No argument about the music - the depression and war kind of trumps that, though.
There may have been a war and a depression going on in 1942, but this Glenn Miller opus, which hit the jukeboxes in the fall of that year, shows that it was still possible to have fun.
JUKEBOX SATURDAY NIGHT
Moppin‘ up sodapop rickeys
To our heart’s delight.
Dancin‘ to swingeroo quickies,
Jukebox saturday night.
Goodman and Kyser and Miller
Help to make things bright.
Mixin‘ hot licks with vanilla,
Jukebox saturday night.
They put nothin‘ past us,
Me and honey lamb,
Making one Coke last us,
Till it’s time to scram.
Money we really don’t need bad,
We make out all right,
Lettin‘ the other guy feed that
Jukebox Saturday night.
After sippin‘ a soda we’ve got a scheme:
Somebody else plays the record machine.
It’s so easy to say pet names
When you listen to the trumpet of Harry James...
(-Instrumental interlude á la Harry James-)
We love to hear that tenor croon,
Whenever the Ink Spots sing a tune...
(”The Ink Spots”):
If I didn’t know why the roses grow,
Then I wouldn’t know why the roses grow...
(Spoken) Now listen, honey child,
If I didn’t know all them little things I’m supposed to know,
Then I sure would be a SAD man
If I didn’t know...
Money, we really don’t need it,
We make out alright,
Lettin‘ the other guy feed that
Jukebox Saturday night!
Recorded by the Glenn Miller Orchestra on July 15th 1942 with Marion Hutton and the Modernaires.
There may have been a war and a depression going on in 1942, but this Glenn Miller opus, which hit the jukeboxes in the fall of that year, shows that it was still possible to have fun.
JUKEBOX SATURDAY NIGHT
Moppin‘ up sodapop rickeys
To our heart’s delight.
Dancin‘ to swingeroo quickies,
Jukebox saturday night.
Goodman and Kyser and Miller
Help to make things bright.
Mixin‘ hot licks with vanilla,
Jukebox saturday night.
They put nothin‘ past us,
Me and honey lamb,
Making one Coke last us,
Till it’s time to scram.
Money we really don’t need bad,
We make out all right,
Lettin‘ the other guy feed that
Jukebox Saturday night.
After sippin‘ a soda we’ve got a scheme:
Somebody else plays the record machine.
It’s so easy to say pet names
When you listen to the trumpet of Harry James...
(-Instrumental interlude á la Harry James-)
We love to hear that tenor croon,
Whenever the Ink Spots sing a tune...
(”The Ink Spots”):
If I didn’t know why the roses grow,
Then I wouldn’t know why the roses grow...
(Spoken) Now listen, honey child,
If I didn’t know all them little things I’m supposed to know,
Then I sure would be a SAD man
If I didn’t know...
Money, we really don’t need it,
We make out alright,
Lettin‘ the other guy feed that
Jukebox Saturday night!
Recorded by the Glenn Miller Orchestra on July 15th 1942 with Marion Hutton and the Modernaires.