"SONG OF INDIA" BY TOMMY DORSEY

[Marxfan58]

It's so quiet you actually have to listen to it, unlike the blaring music of today.

[COYOTE165A]

Is That Gene Krupa on the drums.?

[Wolverine1925]

The drummer is Dave Tough (1907 - 1948). Other personnel - Bunny Berigan (trumpet), Bud Freeman (tenor), Jimmy Welch, Joe Bauer, Bob Cusumano (trumpet); Les Jenkins, Red Bone (trombone); Joe Dixon (clarinet, alto), Fred Stulce, Clyde Rounds (alto), Dick Jones (piano), Carmen Mastren (guitar), Gene Traxler (bass)

[sepiapanorama]

An all-time classic and for many swing and jazz enthusiasts once the gate to this immortal music. earthshaking, F*** BRILLIANT half-minute trumpet solo by Bunny Berigan is one for the history books. I could be listening to Bunny from here to eternity.

[Balisticbirch]

catcher in the rye is about hypocrite but for the most part but is indeed a very intriguing book

[BlackSakuraShinigami]

I just read the name of this song in Catcher of the Rye when Stradlater is humming along while shaving. ^_^ I liked this song though.

[mierpaul]

what's all this catcher in the rye stuff have to do with this video?

[JeffGR4]

Composed by Russian Nationalist composer Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov.

[hotdogman67]

Fallout 3 is the best video game ever.

The Catcher in the Rye is the best book ever. 

[hotdogman67]

The Catcher in the Rye is the best book ever made. 

[NabileNou2]

lol me too



[idioticscheme666]

Catcher in the Rye brought me here!

Yeah, even books bring you good music!

[nip2121]

@idioticscheme666 meto! hahaha i was just reading it right now on ch. 4! did you look up the other song to?

[mikosaaol]

kanye can just about play the radio..............i doubt he could play an instrument. hes a joke.

[scotnick59]

no. recorded 1937.



[BunduBasher58]

was"American Imperialism" more attractive back then?

[RaananVolesPianist]

@BunduBasher58

India was "owned" by the Brits, not by us.

[tjm7757]

@BunduBasher58 Just as attractive !!...just not as expensive!! :-D

[jmarcos18]

wonderful!!! BRASIL

[windstorm1000]

who would ever guess that the melody is from one of Rimskey Korsakov's operas?! I think that great master would have been pleased.

[edwardconway27]

this is the real MUSIC!

[dirtynuke]

Holden Caulfield

[BlakesWarnersaccount]

i likes dis song

[rsalvucc]

Did Bunny EVER play a better solo? 1000 times I've heard it and 1000 times it kills me. I should've been born in 1911, not 1951

[MrBWT2]

@rsalvucc You still beat me by about 40 years, the music when I was born and since has been notably lack lustre

[FragileLittleMind1]

@rsalvucc I should've been born in at least 1930, not 1997. This music rocks.

[xmurli]

@FragileLittleMind1 greatest music of the times and forever

[FragileLittleMind1]

@xmurli I agree for the most part. There are still some bands today that are good.

[ilovekooky]

@FragileLittleMind1 same here man. id sacrifice metal's creation if that meant we could keep this forever...

[BrickPa]

@FragileLittleMind1 Why complain? The music is still available to you in many formats from many sources.

Get interested in it, get your friends interested in it, buy and re-develop a market and you'll see a return of good music. And all of the dross will just wither and die.

[FragileLittleMind1]

@BrickPa Didn't mean to complain. You have a point though. To bad bringing back this music is near impossible. I've already tried showing this to many of my friends and as a result have been called a dumbass, weirdo, stupid, etc. Most kids just aren't musically diverse and it really sucks.

[RememberSoCal]

@FragileLittleMind1 when i hae kids imma raise em on this music, thats how you can keep it alive

[FragileLittleMind1]

@RememberSoCal Good idea. Please try to throw some hard rock, punk, etc. in there too ono

[RememberSoCal]

@FragileLittleMind1 yup, no techno tho xP

[FragileLittleMind1]

@RememberSoCal Techno isn't bad D8 -listens to just about damn near everything except Rap, Hip Hop, Pop and Country-

[regertz]

This was used brilliantly recently in "Mad Men" in a scene where Betty Draper descends a flight of stairs as her husband eyes her. Perfect use of a great song.

[WWIIDDSS]

It looks like the Phil Spitalny version has been removed.

[WWIIDDSS]

I really like this song and think Tommy Dorsey and his band's version pretty good but my favorite version of this song was played by Phil Spitalny and His All-Girl Orchestra. I can't seem to find it right now (I'm on my iPod) but if you want listen to Spitalny's version just search for "Musical Charmers" here on YouTube.

