March 2003
March 20, 2003
This week's Hit of the Week is brought
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(from 1922 postcard)
Livin'
In The Sunlight,
Lovin'
In The Moonlight
Hotel Pennsylvania Music
Bill Coty, vocalist
1930
(Diva 3149-G mx 150171)
"Hotel Pennsylvania Music" was,
in fact, the Jack Albin Orchestra which had a long term engagement at New
York City's Hotel Pennsylvania during the early 1930s. Later in the
decade, the hotel's phone number would be immortalized in song by another
resident band, the Glenn Miller Orchestra with its hit "Pennsylvania 6-5000."
Happily, the Hotel Pennsylvania
still stands and is operates as a hotel - though its once grand lobby suffers
from a rather tacky "modernization." The hotel's phone number, however,
is still PE6-5000 - i.e (212) 736-5000
March 13, 2003
This week's Hit of the Week is brought
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(from 1932 ad)
Along
Came Love
Ray Kavanaugh and The "Vanities"
Orchestra
Dick Robertson, vocalist
1932
(Brunswick 6381 mx B-12315-A)
This week's selection comes from
Earl Carroll's Vanities of 1932 which starred Milton Berle and Helen Broderick.
The Vanities were a long running series of Broadway reviews that introduced
a number of popular tunes and claimed to feature "The Most Beautiful Girls
In The World." Ray Kavanaugh was the music director and conductor
for most, if not all, of the Vanities productions. The vocalist
on this selection, Dick Robertson, was a very prolific recording artist
on a variety of labels during the late 1920s and early 1930s. According
to the International Broadway
Database, however, he did not appear in the production.
March 6, 2003
This week's Hit of the Week is brought
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The Last Word in SMARTNESS - COMFORT -
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A truly different hotel
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(from 1939 postcard)
Annabelle
Hoosier Hot Shots
Skip Farrell, vocalist
1939
(Vocalion 04697 mx C2474)
The Hoosier Hotshots were a corn
ball musical novelty act that was very popular on records and network radio
during the 1930s. While the group's musical output often had
a jazz element, most of it is probably better classified in the country
music genre. This week's selection actually rose to 15th place on
the Billboard charts in April, 1939. More information about the group
can be found at: www.hoosierhotshots.com
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