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THE GREAT AMERICAN SONGBOOK

JEROME KERN

SHOW BOAT: “OL’ MAN RIVER”

Political correctness is not new. People were not nervous about using the N-word in 1927, but by 1936 it was becoming impolite as FDR’s liberalism caused Northerners to feel guilty about the treatment of blacks in the South. But totally separate from race, political correctness was becoming an issue in the Fifties for rather silly reasons.

Stan Freberg teamed with Daws Butler, who would later become the voice of many Hanna-Barbera cartoon characters, in this 1957 parody. This is a segment from Freberg’s radio show.

Stan Freberg & Daws Butler: “Elderly Man River”

Tune in next week for more Jerome Kern and the Great American Songbook.

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