[fordroad]

one of TD best great hit then & now, its has the WOW , man those drums and the big finish 5/5.

[sonarman65]

Boys and girls this is what swing was once a long long time ago..............cool and hot all at the same time. Oh mama.

[tunesmith09]

God knows when HE wanted me born...that being said...I so love this music from my late parents' generation! Feel so fortunate to have seen the Artie Shaw Orchestra featuring Dick Johnson back in the 90's at Hampton Beach, NH (Artie...long gone..."Begin The Beguine"...awesome!)...OK...ev­eryone...one more time around the dance floor...slow, slow, quick, quick...or if you prefer...we can 'jitterbug' to this one...Tunesmith.

[kagemaru397]

I'll admit, I only know of this one b/c of Catcher in the Rye,but I'd always wanted to listen to it myself one day, and it's great.I think Big Band music is a good genre.

[Gurugriff1000]

This song alone is better than any modern day song

[ashima352]

My father ,Joe "Buck and Wing" Stirling, used to tap dance to this tune many years ago,and he was a helluva great rythym tap dancer,one of the top 25 tap dancers in America in the late 1930's!

[paisandu56]

muy bella melodia SONG OF INDIA,gracias a youtube por permitir oir algo tan espectacular, esta musica del jazz tiene una magia y misterio indescriptible.paisandu56

[Sesioman]

I could listen to this song over and over again for the rest of my life!!!! It´s absolutely glorious!!! Of course, like many other people of my generation, I knew this music because of my father, who danced -and still does- like no other man in this world... except, maybe, for Fred Astaire...

[cuautiLA]

this was my father favorite song a tribute to him wherever he is .

[cjaybird]

Great music and a great era.

[midlandsmonkey]

Such a fantastic song,im only 27 but i have the original 1938 record of this. Its quite something to listen to today as today is the 70th anerversary of the first day of the Blitz in Britain which lasted a full and constant 8 months from September 7th 1940, very moving to listen to this

[390merc65]

@midlandsmonkey wow,,thats a cool ..i didnt know that ..and to think i was born in the same small Pennsylvania town as tommy and jimmy...they lived just around the corner from me on coal street ..Shenandoah p.a.

[Frondaon]

GREAT SONG !!!

[LosAngeleno1959]

Wow! 1937. We were just 4 yrs away from a massive World War here in America. Europe was just two years away from it.

[plholm77]

Ah, yes, BIG BAND! Lovely!

[daytimetexas]

good music

[myndraepp]

somewhere Holden Caufield is grinding his teeth at Stadlater.

[holyzeitler]

@myndraepp great book

[Starlove31]

@myndraepp Omg i reading this book and i wanted to come listen to this to get a feel for it.

[louisvilleslugger]

My favorite tune from the Big Band era.

[JoeyXandXZae]

Big Band's one of my top genres of music--what a trombone player xD, that T.D.

[Dulveira34]

otima

[ThatsMrMoronToYou]

Does anyone remember T Dorsey's band in Exorcist III? Police detective George C Scott is having a dream where he meets people who died a violent death. I wonder if that's why Tommy's band is in the dream. They're dressed as angels, by the way.

[kezz1662]

Love it, I think I was born in the wrong decade ;o(

[skytop1111]

Hey look at me! I'm swing'n to Dorsey!!!

[Onepack11]

Erwin Johnson, aka, "The Early Worm" of WBNS radio in Columbus Ohio used a cut of this to open his morning radio program back in the 50's. Brings back warm memories!

[hajune]

I remember it well.(1460) I am from Columbus. Some other tv program opened with this but I cannot remember who. Does anybody remember?

[peteboy1113]

hey guys and ladies, here on utube is the honneymooners, with jackie gleason. type in news year eve, its in 3 parts- ITS A RIOT, AND GUEST STARS ARE THE DORSEYS, HERE ON UTUBE.

[studedude43]

Wonderful old "Victor" 78 recording, dating from 1937. Never grows old.

[slLLyhumans]

such a great tune

[perla51]

Marvellous song and great player!!!! Perla.

[hajune]

@puffyamiyumi1215

Totally agree with you

[TheEldoradoKid]

I just love the way it opens up with great anticipation and just SWINGS in the middle of the song after being mellow and subdued at the beginning, absolutely a Swing classic!

[tec066]

Uma versão bem mais "alegre" do que o habitual .... mas mesmo assim válida.

[ThePilot53]

Saw the movie Faboulous Dorseys & they played the B side of this track. called Mariee. A great movie & I see every now & then. My parents used to have this track on a 78 & I remember I used to play it over & over. A great band my hats off to Tommy. These bands of 2 day can take some lessons from you. Pilot53 Australia 12th Nov 2009.

