This music of the early 20th century became another mixed CD, which I’ll probably complete next month.
Maple Leaf Rag – Paul Schoenfeld. Right away, a bit of fiction. I did not have a Scott Joplin recording, which does exist (!), in my CD collection, so I went with another. But I can’t find that on YouTube, so you must settle for the original!
Who’s Sorry Now – the Rhythmakers. This song receives a very different take by Connie Francis (#4 in 1958). The tune hit the charts by five different artists in 1923, but it does not appear to include the Billy Banks-led group. Classic Ersie two-step.
Bizet Has His Day – Les Brown (1941). This is based on Bizet’s Farandole from L’Arlésienne-Suite. I’m a sucker for popular songs swiping classical themes.
Run On For A Long Time – Bill Landford and the Landfordaires (1949). As I noted here, this recording was the foundation of Moby’s Run On.
Little Brown Jug – Glenn Miller (1939),. It’s Glenn Miller.
Hit That Jive, Jack – Nat King Cole. When I was aware of Nat Cole, he released songs like Ramblin’ Rose, People, and Those Lazy-Hazy-Crazy Days of Summer, which were fine. But early Nat was great.
Which bone is connected to which?
Dry Bones – Delta Rhythm Boys. This song was inspired by Ezekiel 37 in the Hebrew scripture/Old Testament of the Bible. Here’s a version where the camera focuses on the parts of the singers’ bodies. I put this track on a Biblical sources Mixed CD. The CD I took the track from was the soundtrack to the movie Rain Man; I love the first half of that album.
Cow Cow Blues – Meade Lux Lewis (1951). It’s probably from an Atlantic Blues CD.
Rag Mop – the Ames Brothers (1950). This was a #1 song for two weeks. But I first heard a version of it on the Beany and Cecil cartoon show when I was a kid. I looked for a decent YouTube video but found a lot of remixes; here’s a snippet. You may know the song from the Muppet Show, as shown here.
