#21
We're getting closer to the long players now.
March 1953 - EPB 3112 - Homer and Jethro Fracture Frank Loesser
So this came in a couple formats, either as a double 7" ep set or as one 10" 33 1/3 rpm elongated player. I have the former.
It's our boys having a go at the compositions of celebrated Broadway Composer Frank Loesser which I'm sure you had already figured out based on the title. I will always give you the shadow of the doubt in cases like that. You're an adult, I assume..
So they have a crack at eight tunes from Frank's catalog
1. "My Darling My Darling" from the musical "Where's Charley" based on the every high school theater produceer's go to play "Charley's Aunt"
2. "Once in Love With Amy" from the same place.
3. "A Bushel and a Peck" from the Broadway production of "Guys and Dolls", but which got replaced in the movie by another song.
4. "If I Were a Bell" likewise from "Guys and Dolls" which featured Marlon Brando in the movie musical. So yeah, that happened.
5. "Baby, It's Cold Outside" (We already covered this one back in #8)
6. "Have I Stayed Away Too Long" originally recorded by Tex Ritter and later a hit again for that bland smarmy bologna stinking Perry Como motherfucker.
7. "Moon of Manakoora" from the film "The Hurricane" starring 30's hottie Dorothy Lamour in a story of forbidden love directed by 4x Oscar winning director John Ford. This was not an Oscar contender.
8. "Slow Boat to China" which has become a lesser standard and was initially a hit for Kay Kyser. Homer and Jethro must have liked this one because they did record it more than once. This is the better version of the two.
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