Songs That Sound Alike

[V.C. Brunswick]

Van & Schenck -- Mandy (1919)

The Six Jumping Jacks (Harry Reser) -- Pastafazoola (1927)

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[V.C. Brunswick]

Eddie Cantor -- Making Whoopee (1929)

[video=youtube;Cbcubbf3pDA]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cbcubbf3pDA[/video]

I'm almost embarassed to include this one.

Yoko Ono -- Yes, I'm Your Angel (1980)

[video=youtube;f44IjxR4pOQ]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f44IjxR4pOQ[/video]

 

[vitanola]

"Wingy" Mannone's 1930 Tar Paper Stomp sounds a bit familiar:

[video=youtube_share;MK798RQKyCo]http://youtu.be/MK798RQKyCo[/video]

It sounds like Fletcher Henderson's 1931 "Hot and Anxious":

[video=youtube_share;nyfw8gGe33o]http://youtu.be/nyfw8gGe33o[/video]

Of course, if a gal or a fella was Hot and Anxious, they might also be said, in more polite
company, in 1939, to be "In The Mood":

[video=youtube_share;pZtomQS8JkE]http://youtu.be/pZtomQS8JkE[/video]

Which led to this, halfway across the world in 1951, in Bulowayo, Rhodesia:

[video=youtube_share;uI6VqzdelLA]http://youtu.be/uI6VqzdelLA[/video]

 

[Espee]

Yeah, I had the Cantor/Ono similarity in mind too.

 

[V.C. Brunswick]

Mario Lanza -- E Lucevan Le Stelle
from Puccini's Tosca (1895-99)

[video=youtube;50afi2Q4a5Y]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=50afi2Q4a5Y[/video]

Al Jolson -- Avalon (1920)

[video=youtube;zmaKpp51uzI]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zmaKpp51uzI[/video]

 

[V.C. Brunswick]

Tito Schipa -- Vivere! (1937)
(To Live!)

[video=youtube;YC63wUJl8gw]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YC63wUJl8gw&feature=related[/video]

and

Al Bowlly -- Romany (1939)

 

[HodgePodge]

[video=youtube_share;xPZv4NeczdQ]http://youtu.be/xPZv4NeczdQ[/video]

Is so close to this:
[video=youtube_share;GQi4jglT0Vo]http://youtu.be/GQi4jglT0Vo[/video]

that I don't even know how why it's allowed to have a different title.

 

[V.C. Brunswick]

Ben Selvin's Novelty Orchestra -- Dardanella (1919)

[video=youtube;fIRCJ6m_SlU]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fIRCJ6m_SlU[/video]

Hollywood Dance Orchestra -- Mona Vanna (1922)

[video=youtube;-FOV8NHzS2Y]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-FOV8NHzS2Y&feature=related[/video]

 

[Fletch]

Swingstrumentals that ARE alike

In 1933 David Rose, then conductor at WGN-Chicago, penned I've Got "It", first plattered by Jack Teagarden.
[video=youtube;w20Zh7tVMuY]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w20Zh7tVMuY[/video]

Teagarden later joined Paul Whiteman, who did the chart as Itchola, with Frank Trumbauer's sax soli writing.
[video=youtube;_Fm_kEwZ1qM]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Fm_kEwZ1qM[/video]
The change of title was a good idea as the market for jazz numbers was still limited - PW's version came out as the -B side of a record by Jan Garber!

Not available: Dave Rose's own version, with Louis Prima and the WGN band.
That one had yet a third title: Jigsaw Rhythm!

 

[V.C. Brunswick]

Carlos Gardel -- Adios Muchachos (1928)

[video=youtube;IGI_1L7iQNA]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IGI_1L7iQNA[/video]

Louis Armstrong -- I Get Ideas (1951)

[video=youtube;HaXPRmhlVXA]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HaXPRmhlVXA[/video]

 

[Yeps]

I think this one is intentional. As far as I see, the MC is a coked out/dark and edgy version of Eddie Cantor.

[video=youtube;I0zKqiClt1k]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I0zKqiClt1k[/video]
[video=youtube;tBB7hx5Lq40]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tBB7hx5Lq40[/video]

 

[V.C. Brunswick]

George Olsen and his Music -- Hello, Aloha! How Are You? (1926)

[video=youtube;oEhJaEVgq6E]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oEhJaEVgq6E[/video]

Marek Weber und sein Orchester -- Liebling, Mein Herz Lässt Dich Grüssen (1930)

[video=youtube;ViKqRnfsPCo]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ViKqRnfsPCo[/video]

 

[V.C. Brunswick]

UFO Theme

[video=youtube;5TQUdcYk82U]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5TQUdcYk82U[/video]

The Jazz Police

[video=youtube;RB8vzBcoEcg]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RB8vzBcoEcg[/video]

 

[W-D Forties]

UFO!!!!!!

Probably the best title sequence - ever. I'm boogying away her at my computer.....

 

[V.C. Brunswick]

From Sweden
Arne Hülphers Orkester -- Det Var En Blick (1936)
(There Was A Glance)

[video=youtube;klGQhOVhrA4]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=klGQhOVhrA4[/video]

Look Out For Mr. Stork (1941)
featured in Walt Disney's Dumbo

[video=youtube;VMafj-FdeQo]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMafj-FdeQo[/video]

 

[V.C. Brunswick]

Johnny Johnson and his Port Lodge Orchestra -- There's A Wah-Wah Girl In Agua Caliente (1930)

[video=youtube;RxuEMxDXH6I]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RxuEMxDXH6I[/video]

Sentimental Gentleman From Georgia (1932)

[video=youtube;QhJ8JOCPpss]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QhJ8JOCPpss[/video]

 

[V.C. Brunswick]

Fred Rich and his Orchestra -- Wishing And Waiting For Love (1929)

[video=youtube;osBtQTS3HFw]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=osBtQTS3HFw[/video]

Alan Selby and his Band -- Boop Boop-A-Doopa Doo Trot (1930)

[video=youtube;AIzEEOnceBQ]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AIzEEOnceBQ[/video]

 

[V.C. Brunswick]

Chester Leighton and his Sophomores -- Wasting My Love On You (1930)

[video=youtube;za-v41Su6CU]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=za-v41Su6CU[/video]

Rudy Vallee and his Connecticut Yankees -- Brother, Can You Spare A Dime? (1931)

[video=youtube;llhRGUYMcfU]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=llhRGUYMcfU[/video]

 

[Trombone]

Two songs that are the same (you have to listen hard to the second)

Frank Sinatra -Whispering
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fcyr6A0KAsc&feature=related

And Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie -Groovin High
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oslMFOeFoLI

Dizzy used the chords from Whispering to write Groovin High

 

[V.C. Brunswick]

Van & Schenck -- Mandy (1919)

[video=youtube;SuCgmX7Dcwc]

This one also sounds a bit like Irving Berlin's Mandy

The Vocalion Band (Theo Mackeben) -- Broadway Stomp (1929)