WOODY HERMAN ~ IT MUST BE JELLY ~ 1944 .

[CreoleGuh504]

I was just watching Sanford and son and he was singing this i had no idea the song was real

[heididauwalter]

my very cool mom used to sing this to me in the 50's although she left off the rest of the stuff about the fat mama. I say it often about myself and my husband. he laughs!

[tugboatcodonsiigch]

the best way to download this mp3 from youtube is to google mp3iffy.

[kingoma61]

Woody Herman recorded a different version for release as V-Disc 320 B1, issued in November, 1944. The lyrics are slightly different in the V-Disc version with Frances Wayne on vocals with Woody Herman. Harry James and Johnny Long also recorded versions of this song first recorded by Glenn Miller in 1942.

[swinginkatz]

Great.

[chkjns]

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[kingoma61]

Glenn Miller released "It Must Be Jelly ('Cause Jam Don't Shake Like That)" originally in 1942 as a Victor 78, Victor 20-1546A as a Fox Trot with The Modernaires on vocals. Glenn Miller also recorded the song after he joined the U.S. Army with the Army Air Force Band. The 1942 recording featured Chummy MacGregor on piano. MacGregor co-wrote the song with George Williams and lyricist Sunny Skylar. Woody Herman recorded his version in 1944.

[gregoryagogo]

The male vocal sounds like a cross between Tex Beneke and Johnny Mercer!

[gregoryagogo]

Oh!!!  The end is cut off!

[callmeBe]

I agree--kind of silly, but still very fun. I do like the Glen Miller version much better (I have a recording of this with his AAF band--but the chorus is chopped off--so much less singing than here)--it's a little more jazzy than Herman if you can believe that!!!

[CASPRPres]

What a great version! One of my favorite songs....I don't know why exactly...it's kind of silly.

[kingoma61]

It Must Be Jelly ('Cause Jam Don't Shake Like That) was originally recorded by Glenn Miller and his Orchestra circa 1942 and was released as an RCA Victor 78 with only one verse of lyrics. The music was written by Glenn Miller Orchestra pianist Chummy MacGregor and George Williams. The Woody Herman version from 1944 has additional lyrics by Sunny Skylar.

[Hoopskidoodle]

Please! I was first copyrighted by Glenn Miller after MacGregor and Williams heard it in a black jazz club and stole it.

Those stiff soulless ofays didn't even know what they were singing about.

[gregoryagogo]

... A classic blues that would have been fairly easy for more lyrics... Sunny Skylar had quite a career!

[drummer78]

Is that with Dave Tough or Don Lamond on drums?

[JosephNScott]

"Is that with Dave Tough or Don Lamond on drums?" As of March 23, 1944 Woody's rhythm section was Ralph Burns, Hy White, Chubby Jackson, and Cliff Leeman. Billy Bauer and Tough joined later that year.

[drummer78]

Ok, then I guess Don Lammond came just shortly before Tough's death.

[panzerschnott]

No, Tough died from a freaky accident in 1949. Constantly drunk, Woody fired him late in 1945. Don Lamond joined the band around Christmas, 1945. Tough went from band to band. Great drummer, but a solid alcoholic.

[rmayer821]

On the recording it is Leeman, but in the still pic on this video, Tough is shown.

[panzerschnott]

That picture was probably taken 5 or 6 months after this recording was made. If you look real close, you can also see Marjorie Hyams, Bill Harris, and Flip Phillips. They don't play on this record, they haven't joined the band yet. The great Budd Johnson (From Les Hite's band) takes the tenor solo here. Woody shuffled in alot of players from other bands during 1943-44 before "The First Herd" finally jelled. Great idea.

[mickflaire]

What a great blues song from WW II era Woody!

Now If I could only find "125th St. Prophet" composed by Phil Moore from that same time period of the first Herd...

[panzerschnott]

"125th Street Prophet" is available on the Woody Herman 1944-46 The V-Disc Years 2 Cd set on the Hep label. (I have the LPs) Great band wasn't it?