Welcome to your Friday night DUAN!
Tonight let’s throw it back. Wayyy back to the 1920s thru the 1950s.
A bygone era of women in long swishy skirts and men in grey suits dancing to that classic sound.
Thanks for swinging around here tonight, Deadsplinter!
Louis Jordan – Five Guys Named Moe
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hell yes
I was born in the wrong era
Ma Rainey – See See Rider Blues
Cole Porter Anything Goes
Robert Mitchum – What Is This Generation Coming To?
Buddy Holly – Rave On
There was a musicians’ strike from 1942-1944, so there were a lot of hit songs that only had bare-bones instrumental accompaniment. Bandleaders were exempt because they were management and for some reason bells players and whistlers showed up on a lot of these records too. It was a strange few years for pop music.
quiet here..guess ill go for a twofer
Not too far from me…
Quite the controversial number in its day, believe it or not.
Cab Calloway, “Minnie The Moocher”
And now I’m going to go all Depression-era on you.
Ben Selvin & His Orchestra, “Happy Days Are Here Again”
Rudy Vallee, “Brother, Can You Spare A Dime?”
One of the most important guitarists to the evolution of jazz guitar
When you can’t find a friend you still got the radio