Gee, it took Ted three or four recordings and 14 years to get a #1 hit with this song. At least it finally worked for him!! Always been a favorite of mine. :)
Even after listening to this song hundreds of time over the last 70+ years, I still find it one of the most enjoyable things ever recorded. If I were asked to choose one recording and one only that represented the best of the popular music of the 1920s and 30s, I think this Ted Weems original Heartaches would be the one. The word classic may be overused, but this is a to my mind an absolute classic.
@jd03150 Strange, then, that Weems - or anybody else - never did another number in the same style. It wasn't typical of his band in any way but the whistling solo. ?????
@jd03150 I second that. Whenever asked what my favourite recording is, I answer without hesitation, "Ted Weems's original 1933 version of 'Heartaches.'"
Thanks for this "Heartaches"version.I just posted a video response of a January 1931 version by the Embassy Dance Orchestra on Crown 3044-B recorded in NYC and featuring the Dorsey Brothers and Eddie Lang.
This is the FIRST version, recorded in 1933. The other version, made in 1938 you can hear in related videos (TheLimePopcicle). It's clearly different from this.
I have a version to, but i don't see it here on you tube. Ther one I have is a later sterero version.
rjsmth 2 months ago
yes --- this is just AWESOME!!! I love this version ---- and I like the RCA version, too....
ctmale1956 6 months ago
Gee, it took Ted three or four recordings and 14 years to get a #1 hit with this song. At least it finally worked for him!! Always been a favorite of mine. :)
MrJnobianchi 8 months ago
Wonderful! I could dance around all day to this!
MsTappingtoes 11 months ago
This is SO GOOD! Great version - I've heard the later versions by Ted Weems many times - this is GREAT! Thank you for posting!
bigcity233 11 months ago
Elmo Tanner (I believe) doing the whistling! Great song!
shocap1 1 year ago
Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh the RCA version --- good tempo ---- and just better produced than the Deca version.....
ctmale1956 1 year ago
Ah --- the nicer version. The Decca version of this song is just a bit slow.
ctmale1956 1 year ago
Even after listening to this song hundreds of time over the last 70+ years, I still find it one of the most enjoyable things ever recorded. If I were asked to choose one recording and one only that represented the best of the popular music of the 1920s and 30s, I think this Ted Weems original Heartaches would be the one. The word classic may be overused, but this is a to my mind an absolute classic.
jd03150 1 year ago
@jd03150 Strange, then, that Weems - or anybody else - never did another number in the same style. It wasn't typical of his band in any way but the whistling solo. ?????
RatPfink66 1 year ago
@jd03150 I second that. Whenever asked what my favourite recording is, I answer without hesitation, "Ted Weems's original 1933 version of 'Heartaches.'"
tdiggidy43 1 month ago
I prefer this one to the later release. It doesn't sound right without the piano in the second verse.
RoyFive 2 years ago
Thanks for this "Heartaches"version.I just posted a video response of a January 1931 version by the Embassy Dance Orchestra on Crown 3044-B recorded in NYC and featuring the Dorsey Brothers and Eddie Lang.
Bigband78 2 years ago
This is the second version of this song.The one I have on tape from WJDA 1300 in Quincy,Mass.
generationll 2 years ago
This is the FIRST version, recorded in 1933. The other version, made in 1938 you can hear in related videos (TheLimePopcicle). It's clearly different from this.
tmmvds 2 years ago
I love it so much!! Thanks for posting!
1073741824 2 years ago