Roaring 1920s: George Olsen's Orchestra - Who, 1925

Orchestra George Olsen con ritornello vocale - Who? Fox-trot Dall' operetta "Sunny" (Harback, Hammerstein - Kern), Disco Grammofono, 1925 (Italian)

NOTE: See also a VERY HOT version played by Dajos Bela's Tanz-Orchester! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=05dhD6-Xn-A

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[dzheger]

Love the song, and the orchestration is splendid. By the way, G, Yiddish borrowed the word 'szpilki' (singular: shpilke, plural: shpilkes) as used in the idiom for an impatient person: "Er hot shpilkes in toches" (He has pins in his behind)

[240252]

@dzheger D., you always bring me such great presents! Gosh! That "shpilkes in toches" is almost the same as Polish "siedzi jak na szpilkach" - meaning "he sits like on the needles" - usually adressed to impatient children. Look, how damn deep are the roots between our cultures! I am always so excited when I come across something like that! Especially, when it refers to a language (which is always the deepest treasury of each culture). Thank you!

[laughland]

Great tune - the vocals on this are by the trio of Fran Frey, Bob Rice and Jack Fulton .

[240252]

@laughland Thank you! I did not know the trio was made by these three guys! Fran Frey and Fulton appear sometimes as Olson's vocalists, but I never met the name of the third lad. They make an excelllent trio, though and I agree with others, this recording belongs to one of few most essential hot dance renditions of the Roaring 20s.

[PetrusRuppert]

Thanks, my father bought the RCA Vintage LP of George Olsen's Orchestra in 1968 and we listened to it many times, this was his favorite song. The music is very beautiful, the Twenties was a very stylish era.

[240252]

@PetrusRuppert Yes, indeed. This recording is exquisite. I advice you to compare it with other renditions of that great classical hot dance tune! Some time ago I uploaded in YT the Europeand version of it, played by Dajos Bela's band from Germany ca 1927 (just type: Dajos Bela Who). It's an interesting comparison!

[cosycleaner]

One of those twenties tunes that goes straight to your heart and wells up emotion in an instant.

[VTMCompany]

all of our US copies from the 197-- and 198-- Victor catalog series are badly flawed upon playback, no matter how pristine the shellac appears to the naked eye. your foreign copy is so nice to hear in comparison.

[1920sbuff]

This a wonderfully balanced version, excellent in all its aspects, which I uploaded long ago on my now defunct previous channel, as you know. Still, I'm with you in your assessment Dajos Béla's version is more smashing than any other.

[barbcard]

Shpilkes, bezilkes, as long as he loves his mother. Loved this lively vid. Am just catching up after a weekend in Boston with tochter Marjorie...who is so energetic she generates her own shpilkes, and not necessarily in the toches.

[PolskieTango]

Wunderbares Lied!

[genia106]

Grzegorz,

dzhegers "shpilkes in toches" must have been an early expression for

Attention Deficit Disorder! In America it is "Ants in his pants!"

I cannot believe how similar the Polish and Yiddish/Jewish sound and German too.

One more thing I have come up with the Polish for ankle strap high heel sandals...

Koske Paskowe Szpilki Sandolowe . Dziekuje

[240252]

@tango3721 Lana, maybe you just found your alter ego? I don't remember where I got that drawing from. It must have been some champaigne or tobacco ad. I'll try to find it out for you. Thanks!