[SpeedyNeutrino43]

Not exactly what Rimsky-Korsakov had in mind but it's GREAT !!

[tylerGo1]

I have this on a record Its a big thick heavy one, it still sounds great. I love it.

[ThePilot53]

I used 2 play this track on my parents 78 player still knocks ne out each time I hear it. Like to get the movie called Song of Sherazad (not sure of the spelling here) it features Tommy & this track. I have the Movie called The Faboulous Dorseys telling thier life stories both Tommy & Jimmy. Pilot53 Australia

[thespotteddog]

Tommy Dorsey gets 24,000 hits, Kanye West gets 24,000,000.....go figure

[bigr65802]

You missed the point. This is called music. Not Shit.

[tomterahedrob]

Yes but 10 ,20 40 years from now Tommy will still be getting lots of hitsand people will say "Kanye who?"In time quality stands eternal.

[charade97]

@tomterahedrob Who's Kanye??

[tomterahedrob]

@charade97 My sentiments exactly!

[FAUSTORICCARDO]

Great music by a Great Orchestra

[The22mauser]

This music will never go out of style, these boys had talent and style.

[peteboy1113]

when america was america, nobody locked there doors. ww2. era. i only wish i was alive in those days. the sailor kissing that ladie in times sq, vday sept 1945, thats what this music is. i am 53. this music makes me feel good inside, my late dad 1920-1989, ww2, italy 88th inf div. gen mark clark. my dad was a sgt. people grow old, good music never dies.

[avril2]

What a great band playing a terrific arrangement.

[patiu264]

esta cancion era la favorita de mi papa, cuando la escucho es como si el estuviera a mi lado, gracias por todo lo que aprendi de ti. qpd

[elh666]

There's a quote I heard somewhere about him.

"Tommy Dorsey taught the trombone to sing"

[ddkoda]

The Sentimental Gentleman of Swing, a glorious chart and Bunny Berigan. This is as good as it gets.

[east37thstreet]

This sing was in the under rated

Robert De Niro movie New York, New York that introduced the song New York,New York sung by Liza Minnelli, but we all know Sinatra make it totally his own

[greentom7777]

I also Love Bunny Berigans solo on this recording have many of his recordings. he was a Awesome Horn player.he had a scale range on Horn that no other had

[joeasmythe]

This music will never go out of fashion. It is immortal and we are lucky to be able to see and hear the greats of the big band era. Thanks very much for it.

[boneman222]

Love Bunny Berigan's solo on this.

[ahawkr13]

Glen Miller, Gene Krupa, Benny Goodman - wasnt alive during that time, but love that music

[glennmiller2005]

glenn, dog

[maureen1938]

Always super to listen to Tommy Dorsey one of the great Big Bands, what a shame they went out of fashion.

[joeasmythe]

They didn't go out of fashion, the people of our country "progressed" to the junk music of today.

[tomterahedrob]

Just some of the people"progressed" to junk.Again they never went out of fashion with me.

[BigIronOnHipMan]

That's Himself...There ain't nobody else...The one The only ~ TD!

[mh2457]

What a sweet trombone

[generationll]

The picture of Tommy is from the movie "THe Fabulous Brothers"

[morrissey01]

man this is what i called music my father used to listen to it and i becamea fan of glenn miller ,artie sahw , benny goodman and of course tommy dorsey

[allthatrockandstuff]

love the intro toms

[helenebersav]

magnifique !

[Rubyredlili23]

:) this song makes me happy!

[hajune]

One of the 3 best songs from that era for me. Rimsky-Korsakov wrote it. Its derivative is from classical music. Tommy Dorsey did an amazing job of arranging this! Just simply amazing! In my mind, his best piece ever.

[Bix12]

I gotta agree with you--this piece is brilliant.

[reward415]

thanks for posting that. a good recording with enough surface noise to sound much as it would have in 1937, when it was released. the only people who'd still remember it was it was a new hit on the radio would be in their 80s at the youngest. sad to think of that generation being nearly gone. i got my big band 78s from my grandparents, who were born at the turn of the 20th century, and none of them are with us any longer. i can't imagine there are too many people alive who remember it new.

[OldsVistaCruiser]

I love this song, too - and I was born in 1964! My mom turned me on to big band music.

I can just imagine driving my '69 Vista Cruiser along at a nice clip, and around 1:12, I come up behind someone who probably listened to this song when it was new.

I'm dragged behind Grampa until 1:32, when the oncoming lane clears, and I move "out in the weather". At 1:34, I punch the accelerator and the Quadrajet opens up!

At 1:45, I pull back into my lane and continue at a nice cruising speed.

[STILLAVRIL1]

Isn't that glorious?

Classic Bunny Berigan solo too.

Hahaha, love it