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“May it please you.” — Ben Pollack
- Jun 19, 2023
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This is one of my favorite snappy mid-30s tunes - totally forgotten now and maybe even then, but you can't stop listening.
What kind of rhythm dance would have been done to this?
GREAT reply!!I love it.
The UK should adopt it right now! God Save the King is the dreariest national anthem ever.
The king and queen could tap dance on the balcony of Buckingham Palace while horses wearing feathered head dresses perform a synchronised dance number along the Mall.
Bandleader Kay and Roswell "Ros" Metzger had written songs together previously, including "This Is A Night Made For Love" (1930) and "I've An Evening For Sale" (1933). Metzger also contributed to the 1941 song, "Fooled".Recorded November 8, 1935 in Chicago, Illinois. Written by Roswell Metzger and Lou Holzer. Elvan "Fuzzy" Combs is the lead vocalist of the "Three Kays" vocal trio.
This otherwise obscure song from late '35 was notable for being featured in the Warner Brothers cartoon, 'Coo-Coo Nut Grove' the following year - it's the instrumental swing number that's played after the Ben Bernie caricature says 'Now we'll indulge in a bit of the light fantastic, etcetera, etcetera...'
This is the only commercial recording of it known to exist.