SING YOU SINNERS ~ 1930

[ecapital46]

nice post. Tony Bennett jumps this number on his legendary 1962 Carnegie Hall set

[MillaHead]

Why can't black people be this cool anymore! Straw hats are so cool!

[gmmix]

What a great period piece. At times the lady sounds a bit like Mae West. Thanks for this video.

[hebneh]

Oddly staged, with a little white girl (Mitzi) leading black kids in their part of the number, and the well-dressed white folks who apparently have trekked down to the black part of town to see this outdoors revival meeting - ? Which is so infectious that Lillian and her male buddy can't resist leaping up to join in, to the displeasure of the ritzy matron - ?

[DiphtheriaBlues]

There's a good version by Belle Baker on archive.org from 1929. Almost exactly like this version but less hiss.

[devaom420]

This is truly just great. I wish I could find the lyrics to this particular version. It's amazing.

[z978ady]

Black Bass Social has better songs.

[BuyBenco]

Is it from "Honey" (1930)?

[leanan5]

@BuyBenco It is indeed!

[baldrottweiler]

@BuyBenco NO, ITS CECIL B. DEMILE'S MADAM SATAN.

[perfectjazz78]

@baldrottweiler I'm sure it's Honey. Paramount 1930.

[etienne818]

Is that Tess Gardella (singing "Brothers and sisters.." in the beginning of the number?) I love this clip and it never fails to make me smile! P.S. That's an incredibly cute Mitzi Green leading the child singers. Thanks!!

[mikemcgee]

it be nice to see the whole picture feature better priint lilian royh isnt popular on home video atthis moment

[spiritbrother]

Published: New York: Famous Music Corp., copyright 1930

itle: Sing you sinners

First Line: Brothers and sisters, my sermon today is pa-doop-poop-poop and

First Line of Chorus: You sinners drop ev'rything let dat harmony ring up to heaven

Title of Larger Work: Honey

Composer: Harling, W. Franke (William Franke), 1887-1958

Composer: Coslow, Sam

Lyricist: Coslow, Sam

[cushtichavi]

Love Lillian Roth..thanks for posting.

[orestepinziettoni]

Should be the movie "Honey" (1930), I guess....

[gemini16th]

Funny as Sh**!

[FredrikTers]

One of my favourite tunes! Which movie does this clip come from?

[glawsny]

Very enjoyable,but skeets Gallagher looks like a moron,he should of been edited out of the final print.

[jaytlr9]

@glawsny I agree with you, glawsny. I was almost embarrassed for him. :)

[perfectjazz78]

@jaytlr9

[noirkiss3]

Awesome post thanks!

[jettkrash]

What a great piece of cinematic history!

Thanks for posting.

[bchfront]

WOW! And besides the above-named, Richard(Skeets) Gallagher is in there, someplace. I think a few-years later, Paramount tried to approximate-this number again in a Mae West. The results were okay, but it couldn't stand-up to the original! Thanks. R.J.

[BrotherBeeBoz]

Now I know where the Boswell Sisters got this tune! Thanks!

[Bexarkid]

Wow... I never saw this version... only Susan Hayward's remarkable perforamce in "I'll Cry Tomorrow"...

[glawsny]

Great number,shame Lillian Roth's Paramount contract prohibited her from recording commerical records.She did not record this song commerically till 1955.