Jack Payne - BBC Orchestra - Happy Days Are Here Again - Vintage Music By Special Request

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A special request has been made to take you back to the golden era of British and American music, well I can think of nothing better to start with then this from the 1920s.Original 78rpm Recording restored
Happy Days Are Here Again

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[chkjns]

James, can you pin down the exact release year for this? I have closed my 20s playlist and moved all the other songs to their respective release years.

[Sliepnir2006]

OOh dear, I know he put his band together in around 1924, but it was 1928 when he began to feature with the BBC orchestra he stayed with them for around 4 years.. I suspect this comes between 1928 and 1930.

I will endeavour to find out more and try to place an exact year.

The strange thing is with these records is that the old 78s never had a date on them, some therefore are educated guesses based on the manufacturer of the record itself.

[Sliepnir2006]

I often wondered, but I always thought it was because Hylton was influenced by Paul Whiteman, I think it was the style and success of Whiteman's music that inspired Hylton, beginning the  the early dance and jazz years, I am aware that the dance bands began in around 1913 when a jazz group came from America to the UK.. I am darned if I can remember the name of this band though.. It wasn't the Zep Meissner band I know that much, but similar...

Grief I need to root this out now...

[ToweringInfernoOrch]

for what ever it adds, they seem to be playing the Frank Skinner stock chart dated in the US, 1929. The only modification they make to it is they cut 24 bars in the second to last chorus and they get a bit hot in the last chorus (they also cut 2 bats from the intro)

[phredl]

@chkjns The Jack Payne was recorded in January 1930. However the song was recorded in the states as early as Oct 1929. So the release date was probably a month later at most.

[chkjns]

Shoot! Forgot to mention the year was 1920 for that first whiteman recording!

[chkjns]

Read the wiki on Hylton - Hylton's boss' wife had just returned to UK from new york with a pressing of one of whiteman's first recordings.

Hylton said get me a machine to play this record and I'll transcribe it, the rest is history and a huge story it is - Hylton was the Disney of his day ! ! ! !

[chkjns]

Well, James, I already had a playlist to slip this onto: The 1920s - Roaring. It originally was full of Jack Hylton, too, but he's got a separate playlist now - it seems he was the UK's Walt Disney for music and theatre - I read the massive bio on his website -wow!

I tip my hat to the beautiful sound you created in this video !!!!!!!!!

I'll bet you know why the sound of Paul Whiteman and Jack Hylton are so similar!