I had a surprise last night. I watched a PBS documentary about Jimmy van Heusen. I knew a lot of the songs he wrote with various lyricists and how he ended his career in a musical partnership with Sammy Cahn. What I didn’t know until last night was that he and Sammy wrote this song.
I always liked this tune because it opened a window into what a 1920's recording would have sounded like had it been recorded on modern equipment. I also found the lyrics to be wonderfully funny. Anyone who can turn Sodom-and-Gomorrah into an adjective has my undying admiration.
Julie Andrews: “Thoroughly Modern Millie”
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08/12/2014 6:49:23 PM PDT by
luvie
(All my heroes wear camos! Thank you David, Michael, Chris Txradioguy, JJ, CMS, & ALL Vets, too!l)