"My Baby Just Cares for Me" (Jack Payne, 1930)

[baghend]

Wow! Hot patootties oh you kid and 23 skidoo!

This is great

thanks

-Bill

[NewDisneySucksHard]

best recording

[HarborGuy]

Many thanks.......

[maxthevid]

My dad was there , Leading Violin (Jackie Greene) any one left who remembers him

I would love to hear from you. (even if you did not like him) Lochiem

[Ronald070]

Great recording!

[Mackermilk]

Heard this Jack Payne for the first time just now. My God, this guy was really swinging! Best anti-depression medicine in the market!

[bellini7verdi]

para mi que esta musica era antigua......porque la escuhe de los años 70 con nina simon......y escuchar esta version..de los 30....me deja pasmado........y es como si encontrara a tutankamon entre vendajes.....pero encantado con desenvolverlos todos............esto es la hostia........viva la arqueologia musical....y arquitectonica y pictorica y literaria....y de todo tipo.......este mundo es walt disney.......pero en real......una pasadaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

[muscleco]

Such LIFE to the bands of this period. Madcap, not always perfectly played, but great syncopated rhythm. Franky the later 1940s Swing stuff isn't as exciting. More plastic. No surprises.

[kw94544]

The reason this sounds like Looney Tunes is because this is where the animation studios stole all their music from.

[floidfat]

Einfach nur Klasse, ich liebe die Musik.

Bin über Fiesta von Jack Payne auf deine Seite gestossen.

1. Klasse

[kukral]

This is great music! I love the stuff BEFORE the Big Bands of the 40s-- their music puts me to sleep. Why did the music of the 40s become so boring compared to the 20s and early 30s??? I always wonder about this.

[mic33george]

Thats just what i think!The bands were all individual and had different styles,but once the big band sound took over they all sound the same,and that 20s-30s rhythm and "pep" was lost-i think anyway.

[evensteve284]

@mic33george Music of this era often annoys me, while I find the music that came later more interesting. The more I listen2 this era the more I learn about the music that I do like. I think that I will soon come2 like this music2. 1thing that I find interesting right now is how the music of the late 40s evolved and splintered in2 Rock Swing Bebop etc. I think I need2 look at the music from this era in the same way, &B listening 2 how it evolved into the 40s. & Ur 100%right about its pep!

[fog99uk]

@kukral That would be World War 2

[davidglow3]

The british bands played with vigour and speed in early 30s,whilst a lot of US bands adopted the sweet approach for a lot of arrangements.l know which l prefer

[RatPfink66]

The British economy was a little better - I think that explained a lot - and their music scene wasn't so dominated by commercial radio.

[racingrubberbiker]

Sorry RReady555, but Wikipedia is wrong.

Ruth Etting did not appear in "Whoppee" but as the slave girl in "Roman Scandals".

[HeadHunter131]

Toller Sound!

[ellimac4]

fun

[z978ady]

Wonderful brass.

[toebonian]

This is a great recording of this song.

I have the film "Whoopee" and it is really worth watching. Part of the fun of the film is watching those who are the supporting actors and actresses who are watching Eddie Cantor perform. This is one of my very favorite songs and films.

[MrGallagher]

That is definitely one of my favourite parts to this film, watching the dancing girls in the background chuckle behind Eddie Cantor as he's doing his antics. And Whoopie still holds up! Just rewatched it recently, thought I'd find it corny at this point, but it still had me in stitches. "Except February, which has 28" is still a phrase I use when someone starts pontificating. :-D And the numbers are wonderful! :-)

[HarborGuy]

Wonderful as usual - 5 Stars!

[pianoman74]

speaking of which, that sound is by far not dead! Max Raabe and his Palastorchester still preserves that sound in present time! :)

[RReady555]

Thanks! I'll have to get better acquainted with their work... ;)

Regards,

-RR

[pianoman74]

haha this sound reminds of Looney Tunes and the like :)

there's a German song I know that has that sound, "Jawoll meine Herrn" by Heinz Ruehmann in 1937

[RReady555]

Infectious, madcap stuff...love the percussive Tuba/Sousaphone. ;)

-RR

[DrearSkaa]

This is the best!

[cvwtzhaar]

This is a great arrangement

[RReady555]

Gotta love that Brit sound...especially '28-'35!

Best,

-RR

[arafura84]

"My baby just cares for me well that's funny

Her touch tickles especially on my tummy"

[RReady555]

Ha! This from the land of Chopin? ;^)

-RR

[merrihew]

This is just about the time that the British bands were establishing their own unique sound instead of just copying the American arrangements. Very distinctive version of a great 20's tune.

[RReady555]

Thanks, Roger--I love the energy, intelligence and humor of the Brit inter-war arrangements...

Do you suppose the different broadcasting models (public BBC vs. the US commercial networks) were a factor in how bands evolved and found their national audiences?

***I encourage all YouTubers to click on your name for one of the finest popular music archives on the InterWeb! ;)

[merrihew]

I've been very lucky to happen upon several huge collections at a time when there was little or no interest in them.

I've had this discussion with a number of Youtubers. Perhaps it was just a natural maturing process of the band leaders trying to establish their own identities. Another factor is the unique acoustic of many of the early '30's English records. Sounds like they were recorded in a large space with a bit of reverb. American records were made in small studios.

[merrihew]

Thank you for the kind words. I am genuinely touched by some of the comments I get. Especially when I hear from relatives of long departed performers who have never heard or seen on film their ancestors before.

[RReady555]

Yes, it's an amazing resource...tapping into these memories is a hugely rewarding thing.

Got my start collecting as a kid--at first playing the Victrola only when a summer storm knocked out the electricity. When American pop took a deep dive in the eighties I rejoiced in rediscovering how good it got--before. ;)

[genia106]

Leave it to the Brits even before the Beatles and The Stones and Bowie they knew what to do and how to do it! I have only one word for this great song.....WHOOPIE!

Thank you for these great uplifting songs!

[RReady555]

Grand to have you tune in, genia--indeed our cousins 'cross the pond have never lacked great style... ;)

[mettanc]

did such a wonderful job on this.

michael

[RReady555]

Thanks, Michael--the Brits put a whole new spin on the American hit parade between the Wars. Great Charleston treatment. ;)