Irene Bordoni, Irving Aaronson - Don't Look At Me That Way

Irène Bordoni (Jan.16,1895 - March 19,1953) was a singer and a Broadway theatre and film actress.
Born in Ajaccio, Corsica, France from Italian family she had been a child actor, performing in Paris on stage and in silent films for a few years when she came to the United States in 1912. At age seventeen, she made her Broadway debut in a Shubert brothers production of Broadway to Paris at the Winter Garden Theatre. She also starred in Naughty Cinderella (1925) by Avery Hopwood.

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Irving Aaronson (Feb.7,1895 - May 10,1963) was a Jewish American jazz pianist and big band leader.

During the 1920s and the 30s, he directed two big bands and recorded with different record companies. The first group that was formed under his name was the Versatile Sextette in the early 1920s, later renamed or renewed under the name of the Crusaders Dance Band. In 1925, it was with this band that his first ever compositions were recorded with an underground record company.

The band having success signed with the Victor label company where prior to their second music publication the band name was changed to Irving Aaronson and his Commanders. In 1926, they thus made their second album release, the first with the Victor recording company. During the period of time that they were signed under the label Victor (from 1926 to 1929), the band got a lot of success creating the well known Let's Misbehave, in 1927, and by Irene Bordoni's side, they appeared in Cole Porter's Broadway show, in 1928.

Through the years, the band saw a number of good musicians such as Phil Saxe, Joe Gillespie and later to be known as band leaders were Artie Shaw, Gene Krupa and Tony Pastor.

In 1935, he was the lead performer in the radio program Irving Aaronson Orchestra on NBC.


Irene Bordoni, Irving Aaronson and his Commanders - Don't Look At Me That Way (1928)

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[librarybob1958]

At the time of her (by today's standards) comparitively early death, she was enjoying a successful comeback on Broadway as Bloody Mary in "South Pacific," succeeding Juanita Hall. I'll bet she was terrific.

[obdulias1]

gah i have 2 do my report about her!

[albanybeardguy]

Great Cole Porter song, delivered perfectly (I love Bordoni's very suggestive chuckle after "If you want to get home alive...") She was the toast of Broadway for a time but probably was best apreciated over the footlights- her movie career was brief.