Exuberant and sparkling orchestration and glowing vocal. And marvellous photos of the legendary Sheik of Araby. I love the photo at 0:56 (the real Rudolph) and the caption on 1:22 "If I had a man like Valentino" :)
D., I agree, that photo at 0:52 is exquisite! And - how rare, in that decade of the Great Perversions hidden behind the screen of the Greatest Hypocrisy
Great post. I wonder if there are any pictures of his home in the Hollywood Hills. The Hollywood Freeway (North) took it. So they would be quite rare. Still a fan........
Thank you for this Tubarific, Banjolicious song with MY SWEET SCRAPPY, he is Divine and so is your video of "OUR RUDY".....the most HANDSOME man. :-)Sigh!
i love this version of the tune and frequently play my copy on the orthophonic....it just moves along so effortlessly. scrappy is wonderful, of course. the photos of valentino are a perfect compliment to the music. thank you so much for sharing.
Hi Bill3murr, and thanks for your comment. There's a controversy who, actually, hides here under The Radiolites: Sam Lanin or Ben Selvin? I vote for Lanin. Do you have any knowledge about that?
Yes, The nick The Radiolites could certainly serve either of the bands: Sam Lanin or Ben Selvin. Before uploading, I was thinking for a minute which one to choose for my note and I finally decided: Sam Lanin. Ben Selvin seems to my ear somewhat sharper, there's more "big-band" and jazzy style in his arrangements, while Sam Lanin is, as it seems to me, more sophisticated, he likes longer instrumental solos etc. I can be wrong, I'm not a specialist but just an amateur fan of hot dance bands :-)
I love this! It's a peppy tune, but at the same time so wonderfully sentimental.
MsTappingtoes 7 months ago
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RahmSifr 2 years ago
This is just wonderful !! A great addition to my "favourites" list.
Thank you for sharing.
Corrie121 2 years ago
Great music! But that`s not Valentino singing, aren`t it?
shunkaushte 2 years ago
Exuberant and sparkling orchestration and glowing vocal. And marvellous photos of the legendary Sheik of Araby. I love the photo at 0:56 (the real Rudolph) and the caption on 1:22 "If I had a man like Valentino" :)
dzheger 2 years ago
D., I agree, that photo at 0:52 is exquisite! And - how rare, in that decade of the Great Perversions hidden behind the screen of the Greatest Hypocrisy
240252 2 years ago
Great post. I wonder if there are any pictures of his home in the Hollywood Hills. The Hollywood Freeway (North) took it. So they would be quite rare. Still a fan........
HarborGuy 2 years ago
Grzegorz,
Thank you for this Tubarific, Banjolicious song with MY SWEET SCRAPPY, he is Divine and so is your video of "OUR RUDY".....the most HANDSOME man. :-)Sigh!
genia106 2 years ago
Genia, look at hat tie you bought for him at the Raiser's in Berlin (2:28), how perfectly it matches him! Congratulations!
240252 2 years ago
Genia, sorry, a mistake again.Unfortunately, it's not a "hat tie" you bought for Rudy in Berlin (whatever "hat tie" can mean) but "that tie"!!!
240252 2 years ago
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new favorite song right here!
hartnell114 2 years ago
i love this version of the tune and frequently play my copy on the orthophonic....it just moves along so effortlessly. scrappy is wonderful, of course. the photos of valentino are a perfect compliment to the music. thank you so much for sharing.
bill3murr 2 years ago
Hi Bill3murr, and thanks for your comment. There's a controversy who, actually, hides here under The Radiolites: Sam Lanin or Ben Selvin? I vote for Lanin. Do you have any knowledge about that?
240252 2 years ago
Love you
f417h 2 years ago
Terrific gallery of Rudy pin-ups and a delightfully nostalgic melody as well.
barbcard 2 years ago
This was recorded on January 21, 1928- almost two years after Valentino's passing. Ben Selvin may have been the leader on this one...
fromthesidelines 2 years ago
Yes, The nick The Radiolites could certainly serve either of the bands: Sam Lanin or Ben Selvin. Before uploading, I was thinking for a minute which one to choose for my note and I finally decided: Sam Lanin. Ben Selvin seems to my ear somewhat sharper, there's more "big-band" and jazzy style in his arrangements, while Sam Lanin is, as it seems to me, more sophisticated, he likes longer instrumental solos etc. I can be wrong, I'm not a specialist but just an amateur fan of hot dance bands :-)
240252 2 years ago
this recording is truly beautiful
DustFingure 2 years ago
Wonderful recording!
Plattensammler88 2 years ago