggy Elman & his Orchestra – Fralich In Swing（1939）
メドレーででもあるかのように、途中に違うテンポ、リズムの（「ハバ・ナギラ」と「カン・カン」を混ぜたふうな）部分がある。
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recorded in NYC December 28, 1938
Ziggy also played his famous solo on the best-selling Benny Goodman-Martha Tilton vocal version titled “And The Angels Sing” （recorded five weeks after Ziggy’s instrumental. The Elman 78 pressings were subsequently retitled as “And The Angels Sing.”

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Horace Heidt and his Brigadiers – Sing For Your Supper（1938）
vocal: Charles Goodman
タイトルは「あなたの晩餐のために歌う」の意。

recorded in NYC November 2, 1938
Charles Goodman vocalizes the sly Lorenz Hart lyrics to one of the tunes from the 1938 stage production “The Boys From Syracuse,” noted as the first musical based upon a Shakespeare play （”The Comedy Of Errors”）. The script was written by George Abbott, the acting lead was Eddie Albert, and the two other memorable Rodgers & Hart songs from the score were “This Can’t Be Love” and “Falling In Love With Love.”

Benny Goodman and his Orchestra – Sing For Your Supper（1938）
vocal: Martha Tilton

arranged by Jimmy Mundy
recorded in NYC November 10, 1938
This and the 78 flip “This Can’t Be Love” were songs from the 1938 Rodgers & Hart stage musical “The Boys From Syracuse.” See also the 1938 Horace Heidt recording and a late 1939 track conducted by Richard Rodgers himself

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Larry Clinton & his Orchestra – Put Your Heart In A Song（1938）
vocal: Bea Wain

recorded in NYC June 22, 1938
One of the songs featured in RKO’s 1938 film “Breaking The Ice” which starred Bobby Breen and Charlie Ruggles.

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Benny Goodman and his Orchestra – I Let A Song Go Out Of My Heart（1938）
vocal: Martha Tilton

recorded in NYC April 22, 1938
The Duke Ellington standard from “Cotton Club Parade” reached #1 on “Your Hit Parade” and was most successfully recorded in 1938 by both the Ellington and Goodman bands.

Mildred Bailey and her Orchestra – I Let A Song Go Out Of My Heart（1938）

（Red Norvo）
recorded in NYC April 19, 1938
The Duke Ellington standard from “Cotton Club Parade” reached #1 on “Your Hit Parade” and was also successfully recorded in 1938 by the bands of Ellington （instrumental） and Benny Goodman （Martha Tilton vocal）.

Duke Ellington and his Famous Orchestra – I Let A Song Go Out Of My Heart（1938）

recorded in NYC March 3, 1938
The Ellington standard from “Cotton Club Parade” reached #1 on “Your Hit Parade” and was most successfully recorded in 1938 by both the Ellington and Benny Goodman bands.

Jimmy Dorsey and his Orchestra – I Let A Song Go Out Of My Heart（1938）
vocal: June Richmond

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The Wiggles – Sing A Song Of Sixpence
from the CD album “Sing A Song Of Wiggles”（2008）
Traditional
Arranged By: Anthony Field, Carolyn Ferrie, Dominic Lindsay, Jeff Fatt, Murray Cook, Sam Moran
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Tim Hart and Friends – Sing A Song Of Sixpence
from the album “My Very Favourite Nursery Rhyme Record”（UK:1981）
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The Corvairs – Sing A Song Of Sixpence（1960/03）
Composer: Morris, Martin
ニューヨークのグループ。
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Paul Whiteman and his Swing Wing – Sing A Song Of Sixpence（1938）
vocal: Four Modernaires
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recorded in NYC September 9, 1938
Though keeping busy with his radio show, Whiteman hadn’t made any new commercial recordings since saying farewell to his long association with Victor nearly 18 months earlier. This track was produced at the first Whiteman session for his new affiliation, Decca Records. On the vocal: Chuck Goldstein, Hal Dickinson, Bill Conway & Ralph Brewster.

