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Mildred Bailey - Rockin` Chair (1937)

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Uploaded by on Jul 22, 2008

Recorded in Chicago, March 23, 1937.

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  • I was born in Fort Wayne. Live in Ossian(pronounced aw see ann) !0 miles south of there. Pop. 3500.Wish I was born in Bloomington. I am a big Indiana University basketball fan!.....grtz Aad

  • @avdreader1 Thanks...Grtz from Holland (Europe), Aad

  • aadj....He was in Bloomington in the 20s(I think it was the 20s) attending IU. He wrote stardust in bloomington.

  • @avdreader1 Hoagy was born in Bloomington! I meant ... you perhaps too? Grtz, Aad

  • I always knew she was good, but it is only recently that i realize how great she was. Hoagy was a hoosier and I am proud to say I am too.

  • @avdreader1 ...also Bloomington? Grtz, Aad

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  • Out of this world, out of the ballpark, out of the..whatever...sublime.

  • This record reduced me tears. Thank you poster person!

    What the hell ever happened to the public listening to real music?

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  • @jerseyoutcast You`re right!. In 1929, Al Rinker was able to return all the favors by helping out his sister when she threw a house party. He invited his boss, and when Whiteman heard Bailey sing a song he hired her on the spot. And with that hiring, Whiteman became the first national-level orchestra leader to feature a female vocalist -- a historic moment that soon caused “other dance bands in the copycat fashion of show business” to add “female singers too.” Grtz, Aad

  • @jerseyoutcast You`re right!. In 1929, Al Rinker was able to return all the favors by helping out his sister when she threw a house party. He invited his boss, and when Whiteman heard Bailey sing a song he hired her on the spot. And with that hiring, Whiteman became the first national-level orchestra leader to feature a female vocalist -- a historic moment that soon caused “other dance bands in the copycat fashion of show business” to add “female singers too.” Grtz, Aad

  • @aadjuijn I think it was the other way around. Mildred Bailey is the sister of one of the Rhythm Boys, a group of three young men in the early 1930's with Bing Crosby on the lead. They all came from the state of Washington and Mildred got them some connections when they came down to Los Angeles to seek their fortune.

  • @ChristophePhilippe Mildred Bailey was discovered by Bing Crosby and also a protege by Bing Crosby ... that says enough to me! Grtz, Aad

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