2 early-day Johnny Mercer hits with Mr. 78 himself, Dick Robertson. 1934.
[video=youtube;ICZSgyWVjfY]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ICZSgyWVjfY[/video]
[video=youtube;SOYDfvHHIMo]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SOYDfvHHIMo[/video]
More of those great Bluebird platters...one side each, anyway.
These cats played and sang with Whiteman - sort of an early-day Four Freshmen. They project a jazz feeling while keeping the actual jazz to a minimum.
[video=youtube;px4_7cWtOoY]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=px4_7cWtOoY[/video]
Next, an atmospheric rumba-foxtrot about "Marahuana" (sic), which was still legal at the time. Mel-low!
[video=youtube;b-aBahjld9I]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-aBahjld9I[/video]
If you aren't familiar with the eccentricities of the BBC iPlayer, the episodes rarely start right away; you usually have to listen to the end of the previous program. This episode starts approximately 24 seconds into the stream.
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