Ben Pollack and his Orchestra – Sing A Song Of Sixpence（1938）
vocal: Paula Gayle
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recorded August 4, 1938
A variation on the 18th century Mother Goose rhyme whilst the Pollack band swings nicely at its final major label recording session.

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Freddie Rich and his Orchestra – With A Smile And A Song（1938）
vocal: Sonny Schuyler

recorded in NYC January 24, 1938
Among the busiest of studio bandleaders beginning in 1925, Rich recorded his last session for Columbia in December 1933. After that he produced just one commercial recording session throughout the remainder of the 1930s decade that featured dance band arrangements. It was this early 1938 Decca date that turned out six tunes from the score of Disney’s “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.”

Jimmie Grier and his Orchestra（The Musical Host Of The Coast）- Something To Sing About（1938）
vocal: Julie Gibson

recorded in Los Angeles October 1, 1937
From “Something To Sing About,” Jimmy Cagney’s failed musical for B-studio Grand National （while he was feuding with Warner Bros.）, came this title tune and the flip side “Out Of The Blue”. The songs were composed by Victor Schertzinger, who also directed the film.

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Art Shaw and his New Music – One Song（1937）
vocal: Nita Bradley

As you can see, “Art Shaw and his New Music” was the label billing on this early Shaw release. A different version of the “Snow White” ballad had also been recorded by the band two weeks earlier for a Thesaurus transcription, with vocal by “Anita” Bradley.

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Tempo King and his Kings of Tempo – I’ll Sing You A Thousand Love Songs（1936）
vocal: Tempo King

recorded in NYC August 21, 1936
Both King and Eddy Duchin （also available on the channel） enjoyed good action on their respective recorded versions of this hit Harry Warren-Al Dubin tune from the snappy Clark Gable-Marion Davies comedy “Cain And Mabel.” The “Ada” that Tempo refers to is the band’s pianist Queenie Ada Rubin.

Eddy Duchin and his Orchestra – I’ll Sing You A Thousand Love Songs（1936）
vocal: Jimmy Newill

recorded August 18, 1936
Both Eddy Duchin and Tempo King enjoyed good action on their respective recorded versions of this hit Harry Warren-Al Dubin tune from the snappy Clark Gable-Marion Davies comedy “Cain And Mabel.”

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Paul Whiteman and his Orchestra – What’s The Name Of That Song（1936）
vocal: John Hauser
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Joel Whitburn “Pop Memories”-charted track, not elsewhere on YouTube as of this posting. A #5 “Hit Parade” tune

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Jack Hylton and his Orchestra – Sing, Baby, Sing（1936）
vocal: Alice Mann

recorded in London October 17, 1936
Nicely orchestrated UK recording by the Hylton band! Alice Mann sings the title song from the Alice Faye film musical that introduced the hit tunes “You Turned The Tables On Me” （sung by Alice） and the Oscar-nominated “When Did You Leave Heaven” （performed by Tony Martin）. See also the version by Ruby Newman.

Jack Hylton and his Orchestra – Sing, Baby, Sing（1936）
vocal: Alice Mann

recorded in London October 17, 1936
Nicely orchestrated UK recording by the Hylton band! Alice Mann sings the title song from the Alice Faye film musical that introduced the hit tunes “You Turned The Tables On Me” （sung by Alice） and the Oscar-nominated “When Did You Leave Heaven” （performed by Tony Martin）. See also the version by Ruby Newman.

Charlie Barnet and his Orchestra – Sing, Baby, Sing（1936）
vocal: Charlie Barnet

arranged by Horace Diaz
recorded in NYC September 24, 1936
Title song from the Alice Faye film musical that introduced the hit tunes “You Turned The Tables On Me” （sung by Alice） and the Oscar-nominated “When Did You Leave Heaven,” performed by Tony Martin in the film and also recorded by the Barnet band

Ruby Newman and his Orchestra – Sing, Baby Sing（1936）
vocal: Barry McKinley

recorded August 31, 1936
Title song from the Alice Faye film musical that introduced the hit tunes “You Turned The Tables On Me” （sung by Alice） and the Oscar-nominated “When Did You Leave Heaven” （performed by Tony Martin）.

