No more Homer and Jethro.
April Fools
#13
Ain't you lucky?
April 1951 - Fed 10004 - When It's Long Handle Time in Tennessee/Night and Day
Clearing out the vaults of the King Records recordings this quartet of older recordings from five years previous got released on the subsidiary Federal
A side is a Homer and Jethro original about the coming of winter and the necessity of proper underwear.
Let it be a warning.
B side is a nice reworking of the Cole Porter tune written in 1932 for the musical the "Gay Divorcee" which was the last Broadway show for Fred Astaire before heading to Hollywood to make the movie version.
The boys ham it up pretty good with a lively version of their own to square dance too.
Unfortunately I don't physically have a copy of the other record and there does not appear to be a label picture currently on the internets that I have found in the past five minutes so I don't have one.
June 1951 - Fed 10019 - Margie/I'm Glad I Waited For You
Yet again we're trawling some ancient recordings to grab material. Here is their take on a song "Margie" that was a hit for Eddie Cantor in 1921. I prefer the H&J version because they don't make any bogus promises about cutting out liquor. I don't trust this Cantor fellow.
B side is a Jule Stye/Sammy Cahn tune made famous by Peggy Lee in 1945. Coming at the end of WWII it was likely a sentiment that was probably pretty appealing until a few years into the resulting marriages when reality came crashing in. Such is life.
I have nothing more to add.
Well done, great collection. I did wonder how you could have posted just a sixth of their singles !!
ReplyDeleteWell over a decade of hunting and digging.
DeleteJust wait. There's some even more things in their catalog than most even know about..