Dajos Béla - Schöner Gigolo, 1929

[jonjamg]

Any answers to this?

Schoner Gigolo - Odeon O-11086 / Be 8428 but also Odeon O-11104 Be 8435 both supposedly by Dajos Bela - is one Strauss and the other Mulhardt?

Which is the recording here?

[jonjamg]

I have now read that the singer may be Kurt Mühlhardt. Any thoughts? It is the first interpretation, followed by Tauber and then Fassel. I still thinks it is Strauss. So what is "Doin' the Racoon like?

[livschakoff]

Der Sänger ist Alfred Strauß.

[ricainparisien]

@livschakoff

Yes, though I'm no german-tango expert, I recognized his disctintive voice from "Sie sind heut wieder reizend aus, gnädige frau" also with Dajos Bela.

[Globini]

Its the original Song written by Leonello Casucci (Austrian). This song has been adapted by Irving Caesar to "Just a Gigolo".

[Talulah1998]

Interesting version of the song....i much prefer all the old original versions to that of today s pop versions of "jus ta gigolo"... :-)

[jonjamg]

I have the singer as Alfred Straus. The Tauber version is with a very different arrangment for Dajos Bela. I think this is one of the best of the many recordings that exist. I have about 7 in German from this time.

[zzsound]

toll,sehr schön

[Verrucci]

Handsome gigolo, poor gigolo,

Don't think back to the time when you were a hussar with gold decoration on your uniform and could ride through the streets.

Uniform out of date

Sweetheart said adieu

Beautiful world and you're dressed in rags.

Even if your heart is breaking,

Put on a happy face.

They pay and you have to dance.....

[mangeldeth]

Awesome.

[Corrie121]

Beautiful!

Thank you for sharing.

[zelefant]

Fantasztikus.Ezt így még nem hallottam.

Kösz

[saltburner2]

Dajos Béla recorded this number again on 5.11.1929, backing Richard Tauber! A rather faster interpretation.

[geishakid]

to me good songs I wasn,t born 1928 or 1932 I was born oct 1944

[ZOG75]

Wonderful.Does anyone knows of a cd containing this track ?

[fedtrooper]

Serra's Gigolo is on utoob, and he belts it out like a big opera aria, kinda like De Quella Pira.

[AniolMiecza]

nazywam sie Dajos..Marcin Dajos :)

[Krijomem]

Please, What means this:

- Ich Liebe dich. Du bist alles für mich, Schöner

[Keeekse]

It means: I love you. You mean everything to me, my beautiful one.

[GuilleDanmark]

Schöner Gigolo, armer Gigolo,

Denke nicht mehr an die Zeiten,

Wo du als Husar,

Goldverschnürt sogar,

Konntest durch die Straßen reiten.

Uniform passée,  Liebchen sagt adieu, Schöne Welt, du gehst in Fransen. Wenn das Herz dir auch bricht, Zeig ein lachendes Gesicht. Man zahlt, und du mußt tanzen

Wunderbar!

[WSenator1]

@GuilleDanmark - English translation, please!

[vulcanswork]

Ich möchte nur wissen wer der Mut hat weniger als 5 Sternen diesen Videos zu geben.

[fleischpudding]

@vulcanswork vielleicht... deine mudda?

[zsuzsi57]

Ez nálunk "pesti gigoló".

[lindyhoppers]

one of the Italian singers which launched GIGOLO was Daniele Serra which recorded profusely for La Voce del Padrone from early 20's to the end of the 30's.

[mak500]

Waw. Je ne connaissais pas cette version. J'aime beaucoup.

[Talulah1997]

@smokingclearsmylungs: Perhaps you d better learn some GERMAN first -. the song s sung int hat language!

@240252: Thanks for sharing these great recordings on youtube! They have so much more heart and soul than nowadays' music! :-)

[smurfswacker]

YouTube has expanded my knowledge of music of the 1920s far beyond the confines of the USA. I'm finding so many familiar "American" songs that started out in Europe. Where did this melody begin? Argentina? Germany? Thanks for posting your collection.

[alpargitta]

Hello, the singer is Alfred Strauß

[barbcard]

sorry for repeating the message and for assuming it was being blocked because it was not PC...anyway to end the whole business and go on to more important things, jig was slang for Negro back then.

[dzheger]

Got it.

We seem to be speaking past each other:)

I responded initially to you, thinking 240252 posted the Armstrong comment and I referred to an earlier post of his (compliment etc.)Must have puzzled you. Sorry. A bit of a comedy of errors :)

[smurfswacker]

When I was a kid I heard another (less touchy) pun on this song title. It was a knock-knock joke some old TV comedy like "My Three Sons."

"Knock knock." "Who's there?" "Chester." "Chester who?" "(sung)Chester Gigolo..."

[barbcard]

Strange that someone keeps blocking my explanation of the pun: instead of "just a gigolo" he ironically says

"just a jig I know."

[barbcard]

The pun replaced the words just a gigolo with just a jig I know--the ironically used racist word is jig, which, of course has other meanings.

[jurek46pink]

Sound seems... (practise....).

:-)

[jurek46pink]

Sounds seams to be not mastered and for me it is so important !

I only regret how YT transmission system can spoil the quality of the picture (sound sometimes too, still prefer than mastering !).

[dzheger]

When I posted the above response I mistakenly thought I was responding to you.

[dzheger]

I don't specifically remember Armstrong's version, though I know I've heard it over the years among other versions. I don't remember the lyrics being different or risque'. But then, you are the expert, and in spite of your nice compliment, I just dabble in this. It is interesting, though. I'm curious about this pun now.

[barbcard]

Do you know the Louis Armstrong version of this song?

It's partly a lament for American racism, a la 1920's.

with an unprintable pun on the word Gigolo.

[dzheger]

Hearing the two versions, I agree that the voice in this one is more engaging. The band in the Crosby's version sounds more mournful, I think.