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The standard Columbia two-reeler theme (heard here) is "Merrily We Roll Along," which incorporates "Good Night, Ladies." Columbia began using it in 1939 and updated the arrangement every few years until 1950.

One of bandleader Henry Levine's very best. Thanks for posting it!

Cute trick in the middle, with the contrasting vocals and guitar breaks. Only someone thoroughly familiar with the tape could pull this off. Well done.

Nice job -- but the first few notes are missing. Could you possibly upload it again?

The original 78-rpm record has an additional verse that explains what the nightshirt symbolizes. George sings that he got married one day: On the train, my wife gave a shout: "Eeeeee! What is that you are pulling out?"

It's really a 12-inch single, recorded at 78 rpm! I wish "Christopher Columbus" had been an instrumental, because the band behind the vocalist is great.

Best print of this I've ever seen. Thanks for posting it!

Some of Clark's phrasing is his own, but parts of this sound exactly like Buddy Holly -- this might as well be a Holly demo!

I agree, sounds like a 1959 Buddy Holly composition. The voice sounds a lot like early Bill Anderson to me.

Magnificent. Really a beautiful job.

This is one of Lanin's "Twist" arrangements, from his LP "More Twistin' in High Society."

I agree with Mr. Artie; I think Buddy intended the finished recording to sound like this Jack Hansen version. Note the call-and-response verses, where Buddy leaves room for backup vocals.

I think it's a shame that this wasn't the first posthumous Buddy Holly hit. Coral Records originally inten...

This is a 1940 recording with guest artist Bechet sitting in with Henry Levine's Dixieland Octet (from NBC's "Chamber Music Society of Lower Basin Street" radio series). The personnel is Henry Levine (trumpet), Sidney Bechet (soprano sax), Rudolph Adler (tenor sax), Jack Epstein (trombone), Alfre...

Incidentally, "Weary Blues" was written in 1915 by Artie Matthews; Scott Joplin's publisher John Stark offered prize money to any of his staff composers who could come up with something to rival W. C. Handy's monster hit "St. Louis Blues." This tune won and I can see why, particularly from this r...

Bravo!

You may be thinking of "Hoodle Addle," a hit of the mid-forties. The Jitterbugs tune is definitely "Just Jive," according to the cue sheet Fox filed with ASCAP.

Yes, I agree, strong Buddy Holly flavor with a touch of Bobby Fuller. I think both would have been happy to record this.

He's inadequate as an actor HERE -- because this is one of his first pictures and he was reciting the script verbatim., Vitaphone promoted him to two-reelers after this one, and he did adopt a more relaxed delivery.

Well done. I really enjoyed your performance.

Excellent tribute recording, and you're the closest to the real deal I've ever heard.

The lead guitarist (in Jack Hansen's combo of studio musicians) is Donald Arnone. His solo made an impression on the Beatles, whose early cover of this record copies Arnone note for note.

My favorite Holly song gets a new paint job! Very well done.

Lewis J. Stadlen made a number of television appearances concurrent with this ad (including an episode of "To Tell the Truth" in which he greeted Kitty Carlisle with, "Hi-ya, babe, ya still singin' on steamships?"). If you know the TV series "Benson," Stadlen's face is always shown in the credits...