Cherokee - Charlie Barnet

[darrouken]

Malcolm X mentioned in his Auto-biography he liked this song.

[bluinverde]

@darrouken i'm reading it right now...

[crispzombie]

the reason i had never talked to him was because i thought i was only wasting his time but when i die i want to see him and give him a big hug long live my lost friend Charley Barnet

[kingoliver45]

This is so swingin I dont even know what to say!

[enaj78]

Alexander Scourby narrated the Bell Telephone Classic "Twas the Night Before Christmas" with the neat puppets shown on PBS for the holidays.  He had such a wonderful speaking voice.

[niagaraorbust]

Wow, a classic of a classic. So cool to listen to great accomplishments like this in this tech era. Thanks for posting.

[KidEllington]

duke ellington did this exact arrangement in "Recollections of the Big band Era"

[txcormorant]

CHARLIE BARNET CLASSIC...THANKS FOR POSTING

[michaeljayklein]

I actually talked to Charlie Barnet on the phone back in 1980--I was visiting my mother in San Diego, knew he lived there and found his name right in the phone book! He was very nice and patient with me (I was only 14) but I think he rather enjoyed knowing he still had young fans out there like myself at the time. I "think" this maybe one of the earliest recordings to use a fade-out by the way--it's a classic and thanks for presenting it here! Michael

[TheEldoradoKid]

@essexlph That is absolutely remarkable sir! You should relate that story to the Smithsonian institute, and have them record your first person description as part of their American Stories project! Please do! contact them.

[ThatsMrMoronToYou]

One of my first big band love affairs. I found it on a Battle of the Big Bands volume 2 cassette. It's amazing what one can find at Pamida.

[whatntarnation]

Steve Hoffman says... the first song recorded to include a "fade out" on the end.

[2agray]

Yes this was his theme song. It wasn't Pompton Turnpike. It was Redskin Rumba which was sort of the Part 2 of Cherokee. It was the longer half the band would play on the stand live. I have this on 78 as well. It's still around quite a bit. They pressed millions of it. Great hit! And quite departure from the original version that was written in more of an Indian fashion. This is a swing classic!

[billchew450]

Is it true that Charlie Barnet and Artie Shaw were the first intergrated bands, along with Benny Goodman?

[schwei56]

This is a version of Cherokee that opens over the Pompton Turnpike groove! And later on in the chart is the CB "watermark" solo.

[bjc19199]

my grandfather had this on a 78. i

loved it then, still love it today.

REEEEEEEEEEAL GOOOOOODER

MUSIC!!!!!!!!! THANX.

[1fornone]

Evokes the image of an elegant streamline train with equally elegant passengers...The don't make them like that anymore

[tallpaul521]

You are so right. The world would be a better place today if we travelled by train and ocean liners. Of course, CB's "Skyliner" always recalls the memory of the Pan Am Clipper..the silver plane soaring across the heavens with elegant passengers.

[tapper7724]

@tallpaul521 urban sprawl is bad we need less relieving onn cars

[enaj78]

Thank you for this. Brings back a lot of memories. I think this was Charlie's theme song.