Paul Whiteman and his Rhythm Boys (w/Bing)-"Happy Feet"

[danielwills93]

Sorry, but who wrote the original ''Happy Feet''? thanks.

[osscouter]

@danielwills93 Jack Yellen and Milton Ager

[SatchmoSings]

The 1933 recording by Horace Henderson directing the Fletcher Henderson Orchestra is a much gutsier and swinging record.

However, it was done in late 1933 and "the music" was further along when that was recorded so it might be an unfair comparison.

[colinwells4]

Yeah, quickstep,but not strict tempo;there are charleston steps also. Neverless anyone trying Quickstep would be racing around the floor;bumping into everyone and getting punched up at the end of the day! But he might get the girl!!

[FlinckJanne1981]

anyone got notes for this, maybe for sax or other, i got huge amount of notes to trade, for sax most requestet from me, nothing gona change my love for you, baker street, careless whisper.

[eggplantTVC]

i love this music so much!

[louswire]

What a tremendous sound these guys had!

[Julian9ehp]

This is silly, but I keep remembering Kermit's version.

[mysterious1961]

this is great! and the version for The Aviator is also good and very funny ! :-)

[newfful]

LOL this is going to sound funny but I get my tap shoes out and go at it when no one's here.

Am I the only person in my 20's who's into this kind of music?

[haglong144]

@newfful No dude. :D This music is awesome. I really want to learn quickstep dancing. I love it.

[Kate0603]

@haglong144

Yes, it's definitely a quickstep, but you can break it up with a few Charleston steps. It is awesome music. My dance teacher always called this happy music.

[bobbobato]

Sings are never remade. They are sung.

[Tigerfif00]

@bobbobato dont say never redone. say they shouldnt be redone. :)

[regent260]

This is my favourte track at the moment. I love towards the end when you realy hear the brass going for it!

[howardrhughes]

Hughes tool co.

[RealMrsJohnnyDepp]

I've been searching for this song like a maniac! I've finally found it! I just love this song! "I've got those happy feet..."

[2damnhappy4sho]

Bing Crosby vs. Whiteman

[augustomariante]

Dazzling! Frenetc! Amazed by energy! Pure jazz age waiting for Depression! Hybris and Nemesis! I have been loved this tune since I was a child! Antonio Augusto from Brazil

[jd03150]

First, let me say I have Happy Ears from listening to this great version of Happy Feet. As someone born in the 1930s and grew up in the 1940s and 50s, I don't think most people in the US today have a clear understanding of what a great star Bing Crosby came to be. He never developed the kind of cult following that Sinatra did, but in his time he sold millions of records and was one of the best loved performers of the era.

[DeBunker7]

Not Bing Crosby. This is Whiteman, although they look somewhat alike. An honest mistake.

[genatzvalee]

This is Paul Whiteman's Orchestra, and Crosby is one of their vocalists performing the song (as a part of the Rhythm Boys).

[braintree2]

Actually, Bing is one of the trio singing here. At the time he was part of a group called The Rythm Boys. He sang this in "The King of Jazz," his first picture.

[TuberOnTheLoose]

Never saw anyone mistake Paul Whiteman for Bing or vice versa. I could almost see mistaking Paul Whiteman for Oliver Hardy.

[Sactreats]

@DeBunker7 Are you talking about the picture above? That is Bing Crosby. Probably from the later 30's, though. And no, Bing Crosby didn't look anything like Paul Whiteman. Paul was a stocky man with chubby cheeks, thinning brown hair which he kept slicked tight against his scalp, and he had a little pencil-thin mustache, nothing at all like Crosby.

[YuikoFan]

@Sactreats where you staring at a picture when you described paul? lol

[Dras200]

gota love that alto sax solo =)

[GeminiNightOwl]

Love this song - they don't make em like this anymore. Paul Whiteman and the Rythym Boys - phenomenal...

[marks187]

Great!

[Max16032]

This great music will never die

[GirugaMarc]

that ain't falco

[fdeepf]

Qué belleza!!

A casi 80 años!

[naturelifeform]

This is my toes favorit song!!! i like it to so Thanks for posting!

[bassboy0801]

My grandfather Charles "Red" Mcintyre played in the orchestra around this time I am told, but I do not have any info. If anyone has anything to share I would appreciate it much.

[MrsVanderblit]

One of the best songs.

Frome which year is that?

[Ali0fTheQ]

1930, as said below.

[hdksr2]

For those who care, this recording was made in Los Angeles Feb. 10, 1930. It was one of the last recordings Bing and the Rhythm Boys made with the Paul Whiteman band. The orchestration is by Ferde Grofe. The instrumental solos are by Frankie Trumbauer, alto sax, Andy Secrest, cornet, and Joe Venuti violin with Eddie Lang on guitar. Quite a cast!

[dzaracrouch]

I love this song, too.:-)

[limbojazzvideo]

very niceeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

[gabbyx93]

I'm only 15 and I love this song.

[Verrior]

I love this song too. I used it on my Chubby Buckle film "Mabel's Suitor" posted on Youtube.

[diaphone32]

I LOVE THIS SONG. This is my favorite jazz piece . Does any one know when this was written?

[rob91368]

1932. paul whiteman did the original track.

[odietarceo]

1928 or 1929. This version from 1930.

[katziebob]

Oops...the version I have from the Aviator soundtrack is by the Manhattan Rhythm Kings. Also very good. And, from "Shall We Dance" soundtrack I have a version by Randy Spendlove.

[bingcrosby1903]

sry, i should have made that more clear, and actually, the band is Vince Giordano and the Nighthawks, w/the Rhythm Kings on the vocal, but what i meant is that the arrangement Vince used, and what was put on the soundtrack is identical to the original by Whiteman & the Rhythm Boys.

Thanks for listening.

[999Phineas]

@bingcrosby1903 What year is this song from?

[katziebob]

Wow! The Paul Whiteman orchestra has long been a favorite of mine, especially "Whispering". I have the Vince Giordano version of "Happy Feet" from the Aviator soundtrack and I am just astounded at how well VG & the Nighthawks reproduced Whiteman's arrangement.

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[loris711]

What a stable of talent Paul Whiteman had! I love the energy in this song. Thanks!

[23brookside]

Whiteman's arrangement the star here. See also Cab Calloway's very different arrangement of this song, and his great stretchy vocals, as compared to the staccato voicing here.

Al Bowlly fan, I see. Check out Al's rendition of Rogers and Hart's Down by the River.

[voltape]

Incredible! marvelous! I remember my father had this 78 rpm and played it in his victrola in WWII times - I didnt expect I could ever hear it again - Youtube and internet are great!

[trombillicus]

Fantastic version! I love the saxophone passages. Nobody plays like this anymore.

[78timothy]

This song was precorded by Columbia in Los Angeles, during the filming of King of Jazz. 6 sides were released all from the movie, this amongst them. Whiteman was at his height in his career at this time, his orchestra was the biggest and for 1930 music standards the best.

[Quebecoise12]

i love it!

[GrenvilleT]

What a wonderful version of this tap-dance classic. I wish I'd been born near Tin Pan Alley. 1954 is too far away. Enjoy the fabulous modulation at 2.14.

[LadyArgento]

Love it.

[danokat]

bad assery for sure

[CptGatsby]

Yay for the Paul Whiteman Orch. and the ORIGINAL Rhythm Boys. I love the Joe & Eddie break too.

[DGatsby]

Wonderful!

[kspm01]

Probably the best version ever made of this tune, with a great Venuti solo as well!