Marius B.Winter Band - The Peanut Vendor (1932)

Marius' band is little remembered today, yet it had many 'firsts' to it's credit. For example, Winter's was the first dance band on radio, broadcasting from London's Marconi House attic in March 26, 1923.

In 1924, Marius was first again on Commercial Radio, this time it was Radio Paris. Winter also claimed that he was the very first leader to use what we today call a Theme Song. Before his time, bands didn't have theme songs. And not only that, but Winter always claimed that he was also the very first leader to play 'linking' music between numbers. All in all, a rather impressive list of "Firsts".

Marius B. Winter Band - The Peanut Vendor (1932) Broadcast (UK) #3019

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Music

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• Marius
• Winter
• Band
• 1932
• 20's
• 30's

[meetredmeat]

x3 it's so catchy! The lyrics are adorable in a really odd, unexplainable way. Thank you so much for uploading this!

[plorkx]

I reckon this is the funniest and best version, although Louis Armstrong did a good job too. But he missed the rhytm section like Marius had.

[Cool2BCeltic]

"Golden Wonder, they're jungle fresh". That advert was my introduction to this song.

[Cool2BCeltic]

"Golden Wonder, they're jungle fresh"

[hightrees8]

My grandfather, Frederick Murray Barley, played with this band in the 30's. Does anyone have any photographs of them I wonder, or know of any relatives/descendants o f Frederick?

Gillian

[yuchubhu]

This song is great, I also sang it in my choir.

[bld269]

looks like al bolley

[Crumphorn]

For some reason, I love this version - perhaps because it's so 'British'. None of the singers makes any attempt to sing in anything but a BBC RP accent, a light Noel Coward-esque tenor. It also helps that the quality of the recording is excellent for the period. Those boys could swing!

[SpeedyNeutrino43]

Some genius has removed the version by Anacani. Somebody else put it up on YouTube please.

[SpeedyNeutrino43]

Kostgian, thanks for your comments. I agree....Perez Prado is very good with this piece. Xavier Cugat does a fine version of it too.