Posted on 01/23/2015 10:22:22 PM PST by Arthur McGowan
Paul Specht and his Orchestra play "Ten Little Miles From Town." Recorded in New York on September 13, 1928.
Chipper song, thank you for posting it. Have heard of Gus Kahn but not of Paul Specht.
It doesn’t sound right without the snaps and pops of the original recordings. I think the talented musicians who played the snappoppers in that era were never given enough credit.
I prefer “Five Little Miles from San Berdoo” by Jane Russell:
There was also a really good Ben Bernie recording of this tune that was concurrent with this one, in 1928. His band made two recordings of it, one with a vocal, for domestic release, and the other being entirely instrumental, for overseas release (in South America, I believe). That latter is particularly a gem, probably Bernie’s hottest/jazziest recording.
The Paul Ash recording is also a gem.
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