Jesse Crawford - "It's a Precious Little Thing Called Love" (1929)

"It's A Precious Little Thing Called Love"
Words and Music by Lou Davis and J. Fred Coots
from the Paramount film "The Shopworn Angel"
Performed by Jesse Crawford at the Wurlitzer Organ
Rercorded April 1, 1929

Jesse Crawford - Born December 2, 1895 - Died May 28, 1962. Most famous of organists, very popular in 1920s and 1930s. Reached peak about 1928-31 when records played frequently on radio. Most popular record probably "At Dawning" and "Roses of Picardy". Began career around 1908, toured as pianist with dance band in northwest. First organ job at Gem Theater, Spokane, Washington, 1911. Other theaters followed. First organ soloist at Grauman's Theater in Los Angeles in 1918. Worked in Chicago in early 1920s. Got coveted organist job at New York's Paramount Theater, during 1926-33 entertained crowds nightly, sometimes with talented wife Helen at twin organ console. Toured English theaters. Later in U.S. turned more to concert and radio work, provided background music for dramas on NBC and CBS. Led sweet-styled dance orchestra 1937-38, featured self and wife on twin electric organs. Recording output through the years extensive. Active in 1940s and 1950s on radio and records. Wrote instruction books on organ.

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Music

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• jesse Crawford
• shop worn angel
• 1929
• Wurlitzer
• Theatre
• organ
• Lou Davis
• J Fred Coots
• Fox
• Trot
• 78rpm

[paulj0557]

@bsgs98 Can you tell me where the piano rolls are online, and how you play them on Miditzer? This is in reference to your comment about 7 months ago...I guess you can click back on comment, thanks.

[bsgs98]

@paulj0557 There has been an effort to preserve old piano rolls by optically scanning them and then using software to convert these rolls to a midi file. A web site dedicated to this project is trachtman(dot)org. Their data base includes 7000 scanned rolls, 2000 of them are available as downloadable midi files. Because of US copyright restrictions, the only ones available are pre-1923. These files are recognized by Miditzer but play on only the upper manual.

[paulj0557]

People of the world, listen to that music and hug a neighbor, but just don't go to jail for it. And save the whales, but save the 'whale of an organ' too. Attend your local theater where a theater organ is present and then come home and upload a free theater organ- the Miditzer, or the Hauptwerk. The Paramount 310 is a freebie for the Hauptwerk platform & if you love it then you can get the 320 which is a notch up on features.

BUILD YOUR A MIDI THEATER ORGAN, many sites dedicated to the cause ;)

[bsgs98]

@paulj0557 Great idea! I don't have a keyboard but I found I can play piano roll midi files on the Miditzer. There are loads of midi files on the net!

[roybo1930]

What is it about this era that just thrills Me to no end? I can`t get enough of this AWESOME music, style, cars. just everything 20s & early30s. I LOVE THIS RECORD!

[sbd650]

I like this!*****

[hotsickle]

always liked this tune :{)