"Life is Just a Bowl of Cherries" (Rudy Vallee, 1931)

[hulurocker]

this is fascism

[BlueAnchorAriel]

Aww nuts! XD

[Glinkaism1]

Love that opening verse, which the old songs had. And the whistling. Rudy was in the original Broadway musical "How To Succeed In Business..."

[JDBlessin]

DIS IS REAL MUSIC.

[sunnydale22]

This song always brightens my spirits :) So happy and just plain awesome.

[DominickJ]

Great song for today 2011!!

[Eddy2730]

@DominickJ Well said! And still good and fresh even after 80 long years!

[xTrevor1000x]

elena Siegman Dreamed About this song but it was called life is a game of zombies!

[lordmahan11]

Funny how such a playful song can be so profound. Thank you so much for uploading this, along with all the other songs you've put up. They've meant more  to me during the last couple years then words can express.

[gerrykool]

so nice Version,i have the Jack Hylton Version on shellac..

thx for posting

[RasMajnouni]

"Why are we here,where are we going? Its time that we found out".

In public schools we can't voice opinions on this,so parents should wake up & tell their kids. If the parents don't know,they can ponder.

[fredjmp]

Beautiful!! Thanks for sharing!

[culturaleyes]

I bet Deadpool sings this song. as well as any other timeless trickster myth

[jfkjrlover]

This was featured at the end of a 3rd Rock From the Sun episode.

[73828]

I just watched that episode. lol

[whistlerboots123]

@73828 Me too!

Ha!

[google960]

I just watched that episode and came here after hearing the song.

[bchunkyw]

The words to this song are as relevant, almost a century apart ! Now i think that's goooood !!

[InuYashasGirl4life13]

Haha, I'm gonna sound ridiculous, but here it goes...first time I heard the line "life is just a bowl of cherries" was in the Hey! Arnold movie.....for some reason I had the inclination to google the line, and bingo!, this vid comes up. The rest is history, XD. Thanks for the upload, I'm loving this tune!

[SilverLightSpecial]

He was a very nice-looking guy!

[buzigems]

I wish the ratings were enabled, I'd have given it 5 stars...

[taniataco]

eh this song is about the depression.

[coreyteen13]

Aww nuts!

[martinepoo]

very sweet song :PP hahahahhaha

[LJWDesign]

My grandfather, Frank Frisselle, is the drummer on this cut (he was a member of Vallee's band throughout the '30s), but I believe there is a recording of this later in the '30s where he's featured. Does anyone know about it, or have it?

[theathehamster]

This is featured in Ballet Shoes

[americanlover2007]

what is life about?

why are we here, at this time and place?

[caladrius09]

The best part for me is that Rudy was one of the three "crooners" allowed to be broadcast to the army during WWII, crooners were so new compared to vaudeville shouty style that they were considered indecent, and people thought the intimate singing style would distract the soliders at best, and turn them gay at worst! It sounds so completely non-threatening to me, I had to laugh.

[BEroksmysoks70]

Great song! Thanks!

[mrdee11091]

thanks rr such a gem cracking tune and video from the days when music was music thanks

[RReady555]

It was about audience then, not merely morbid egos. Rudy was one of the best--few have played such a pivotal role in broadcast history.

Thanks, Paul!

-RR

[beeswaxer]

that's what i do live and laugh at it all life is a bowl of cherries O'YEA thanks one of my favorite songs

[RReady555]

Philosophically and spiritually sound little tune, indeed! ;)

-RR

[beeswaxer]

like they used to say long ago this is "swell".

[genia106]

RR Ready, my friend, You are so right on TARGET!

You don't know me and yet YOU KNOW MY TASTE SO WELL, I love it....This is my motto of life..

"LIVE AND LAUGH AT IT ALL!" :-)

never be too SERIOUS! :-)

Thank you for this INSPIRATIONAL RUDY!"

[RReady555]

Good stuff--love Rudy's imitation of Willie Howard (who had been imitating HIM in the show)...a new facet to a fascinating entertainer.

Regards,

-RR