Rudy Vallee - Orchids In The Moonlight, 1933

[Tamar8070]

Incredible voice! Thank you

[closedcircle1]

Great version. I've recently starting taking notice of Rudy Vallee's music and can now see why he was so popular.

[bearcub410]

ONE OF MY FAVORITES , LOVE RUDY TOO , THANK YOU BORN TOO LATE

[Micelli1947]

A true CLASSIC! Beautiful

[norfolk03]

Absolutely lovely, Valee really outdid himself with this, and so have you for sharing. Many thanks, this has quite made my night!

[katandbaby]

having just watched 'flying down to rio' twice i prefer Rudy Vallee's recording of this song to Raul Roulein who sang it in the movie

[1912cunard]

When I think of this song i think of flying to down to rio with Dolores Del Rio, Lew Ayres and Fred and Ginger.I imagine this to be a rare recording on 78? It sounds great. You can almost imagine Dance Halls of My Great Granparents dancing to this. Thanks

[erikberg2000]

cool song



[orchid4421]

I first listened to this from WBGH -Sound & Spirit and I loved it. I do l love orchids.

[cobaltjones]

@orchid4421 I too am made happy by your joy. Have you ever taken a dump in the woods? If you ever do, you'll instantly appreciate the genius of the toilet.

[dholm5058]

What a range Rudy displayed in this tune totally out of his league ,but he pulls it off in grand style.He hit home run after home run in the 1928 through 1935 era,keeping pace with Der Bingle,Al Bowlly,and Russ Columbo every step of that GOLDEN ERA never to be revisited in the dumbed down and totally corrupted and degenerated succeeding generations!!!!

[rudy3331]

Dear sbd650, thanksa for email correction, i bow to your superior knowledge. i have three C.D.'s or Rudy i would love to know how to download some of the to you tube. Flying down to rio, i seem to recall Morton Downey singinf it?

[sbd650]

Very Beautiful!!!

[rudy3331]

rudy vallee used to sing in paul whitemans band. there were three men called the "bing Boys" rudy and bing crosby and one other the name i forget noe

[jdsbreufl]

I believe that you may be confusing Rudy Vallee with someone else as Vallee was never a member of Paul Whiteman's orchestra. Whiteman did have three vocalists, (Bing Crosby, Harry Barris and Al Rinker), who where known as The Rhythm Boys. By the way, Whiteman and Vallee did perform together in 1958 at the Desert Inn in Las Vages. The engagement also included Harry Richmond, Fifi Dorsey and Buster Keaton, and was called "Newcomers of 1928."

[sanclementekid]

The Beatles, Because: Love is old, Love is new, Love is all, Love is you....borrowed from this song, perhaps?

[cobaltjones]

All music is borrowed or stolen. there are only twelve different pitches and only so many rhymes. all novels come from other novels, artistic achievement is a continuity. As great as Mozart is, Haydn is present in every string quartet and symphony. Every next great thing is a broader synthesis of what has come before. The Beatles were tin pan alley with earth attached. art, like life, is a pilgrimage of integration and deepened awareness of our contradictions. that's my two cents.

[1chichimec1]

@cobaltjones , Gee Thank you so much, I was really enjoying the songs, now they all sound like so much,....DUNG! I just can't tell how much happiness your insight has brought into this world of dumbasses like me.

[cogitacogito]

For you.. para empezar..

;)

K

[19111ellyc]

I love it too. That guy who sings it in Flying Down to Rio sounds like dracula. I hope the orchestra leader Danny Malando adds this one to his repetoire.

[sanclementekid]

He looks like Dracula too!

[Corrie121]

Thank you for posting this fine Rudy Vallee rendition. It really is delightful, and I have added it to my "playlist".

[JackStarkey57]

This melody are simply fantastic, one the best tangos all over the years, and curioslly, it's not from Argentina but North American, and in "Flying Down to Rio", the brazilian actor and singer Raul Roulien makes a very good interpretation, there are no frontiers or time to the magic of music!

JackStarkey in Brazil!!!!!

[OhEncantoDaLua]

Obrigado meu lindo , amei , que mundo pequeno kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk . Beijos

[eaglestirreth]

Terrific !!!!!

[opelske]

Ohhhh, I love Rudy Valle. One of my Grandmother's favorite singers back in the good old days. Thanks for posting.

[Chicagojerry44]

I love this tango. It makes me smile, especially when I hear it in Flying Down to Rio

[jaferq]

Does anyone know the names of Vallee's back up singers? My grandfather married one at age 15 and I would love to know who she was. It was 1924.

[blueyun08]

beautiful and nostalgic

[Masquerade03]

Beautiful version of a beautiful song. It is true that maybe Raul Roulien had more sentiment but he had Dolores del Río to get inspired!!! This is a very competent version. Thank you to allow me to heard it.

[mettanc]

so fantastic...thank you.

michael

[hell0hkitty]

my mother was in the movie 'flying down to rio' as one of the dancers, this tango was always her favorite!

[shimmymoon]

I am sitting here with the original sheet music in my hand from the movie "Flying Down To Rio", and on the cover is Fred Astaire dancing with Dolores Del Rio. Also in the movie was Ginger Rogers. This version I am holding appeared in 1933. Vincent Youmans wrote this beautiful tango and I appluad the person who put this on. A vocal  by Rudy Vallee. Thanks for making my day!

[billyguns2]

I first heard this song as a young child and was captivated by it; this performance is one of the best.

[fuzzbear6240]

240252, Wonderful! Rudy manages to put his own mark on this tango, yet lets it retain it's exotic-ness, If that's a word. Thank you. Regards, J.

[Georgewos]

I know Dinah Shore sang with the Xavier Cugat orchestra 1939-1940 and maybe She was the one who sang that song with Cugat. I used to hear it on the radio station that played all the old songs from the 20's nd 30's.

[posaico]

wooooooo as good as the xavier cugat version that is so romantic and heavenly and he recorded a few years latter with a fantastic latin touch

[HarborGuy]

Great little player and the recording is tops. Thank you!

[mrrk]

One of my Mum's favorite tangos. I just love it.

[capemaywarbler]

just one of the thirty sides rudy made for columbia 1932 33....on those beautiful royal blue wax and gold discs with his picture and signature in gold!.....all the greatest of classics in band arranging and performance and great sound greatly overlooked when the swing era came in in 35.....but the swinging is right in these beauties! and of course rudys wonderful voice...truly lost classics!

[4364149]

You really are great. Thanks again Camille

[4364149]

thank you for your reply. It tells me your company is a reputable and caring firm. Thank you

[4364149]

rudy valle doesnt have the same fellings in his voice that raul roulien has. would love it if you could get it. I thank you for your reply

[medamine39]

you can find it in by typing 'Orchids 1933' then click 'search' and here it is, enjoy!

[4364149]

if possible could you possibly get the video of raul roulien singinf orchids in the moonlight from the movie flying down to rio. thank you

[kspm01]

Vallee is excellent on this one!

[jurek46pink]

South-West but still IN.

:-)

[jurek46pink]

One of the most difficult tunes for singing: such a range ! And one of the very few (I know two !) Anglo-American tangos.

My next visit, G., will be within a week or so. I'm leaving. However, want to come back.