I'll Hate Myself In The Morning by Marjorie Hughes, & Frankie Carle's Orch. on 1949 Columbia 78.

Rare, big band, pop, orchestra song and artist on current digital media's, and the Columbia 78 rpm record is also getting hard to find in reasonably good shape.

Gregg Lawrence is also on this performance.

Transferred to digital using stereo components on background photo.

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• I'll Hate Myself
• In The Morning
• Marjorie Hughes
• Gregg Lawrence
• Frankie Carle
• Orchestra
• Columbia
• 1949
• rare
• big band
• pop
• 78 rpm record

[zoz2imus]

That pulling of the punch from the punchline must have made the recording acceptable to the "decency" censors, whereas Lawrence's racier lyric was probably unacceptable to them. The distinctions don't amount to much, but they may have been enough to make the recording "decent" in its time.

[lrh1966]

@zoz2imus

Thank you for the historical info. on this song. I did not know that, but when listening to the words, I have always thought it was considered a little revealing for it's day, compared to now when almost everything is allowed in songs. Thank you for listening to this 1949 track...Friends, Lloyd.

[jackraz49]

This 78 record was in my Dad's post war collection that I played over and over as a child. I remember this one well, and amazingly when finding this posting, I could sing all the lyrics almost word for word after not hearing it for over 55 years!

[lrh1966]

@jackraz49

This was my grandparents 78, and a family favorite for many years...Thank you for listening to it here...Friends, Lloyd.

[MrRJDB1969]

Funny, I just picked up a copy of this same 78rpm last weekend, really. Marjorie Hughes was in fact, band leader / pianist / composer Frankie Carle's daughter. They cut quite a few sides together, but were known primarily for their 1945 / 1946 recording of "OH ! WHAT IT SEEMED TO BE". Marjorie had some solo success later on with a song , I believe, called "DEARIE". My mother sang it in a high school talent show back in 1953 too, but ... (my mother's version just wasn't a success !) .

[lrh1966]

@MrRJDB1969

This was from my grandparents 78 collection, which was among their favorites. The Woody-Wood Pecker song by Kay Kyser and Marjorie Hughes was their favorite in the collection, and I also have that one posted...Thank you, friends Lloyd.

[zoz2imus]

"I shouldn't sir, beside you, I shouldn't dim the light, I shouldn't hold you tight." That's consistent with the tone of the lyric, "I'll hate myself in the morning," as she finds her partner irresistible, so she compulsively continues to encourage him. In the Huges version, she attributes those actions to her partner: "You shouldn't sit beside me, you shouldn't dim the light, you shouldn't hold me tight." It becomes somehow sweeter and subtly diffuses the racy punchline, in my view.

[zoz2imus]

lyric slightly altered from Lawrence's original and the effect is to diffuse the raciness. Hughes sings "I'll hate myself in the morning for loving you tonight" twice and thereby evades the punchline, "I'll hate myself in the morning but oh, what fun tonight." The duet sings the punchline, at the very end at half tempo and I think that takes the punch from it, at least somewhat. Another alteration:

In the original, the protagonist owns all the actions of encouragement (continued).

[zoz2imus]

I first discovered this song in an archive of sheet music at the University of South Florida in Tampa. Jack Lawrence published the words and music in 1947. I thought it was very clever and thought it should be better known, but I attributed its obscurity to the "decency code," then in effect. I was pleasantly surprised to learn just today on this site that this recording exists. I assume nobody else recorded it, as it was probably too racy for the time. The recording has its (continued)

[lrh1966]

@desoto1961

Hi Richard, I forgot to mention how hard it is trying to find more Marjorie Hughes recordings, and I am trying to find more of her songs as they are great finds!!...friends always, Lloyd.