1929, Will You, Won't You, Be My Babe? McKinney's Cotton Pickers, Hi Def, 78RPM

[everybodylovesmybaby]

Don Redman, who did arrangements for Fletcher Henderson, also worked with McKinney's band. This sounds like it could be one of his. He later led his own group in the early thirties.

[GooglFascists]

The tuba work is outstanding on many of these pre- 1930s recordings.

Bull fiddle or electric bass can't match a tuba in a jazz band!

[ondaleo]

Buenísimo,en especial me encanta ese llamado a la conga sudamericana de la época.

[CalvinMcMurray]

I was all set with this song until I saw the band name.

Then I laughed uncontrollably.

[rudiherold84]

Wonderful song. You sure do a swell job with the posting of pictures and record sleeves. Do bring back the good old days.

[maxinDetroit]

made in detroit!

[JCJasion]

I think the Gershwin Brothers were listening to the chord changes of the A section of this song when they were thinking about telling the story in the A section of "I Got Rhythm" I think they lifted the bridge's chord changes from the bridge of the 1926 tune "Sunday" This is all speculation however.

[RatPfink66]

Gotta love them Cotton Pickers! I spent my teenage years in Detroit and heard the "New Cotton Pickers" on several occasions, with original "picker" Dave Wilborn still singing (about a third lower in pitch by then :) ).

By the catalog number, we see that this side sat in the vault till early 1932. The style of playing was modern in 1929 and fresh even today, but in the deep depression before the swing era, few people could stand to hear anything so "every tub."

[JCJasion]

@RatPfink66 - Yup, I met Dave "Mr. Perpetual Motion" Wilborn with the New Cotton Pickers on their swing east to New York City in 1974! Got his autograph too.

[Masquerade03]

I love this song and this is a very good rendition! Many thanks!

[roybo1930]

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