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THE GREAT AMERICAN SONGBOOK

HARRY WARREN

GO INTO YOUR DANCE: ”ABOUT A QUARTER TO NINE“

There is a tendency to forget that Ozzie was a bandleader before going into radio and then television with his family. His wife Harriet was a decent singer in her own right, although this is Ozzie at the microphone.

Once a Warner Brothers musical produced a Harry Warren and Al Dubin hit, people lined up to record it. Unlike Jerome Kern, who had issues with people taking a song outside the context of a show, Harry and his boss, Jack Warner, had no such scruples. This was business, and both men enjoyed ringing the cash register.

Ozzie Nelson: “About a Quarter to Nine”

[Publius]

THE GREAT AMERICAN SONGBOOK

HARRY WARREN

GO INTO YOUR DANCE: ”ABOUT A QUARTER TO NINE“

”Dino, you have a beat like a cop,” said Sinatra one day, commenting on Dean’s inability to work around the bar lines in a score. But Dean’s cool approach works well in this effort from the Fifties.

Dean Martin: “About a Quarter to Nine”

[Kathy in Alaska]

Thank you, Publius, for the many stories with today’s Harry Warren tunes. ((HUGS))