Dorsey Brothers Orchestra - Singin' in the Rain (1929)

[merv12]

takes me back this does. Days as a kid. with a radio (wireless) under my pillow. :-)

[bsgs98]

@merv12 I used to do that too, with my little crystal radio!

[VictrolaJazz]

This duo at their best before the big split-up--they'd never sound as good again!

[elddybell]

I need music like this, any suggestions ? by women too :)

thank you

[phredl]

Excellent! Very solid rhythm section.

[Boldorion1958]

I've never heard this version before, but I like it.

[MonsoonWinds6]

I could listen to this all day. It makes me feel like I'm in the 30's.

[rogharm]

@MonsoonWinds6 Agree never heard dorseys with violins this G R E A T!!!! love it!!!!!!!!! ROGHARM and with singer slightly better than gene kelly who dance but could not sing. great arrangement love it and with cymbal clashes.

[bsgs98]

@rogharm I knew you would love those violins!

[rogharm]

@bsgs98 Even though the singer 10% is better than great dancer kelly who cannot sing. the orchestration is fabulous with VOILINS CYMBAL CLASHES LOVE THIS SWING PLAYED CORRECTLY IN THE MIDDLE. this record has minor key somewhat with the violins. b. a. rolfe is great had you heard it? how did YOU KNOW CORRECTLY what i like in music? do you work for the Culinary Institute of America????? heard MARIE without stuart foster not with tommy dorsey early 30's version that was great. ROGHARM

[miguelindo001]

Benn looking for this version for a long time. Thank you so much for posting it!:)

[gib9230]

Who says that Gene Kelly's version is the definitive one? :) I grew up listening to this one, and don't much care for musicals that don't have the correct sense of the time period they are portraying. I'll take this or any original 1929 version anytime!

[bsgs98]

@gib9230 I agree. I think the early version better reflects the intent of the songwriters. Later versions often are just the chorus and omit the verses.

[UKKarsten]

Max Raabe's version sounds very closed to this one. And he also introduced his version as an arrangement from 1929, and not as the big band version sang by Gene Kelly.

Advantage of Max Raabe: His orchestra is still performing while these people are already in heaven...

[JCJasion]

Hmmm, and Irving Kaufman uncharacteristic 'croony' to boot. A far cry from the 'belter' on the old acoustic recordings! It's funny but Kaufman's voice on this recording does sound a bit like Kelly's later on.

[fromthesidelines]

Beautiful...just beautiful! Keep in mind that the Brothers (and Irving Kaufman) were trying to emulate the way the song was first performed in "The Hollywood Revue of 1929"...Gene Kelly's "definitive" rendition was two decades away.