きょう6月11日、小用あって新宿通り側から外苑西通りを歩きました。
小雨にけむる神宮外苑は、日曜日というのに人もまばらで、どこか寂しげでした。
デモや集会に使われることでも有名な明治公園。
公園とは言い条、広いのは日本青年館の横だけで、国立競技場脇の区域は申し訳程度のスペースです。
その北の端、中央線・総武線ガードに近いところに、記念碑と板状石碑のセットが二つあります。どちらも1964（昭和39）年に開催されたオリンピック東京大会を記念して設えられたものです。
下の写真はピエール・ド・クーベルタン男爵の功績を讃えたレリーフ付きモニュメントと石碑。
私がそこで
「クーベルたん萌え～っ (*´Д｀)ﾊｧﾊｧ…」
とつぶやいたことは言うまでもありません。
オリンピック東京大会組織委員会会長安川第五郎氏による碑文は、変色と汚れのため、間近でも読みづらいものとなっておりました。（下の写真がそれ）
このクーベルタン石碑と向かい合うようにして建っているのがこちらのモニュメントと石碑。
講道館柔道の開祖で、日本人初のIOC（国際オリンピック委員会）委員となった嘉納治五郎先生を顕彰しております。モニュメントにもちゃんと「先生」と敬称が付いてます。
開催権を返上したため中止となった1940年のオリンピック。その「幻の東京五輪」の招致が決まったのはひとえにこの治五郎先生のご尽力でありまして、24年の歳月を経てそのリベンジがついに果たされたということで、こういうことになったようです。
こっちの碑文も読みづらいっちゃ読みづらい。どこかに拓本とかないですかね。
ま、詳しいことは、よそ様のWEBページに出てるんで、そっちを見てくださいッてば。
では、嘉納治五郎先生に、この歌を捧げます。
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Cab Calloway and his Orchestra – I Ain’t Got Nobody（And Nobody Cares For Me）（1935）
vocal: Cab Calloway
スキャットあり。
Here’s Cab’s hyper-energetic performance of the 1916 tune, which had been popularized by （among others） Marion Harris and was familiar to later audiences from Louis Prima’s “Just A Gigolo/I Ain’t Got Nobody” medley, which he first recorded in 1945 for V-Disc
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Marion Harris – I Ain’t Got Nobody（1920 Columbia version）
orchestra probably conducted by Charles A. Prince
Not issued until 1921, this was the second of three released versions of the blues standard by early recording star Harris（also 1916 for Victor & 1923 for Brunswick）. The song is best-known to later generations as part of the “Just A Gigolo / I Ain’t Got Nobody” medley introduced by Louis Prima and revived by David Lee Roth.
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Marion Harris – I Ain’t Got Nobody Much（1916 version）
orchestra conducted by Rosario Bourdon
1st Recording Of “I Ain’t Got Nobody”
Generally known as “I Ain’t Got Nobody（And Nobody Cares For Me）,” it was only on this very first recorded version of the standard that the title was （for some reason） shown on the label as “I Ain’t Got Nobody Much.” Recording star Harris later made different versions of the song for both the Columbia （1920） and Brunswick （1922） labels.
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David Lee Roth – （Medley）Just A Gigolo / I Ain’t Got Nobody（1985/03 stereo 45 single version）
デイヴ・リー・ロス – ジャスト・ア・ジゴロ（～ノーバディ）
デイヴィッド・リー・ロスはヴァン・ヘイレンのボーカリスト。
Pop Chart Peaks: Billboard 12, Cash Box 20
David Lee Roth – （Medley）Just A Gigolo / I Ain’t Got Nobody（EP version）
from the EP “Crazy From The Heat”（1985）
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Jaye P. Morgan – Just A Gigolo（1953）
orchestra & chorus conducted by Frank De Vol
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Louis Prima – Medley: Just A Gigolo / I Ain’t Got Nobody（And Nobody Cares For Me）（1956 Capitol version）
with Sam Butera & the Witnesses, recorded April 19, 1956
Prima had first combined these two tunes in the mid-1940s. Here is how it sounded on his 1945 V-Disc release
And this was a 1947 commercial release of “Just A Gigolo” （by itself） that Prima recorded for the Majestic label
Louis Prima and his Orchestra – Just A Gigolo（1946 Majestic version）
vocal: Louis Prima
Released in early 1947, this commercial 78 featured just the one song, though Prima was already performing his signature “Just A Gigolo / I Ain’t Got Nobody” medley in live appearances and had recorded it for V-Disc in 1945
Louis Prima and his Orchestra – Just A Gigolo（I Ain’t Got Nobody）（1945 V-Disc version）
vocal: Louis Prima
Recorded 11 years before his famous Capitol version, this swing band arrangement of the combined tunes was issued only on V-Disc at the time. Prima did record a version of “Just A Gigolo” （by itself） for the Majestic label the following year
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Raymond Scott and his New Orchestra – Just A Gigolo（1939）
（instrumental）
On the flip of Scott’s more well-known “Huckleberry Duck” was this lively performance of the 1931 ballad hit. Having previously gained a following via his popular quirky Raymond Scott Quintette recordings （which he termed “descriptive jazz”）, Scott in 1939 expanded his group into this larger swing/dance band, billed as his New Orchestra and by which this was the first disc that was released by Columbia.
Ten years later, Scott （real name Harry Warnow） would begin an eight-year run as orchestra leader for “Your Hit Parade,” replacing his deceased older brother Mark Warnow.
Ted Lewis and his Band – Just A Gigolo（1931）
incidental singing by Ted Lewis
Bing Crosby – Just A Gigolo（1931）
accompanied by members of the Gus Arnheim orchestra
piano by Harry Barris
Early Crosby solo release of the down-beat depression-era ballad, also popularized at the time in a recording by Ted Lewis and revived for future generations as part of the Louis Prima medley “Just A Gigolo / I Ain’t Got Nobody.”
Ben Bernie and his Orchestra – Just A Gigolo（1931）
vocal: Frank Sylvano
Long before its association with Louis Prima and David Lee Roth, this downbeat ballad–adapted from a 1920s Austrian tango–had been a substantial Depression-era song hit. Among the seven other versions of “Just A Gigolo” posted to this channel are the 1931 releases by Bing Crosby, Ted Lewis, and Leo Reisman.
Leo Reisman and his Orchestra – Just A Gigolo（1931）
vocal: Ben Gordon
1st（English-Language）Recording Of “Just A Gigolo”
This down-beat Depression-era ballad hit originated as the Austrian song “Schöner Gigolo, armer Gigolo” （published in 1929）. Later, of course, it would be energized and married-by-medley to the WWI-era lament “I Ain’t Got Nobody” as introduced by Louis Prima in the 1940s, popularized by him in the’50s, and reprised by David Lee Roth in the’80s
Otto Fassel, Orchester Bernard Etté – Schöner Gigolo（Germany:1930）
Gesang: Bernard Ette
Marek Weber Und Sein Orchester – Schöner Gigolo（Germany:1929）
Gesang: Marcel Wittrisch
SP盤 “Marschlied Aus’Drei Musketiere’ ” のＢ面。
Tango-Orchester Dajos Béla – Schöner Gigolo !（Germany:1929）
Gesang: Alfred Strauss
Odeon: O-11 086 recorded 22. August 1929
SP盤 “Süß Singt Die Geige Gut Nacht” のＢ面。