Uploaded by warholsoup100 on Apr 24, 2011
Flashbacks 1920's - 1940's Novelty Songs Of An Era Long Gone Bye. Drug Songs. - Helen Ward on Vocals.
Gene Krupa (January 15, 1909 -- October 16, 1973) was an American jazz and big band drummer and composer, known for his highly energetic and flamboyant style.
Helen Ward (born September 19, 1913, New York City -- died April 21, 1998, Arlington, Virginia) was an American singer. Her father had taught her piano, and she appeared on radio broadcasts with WOR and WNYC. She also worked as a staff musician at WNYC.
Starting in 1934, she sang in Benny Goodman's first band, and became one of the first popular swing "girl singers", as they were then called, and among Goodman's most popular. She and Benny had a brief romance and he came very close to proposing marriage to her in either 1935 or 1936. However, according to Ward in the documentary, Adventures in the Kingdom of Swing, he called it off at the last minute, citing his career. She married financier Albert Marx the following year and left the band.
After her marriage to Marx ended, Ward later married the audio engineer William Savory. Savory was part of the team that invented the 33⅓ rpm long-playing record. Ward continued to do sporadic studio work and also worked briefly with Peanuts Hucko. Ward did occasional tours with Goodman in the 1950s, but effectively retired by 1960. She made a brief return in the late 1970s and early 1980s. She returned to singing at New York City clubs in 1979. In 1981, she released her final album, The Helen Ward Song Book Vol. I.
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Don Redman & Orchestra - Chant Of The Weed 1931by warholsoup1003,565 views
@fubar50cat : Helen Ward remained active - though sporadically - til the late 70ties
imyourslobobabe 1 week ago
big weed fiend Krupa, yeh, wow he hit it, nice cut, Helen Ward, wonder what ever happened to her?
fubar50cat 2 months ago
My grandfather played with Gene Krupa. Legendary status.
gorpishalamorpish 2 months ago
Helen Ward on Vocals
mhomer4 2 months ago in playlist Favorite videos
This is heard in Porky in Wackyland as the Dodo's theme.
baxterfilms 2 months ago
Great music
mhomer4 2 months ago
Krupa on, brothers and sisters. Take me to the party.
shamanvista 3 months ago
Sounds like Helen Ward?
sealman546 3 months ago
High as a kite and hot as Josephine Baker
tetiontkon 7 months ago