Gene Kardos & His Orch. - A Hot Dog A Blanket And You, 1931

This orchestra - which, actually, was active only in the Ist half of the 1930s, presenting the early swing style, in many recordings retained though, the charm of hot dance Roaring Twenties.

More detailed info about Gene Kardos and his band can be found in other clips with his music, in my site.

Recording:
Gene Kardos & His Orch. - A Hot Dog, A Blanket And You, voc. Dick Robertson, Victor 1931

Category:

Music

Tags:

• American
• swing
• hort
• dance
• band
• 1930s
• Great
• Depression
• college
• shag
• 78s
• shellack

[cosycleaner]

Splendid 'College' song and well-presented. However these are very English pictures for a very American song - plenty of American college pics out there.

[megaswenson]

My Great-Grandparents had an entirely different concept of College than we do, today. THEN, one went simply to learn, rather than to 'compete' with others for grades. That left a lot of time for fun. One set of Great Grandparents were too poor to actually go (the Civil War & financial panics had left their families in desperate circumstances). For them, college represented some Paradise of showing off in front of a lot of people: being part of a "scene". SONGS LIKE THIS ARE PROBABLY WHY.

[63lambretta]

@HunterMann I don't check messages often... but yeah, 63lambretta li125, '57 ld 125, '56 ld125. '54 ld125, 67? serveta lambretta 150Special, '56 zundapp bella r150, '60 harley topper scooter , 62 topper, and a chuffle of boring old wide-body vespas. Love the rallies! -kevin

[HunterMann]

@63lambretta Yes, perhaps the hip-hop fans will burn some 78's from their MP3's so that they will still have music to listen to in the event of a power failure. Hey, do you have a 1963 Lambretta? I used to see some of those in SF at the Bat Cave and in Seattle during the European Scooter Club events. stay hip, HM

[63lambretta]

@HunterMann It is pretty amazing that a teeny Ipod will hold a literal Ton of 78 RPM recordings. However, you and I will be playing our beloved Victrolas if the power grid ever goes down!

[RatPfink66]

Gene gave up his band about 1940 to go into the postal service. He still played at night in a restaurant, but it was Hungarian music. My mom heard him there!

[78timothy]

Kardos recorded through 1939, I have some his Gene's Merrymakers on Blue Lable Vocalion. Never hearsd a bad Kardos. They're a good bet.

[HunterMann]

Thanks for the great song & slide show 240252.

Could you tell me how you created the slide show of old photos please? The images are so clear. Were they scanned from prints or slides? Did you shoot the photos with an easel, tripod and some kind of macro-zoom close-up lens? I'd appreciate any tips on photos. Really a great mix of photos and great old music!!

I'll take 78's and a Victrola any day over those goofy iPod things.

[1073741824]

I'm Japanese.

とても快活な気分になれる歌ですね！

[Corrie121]

I do not know whether there is sexual innuendo in this number or otherwise, but it is a real "toe tapper".

The picnic pictures seem to be essentially English (rather than British). They are very good and appropriate to the song anyway.

Thanks for posting.