This comical video presentation by Spadecaller accompaines the Yiddush song originally composed by lyricist Jacob Jacobs and Sholom Secunda in 1932. In 1937, Sammy Cahn heard a performance of the ...
This comical video presentation by Spadecaller accompaines the Yiddush song originally composed by lyricist Jacob Jacobs and Sholom Secunda in 1932. In 1937, Sammy Cahn heard a performance of the song, sung in Yiddish by African American performers Johnnie and George at the Apollo Theater in Harlem, and on seeing the response, got his employer to buy the rights so he (together with Saul Chaplin) could rewrite the song with English language lyrics. He then convinced The Andrews Sisters to perform the song (recorded November 24, 1937), and it became a major hit.
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@12ohsnap12 Don't worry, There has been a swing-revival for years - just look for a Lindy Hop, Swing dance school near you and you'll be able to dance to songs like this as much as you like!
Hey future. The Andrew Sisters were big in the 40s, so to be old enough to hear them in a club would mean you would have to have been born in the early 20s or before.
There was a lot wrong in the world then. World war, the start of the cold war immediately, segregation. It's easier if we take what we like about then music, movies, whatever and keep it alive today. You don't have to back in time to love this music. Be glad to be born when you have been and embrace your life. It's grand.
Hey I said that I wouldn't want to go back that it would be cool if today's social condition was like the 40's ,50's and early 60's era with modern technology and laws.
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There was a lot wrong in the world then. World war, the start of the cold war immediately, segregation. It's easier if we take what we like about then music, movies, whatever and keep it alive today. You don't have to back in time to love this music. Be glad to be born when you have been and embrace your life. It's grand.