Jack Hylton - Happy days are here again

Jack Hylton und sein Orchester
mit Refraingesang: unbek. Triogesang
Foxtrot aus dem Film: "Chasing Rainbows"
Electrola, 1930

Schöner Titel aus der Zeit der "Great Depression".

Category:

Music

Tags:

• jack
• hylton
• foxtrot
• 78rpm

[JixMa]

Seems like 2009 is looking more and more more like 1929 with each passing week. We need this song to brighten our spirits in these gloomy days, eh gang?

[RalmsSoren]

I'd like to share my thanks too to you Headhunter131 for sharing this musical gem :) As a music student at Lancaster University, I spend a lot of time in the Jack Hylton Music Rooms at the University. Whenever I see Jack's smiling portrait outside the room, I think of this song, and it never fails to bring a smile to my face and a little kick to my step ;)

[anonUK]

Considering what happened in Germany over the ensuing decade or so, it's amazing this record survived at all, the fact it's still so playable 80 years later is almost miraculous.

[colinwells4]

Jack was a socialist: funny aint it,he was also a good businessman;thats also funny,but no question,his band was super good!

[morgylyn]

Inever thought to hear this again, the record belonged to my mother and I broke it when I was a child of ten, the flip side in lucky me wonderful you. thanks for the memorty

[morgylyn]

Could you please play the flipside,Lucky me wonderful you" we used to think the singer waasJack Buchanan but now I think that it may have benn Al Bowlly.

Morglyn

[morgylyn]

My Great Grandfather bought this record and I danced to this as a child . Yes it is the greatest version of all .I am so happy to have found it again. Thanks darling, you just made my da

[jeff94582]

Thank you Headhunter131 for posting this..........I'm 52, but have always loved the music of the 20's and 30's.Hell, I bought a player piano in high school, just so I could listen to this music. Thanks for the joy!

[crankbv1]

judging by a lot of comments here this song is still achieving what it was designed to do all those years ago, that being to cheer people up and raise their spirits. Lets face it,there wasn't a hell of a lot to smile about back in the late twenties,early thirties in the wake of the great depression. This epitomises a whole string of similar morale boosting songs of that era and the fact that it can still work its magic speaks volumes. Like they say,they just don't write 'em like this anymore.

[ihateyorkcity]

thanks for this I was really down yesterday and this fits in perfectly with my new spirit of optimism today

[BeMyBigHero]

It may be a lot of 'Propaganda', but musically this is the A#1 BEST & HOTTEST version of this song I've heard so far . . . !!! YAY!! Esp the roaring start, the trombone fade into the soaring xylophone, and that screaming finish . . .

[maxi1crawf]

I'll try the Quickstep to this one!