Twenties Jazz Age fun
Re: Twenties Jazz Age fun
I've thought of that song as being from the late '20's, but that recording sounds a lot earlier.
Re: Twenties Jazz Age fun
When I looked it up before I posted, a saw that it was published in '21 and this version popularized it in '23.
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Re: Twenties Jazz Age fun
Check out this novelty song from 1926 called What! No Women? You can listen to it at the UC Santa Barbara library site. I'd link it directly here if I could... here's that specific recording on YouTube, but it sounds much better at the library link.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=pLTX7kFs0PI
And here's the sheet music. I actually found out about this song's existence from this vintage sheet music site, sheetmusicsinger.com
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=pLTX7kFs0PI
And here's the sheet music. I actually found out about this song's existence from this vintage sheet music site, sheetmusicsinger.com
I wish my life was a non-stop Hollywood movie show
a fantasy world of celluloid villains and heroes
Because celluloid heroes never feel any pain
and celluloid heroes never really die...
a fantasy world of celluloid villains and heroes
Because celluloid heroes never feel any pain
and celluloid heroes never really die...
Re: Twenties Jazz Age fun
That's a good one. Thanks for sharing.
At first I was surprised to hear this sounding like an acoustic recording, but then I remembered, the electrical process didn't come in until '27, did it? Those very late acoustic ones were still a vast improvement over the early ones, though.
That's wonderful artwork on the sheet music cover!
At first I was surprised to hear this sounding like an acoustic recording, but then I remembered, the electrical process didn't come in until '27, did it? Those very late acoustic ones were still a vast improvement over the early ones, though.
That's wonderful artwork on the sheet music cover!
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It looks like Victor and Columbia were releasing electrical recordings by 1925, though it wasn't until 1929 that Columbia's Harmony label (which this song was recorded under) finally went electric.
I wish my life was a non-stop Hollywood movie show
a fantasy world of celluloid villains and heroes
Because celluloid heroes never feel any pain
and celluloid heroes never really die...
a fantasy world of celluloid villains and heroes
Because celluloid heroes never feel any pain
and celluloid heroes never really die...