Cab Calloway - Dinah 1932

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Uploaded by on Apr 28, 2011

6/7/32 Cab Calloway and his Orchestra 1931-1932 Classics 526. (Lewis-Young-Akst) Song is also performed by Louis Armstrong. Cabell "Cab" Calloway III (December 25, 1907 -- November 18, 1994) was an American jazz singer and bandleader.
"Dinah" is a popular song. The music was written by Harry Akst, and the lyrics by Sam M. Lewis and Joe Young. It was introduced by Eddie Cantor in Kid Boots (1923) in Pittsburgh. The song was published in 1925.
It was immensely popular with jazz bands and vocalists of the period and beyond, with versions by Chet Baker, Fats Waller, Ethel Waters, Bing Crosby with The Mills Brothers, The Boswell Sisters, Joséphine Baker, Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Cab Calloway, Benny Goodman, The Temperance Seven, The Revelers, Django Reinhardt and even Thelonious Monk.
A 1966 cover by The Chambers Brothers was released as a single, and later as a bonus track on the CD reissue of The Time Has Come.
In Japan, it was released by Teichiku Records; it was Dick Mine debut song in December, 1934

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  • @BassetHoundTrio

    Awesome standard. Gownless evening strap. Ha!!!!

  • @BassetHoundTrio Honestly, that looks like a guy

  • Great tune, great performance. Who's the gal in the gownless evening strap?

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