Roaring Twenties: Edwin J.McEnelly's Orch. - I LIke Pie, I Like Cake... 1925

Edwin J.McEnelly's Orchestra - I Like Pie-I Like Cake-But I Like You Best Of All, Victor 1925

NOTE: Erwin J. McEnelly's orchestra was a Boston, MA, based "territory" band that mainly toured the New England area from ca. 1910 to the end of the 1920s. In 1902, McEnelly formed his first band in Milford, Massachusetts, which was soon touring throughout New England as 'McEnelly's "Singing" Orchestra'. By 1917, the band had a regular playing at Riverside Park in Springfield, Massachusetts, and by the early 1920s was regularly recording for Victor and broadcasting over radio station WBZ. He also frequently competed in "battles of the bands" with other popular dance bands usually emerging victorious. One of the future stars who got his start with McEnelly's band was pianist Frankie Carle. In 1929, the Great Depression brought an end to McEnelly's recording career, although he continued leading his band until 1942 when failing health forced him to retire. Up to his demise in 1959, McEnelly worked as a violin teacher and piano tuner.

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Music

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• America
• 1920
• Roaring
• Twenties
• USA
• flapper
• jazz
• band
• hot
• dance
• orchestra
• charleston
• era
• 78rpm

[dzheger]

I like makowiec, I like szarlotka, but I like paczki best of all. And the 20's fashion too, of course.

[240252]

D., your comment's brilliant as always! How do you know all these Polish pies' names: szarlotka? makowiec!!! Wow! I can only regret I missed a chance to take you out to best szarlotkas in the world, when we had that one and only Saturday evening in Warsaw!! :-(

[barbcard]

Reminds me somewhat of an old American jingle: I like coffee, I like tea/ I like the man who's next to me.. .(or something close to that)

[240252]

Hi B., I like your version! In my teenage years it went just simply: I love coffee/I love tea/ I love the java jive/ and it loves me... Ofcourse, that rotten American song - in the 1950/60s in a communist Poland - was available only for such freaks like I, who browsed all nights & days thru the old records piled up in the aunts' and uncles' attics . Officially, the only refrain acceptable in those years was something like "Let's build the beautiful brick house for all the future generations"

[hanola7]

Fantastaliscious!

[rpgmusician]

this isnt cool..i want screaming..faggot.

[midlefngerproduction]

!!!!!!!!!!!!! i havent heard this song since my dad played it on the piano like 40 years ago!

[whizbang47]

Your fans and your notes are highly educational for me! My father used to sing this song when I was little and I never heard it anywhere else. Even though he was from Queens, NY, he spent a lot of time in his teens in Worcester, Massachusetts, where his father came from. He may even have seen this band live or just heard them often on the radio. Many thanks!

[Masquerade03]

Pure twenties delight! Wonderful music and stylish illustrations. Thanks Grzegorz

[howie448]

Good song.

[mysticmagic4760]

Excellent video! Great fun.

[tango3721]

Hello Grzegorz - the music and your notes - simply great! Thanks!!