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Benny Goodman and his Orchestra – Sing, Sing, Sing（Introducing “Christopher Columbus”）（1938 original Victor version）

recorded in Hollywood July 6, 1937
Drummer Gene Krupa is featured on this 8½ minute version of the Louis Prima composition （first recorded by Prima in early 1936） and issued over two sides of a Victor 12-inch 78. It was also released on 10-inch in an edited version.

Jimmy Dorsey and his Orchestra – Sing Sing Sing（1936）
with vocal trio & chorus

recorded in Los Angeles March 28, 1936
One of the first recordings of the swing standard （made one month after Louis Prima’s original and more than a year before the Benny Goodman masterpiece）, this features the vocal trio of Toots Camarata, Bobby Byrne, and Roc Hillman.

Louis Prima and his New Orleans Gang – Sing, Sing, Sing（1936 version）
vocal: Louis Prima
日本では「アルプス一万尺」として知られる『ヤンキードゥードゥル（Yankee Doodle）』のさわりがある。

recorded February 28, 1936
1st Recording Of “Sing, Sing, Sing”
This is how Prima’s swing-classic composition sounded the very first time around. And it was just over 16 months later that Benny Goodman recorded his famous 8½ minute Krupa-rhythm version for Victor

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Chick Webb and his Orchestra – （If You Can’t Sing It）You’ll Have To Swing It（1936）
vocal: Ella Fitzgerald

recorded in NYC October 29, 1936
In the 1936 Bing Crosby-Frances Farmer western comedy “Rhythm On The Range,” this song was performed by Martha Raye, accompanied by Bob Burns, Louis Prima, and The Sons Of The Pioneers. An alternate take of the Webb track is also in circulation, though this post is the one is
d on the 1936 Decca 78 single.

Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy – Song Of Love（1936）
orchestra conducted by Nathaniel Shilkret

recorded September 21, 1936
This familiar melody from Schubert’s “Unfinished Symphony” had been adapted by Sigmund Romberg and Dorothy Donnelly for their 1921 operetta “Blossom Time.” Though never performed on-screen by Jeanette and Nelson, it was included in one of their 1936 Victor recording sessions but remained unissued until 1966.

Dolly Dawn and her Dawn Patrol – Wake Up And Sing（1936）
vocal: Dolly Dawn

George Hall and his Hotel Taft Orchestra
recorded in NYC January 31, 1936
The flip side is “I’m Gonna Clap My Hands”.

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Jimmy Dorsey and his Orchestra – I Love To Sing-A（1936）
vocal: Don Matteson

recorded April 4, 1936
Perhaps you’ve seen and heard it performed on-screen by Al Jolson & Cab Calloway in “The Singing Kid,” by’Owl Jolson’ in the beloved Merrie Melodie “I Love To Singa,” or by Eric Cartman in the season #1 premiere episode of “South Park.” But…have you heard this big band version of the joyful Harold Arlen-E Y Harburg tune performed by Jimmy Dorsey & his Orchestra?

Cab Calloway and his Orchestra – I Love To Sing-A（1936）
vocal: Cab Calloway

recorded in Los Angeles January 27, 1936
Perhaps you’ve seen and heard it performed on-screen by Al Jolson & Cab Calloway in “The Singing Kid,” by’Owl Jolson’ in the beloved Merrie Melodie “I Love To Singa,” or by Eric Cartman in the season #1 premiere episode of “South Park.” Another 1936 commercial recording of the song was issued by the Jimmy Dorsey orchestra

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Mario Braggiotti and his Orchestra – I’m The Echo（You’re The Song That I Sing）（1936）
（instrumental）

recorded in NYC November 11, 1935
Jerome Kern-Dorothy Fields tune from the 1935 Lily Pons & Henry Fonda film vehicle “I Dream Too Much.” Pianist-composer-conductor-arranger Braggiotti was best-known during the 1930s as one-half of a duo piano team with Jacques Fray. The flip side “Don’t Mention Love To Me” includes a Chick Bullock vocal.

 

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