Dajos Béla & a great foxtrot... Sing a little jingle ! (1932)

For this second Dajos Bela video I opted for a very happy foxtrot by the prolific American composer Harry Warren - creator of "I only have eyes for you", "We're in the money", "Chattanooga Choo Choo" and many other classics of the American songbook. The label on this Odeon release is French and the title has been translated. I was unable to come up with the original English title until user Muscleco provided me with the correct English title - "Sing a little jingle". This song was featured in the Broadway production Billy Rose's Crazy Quilt... Billy Rose was a producer, showman and lyricist co-writing songs such as "Me and my shadow", "Great Day" and "It's only a paper moon".... He also produced the legendary musical "Jumbo" in 1935

About the video :

Today was the last day of the summer holiday in Belgium (lasting 2 months : july & august)... From tomorrow onwards schools will reopen and the government - or rather governments -and the administrations will return to work.... In France and the French speaking part of Belgium they have a word for it which sums it up perfectly : "La rentrée" (the return).

So for this video I would like to offer a nostalgic look back at summer holidays of days long gone....

It is a quick trip through 2 popular Belgian beach resorts : Blankenberge and Oostende (Ostend(e))... Blankenberge was the first to cater to mass tourism (benefitting from a direct rail link from major cities)? This earned it a somewhat tacky reputation... A lot of efforts have been made in recent years to rebrand this resort... Oostende on the other hand is the self proclaimed "Queen of seaside resorts" - since this is where the royal family used to spend its holidays...

Most of the buildings in the pictures are long gone... The luxury hotels or "palaces" - which they truly were - have been demolished and replaced by high rise appartment buildings... I remember seeing many of these former palaces in a delapidated state when I was a child... One of the last former luxury hotels to be demolished was the "Hotel Bristol" (to be seen from 0:55 to 1:08)....

The Casino in Oostende with its elegant interiors was demolished as well and replaced by a modern building (ca 1946).

All pictures from personal collection.

About the record :

Odeon A 163454b/ Be 9973

Recorded ca 1932.

This record was transferred without any cleaning or mastering.

Sound equipment used :

Shure M78S Cartridge & stylus
Turntable : Stanton T.90
TerraTec 78RPM Phono Pre-amp

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Category:

Music

Tags:

• Dajos
• Bela
• Foxtrot
• 78rpm
• Tanzorchester
• Dance
• Band
• Harry
• Warren
• Soyez
• Tranquile
• Odeon
• 1932
• Berlin
• Oostende
• Ostend
• Blankenberge
• Belgium
• Coast
• Seaside
• resorts
• beach
• sea
• Luxury
• Hotel

[Herold38]

Beeindruckend sind auch die herrlichen Fotos! Das müssen ja mal tolle Badeorte gewesen sein!

[Leotaurus1975]

Ja das waren sie, ich errinere mich noch wie diese ehemaligen "Grand Hotels" ganz zerfallen da standen und abgerissen wurden... In Ostende gibt es jedoch noch ein richtiges Art-Déco Hotel - leider ohne Grammophon und Schellacks...

[Herold38]

Hallo Erwin, das ist eine sehr schöne Aufnahme!! Dieser Titel wurde am 09.08.1932 in Berlin aufgenommen und ist auch auf deutscher "Odeon"-Platte erschienen, unter dem Namen "Bitte, immer mit der Ruhe!" (Odeon O-11686)

Grüße nach Belgien!

[Leotaurus1975]

Danke sehr für die Infos! Ich lese den Kommentar jetzt zum ersten Mal - war nicht in meiner Inbox...

[HeadHunter131]

rhythmisch und flott, schön!

[Leotaurus1975]

Danke sehr!

[ingoknutschalex]

Der Fox ist so super ,ich könnte ihn einfach nur als dauerSchleife laufen lassen ! 100 Punkte ! :-)

[marsault31]

eine super presentation herzlichen Dank

[HeadHunter131]

Große Klasse!

[Plattensammler88]

Die Version ist zwar nicht so witzig wie die von Fred Waring, aber trotzdem eine wunderschöne, seltene, flotte und hörenswerte Schellackplatte des Bela-Orchesters! 5 Sterne und vielen Dank!

[Memale2009]

Ich schließe mich den vorangehenden Kommentaren an: die Tonqualität ist hervorragend. Ich finde das Klangvolumen beachtlich! Danke! Da kommt gute Laune auf!

[zsuzsi57]

idyllic....Thank You!!!!