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90 posted on
08/17/2018 8:45:23 PM PDT by
luvie
(The bravery and dedication of our troops in keeping us safe & free make me proud to be an American!)
To: LUV W; MS.BEHAVIN; Kathy in Alaska; radu; left that other site
THE GREAT AMERICAN SONGBOOK
HARRY WARREN
SEMINOLA
Success in the 1920s was measured by sales of sheet music and records. Player piano rolls were still a factor but not for much longer as radio and records replaced them. It was a significant break if a songwriter could get a song snapped up by a Broadway revue, and even better if he had enough output to have a Broadway show built around his material. At this time, Harry had one of his songs picked up by Florenz Ziegfeld, but major success on Broadway eluded him. In those days Broadway belonged to Irving Berlin, Cole Porter, Jerome Kern and George Gershwin.
Harry occupied a small niche at this time. In 1925 he teamed with Robert King for another hit. Today he would be accused of cultural appropriation, but in those days people were shameless about blacks and Indians. It was a different time and a different ethos. Note the tuba with its oom-pah bass line.
Jan Garber: Seminola
91 posted on
08/17/2018 8:47:47 PM PDT by
Publius
To: LUV W
OK...I made it home, found food, and have tried to decompress a bit. Setting up for tunes in a few.
92 posted on
08/17/2018 8:49:47 PM PDT by
Kathy in Alaska
((~RIP Brian...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~))
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