SPOTLIGHT for OCTOBER 26TH…


BIRTHDAYS


1913 Charles Daly "Charlie" Barnet , Tenor Sax
b. New York, NY, USA. d. Sept. 4, 1991, USA. Had his first band when he was 16. By age 20 he had formed his first big band. By 26, he had a "smash" hit recording with "Cherokee" (1939) plus a reputation as a fine saxophonist and swing bandleader. In common with Benny Goodman, he racially integrated his band early on, -a band that was extremely popular during the Big Band era, and that also appeared in several films. Charlie had an eye for young talent, and discovered many budding artists, including Lena Horne.

1900 Sterling Bruce Conaway
banjo/guitar/mandolin, d. 1973, Washington, D.C., USA (Brother of banjoist and guitarist Lincoln M. Conway.)

1894 Henry James "Hank" Duncan, piano
b. Bowling Green, KY, USA. d: July 7, 1968, Long Island, NY, USA. Grad. Fisk Univ.

1942 Ranee Lee, vocals
b. New York (Brooklyn), NY, USA
Ranee's professional stage career started as a dancer. She also played drums and tenor saxophone with various touring groups in the United States and Canada before moving to Montreal, Quebec, (ca. 1970). She subsequently focused on perfecting her exquisite vocal capabilities, and today (2005) is irrefutably one of Canada’s greatest Jazz vocalists.
Biography
Although born and raised in Brooklyn, Ranee Lee has lived in Montreal for most of her adult life, and she is best-known for her fine recordings for the Canadian Justin Time label. Lee performed as a singer while in high school, toured the U.S. with a local group, and, after she moved to Canada, she starred in the play Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill. The influences of Billie Holiday and Dinah Washington can be felt at times in her singing, but Ranee Lee also has her own sound. A measure of her talent is that Milt Hinton and Oliver Jones performed on her first recording (Deep Song) and Red Mitchell was a major factor on her second (Jazz on Broadway).
~ Scott Yanow, All Music Guide

1907 Tony Pastor, Tenor Sax/Vocal/Leader,
b. Middletown, CT, USA.
d. Oct. 31, 1969, Old Lyme, CT, USA.
Bio:
www.parabrisas.com/d_pastort.php


Notable Events on this date include:

1934.
Composer Cole Porter recorded (Victor) his own composition, "You're the Top". (From B'way show: 'Anything Goes').

1935.
Talented twelve-year-old Frances Gumm sang on Wallace Beery's NBC radio show. MC and comedian George Jessel had given her the name of Judy Garland because he thought it was better than her own.

1952.
Hattie Mcdaniel, actress/vocals, died in Los Angeles (Hollywood), CA, USA. Age: 57

1970.
"Rounder Records" was founded in Somerville, MA, USA.

1989.
Grace Smith, vocals, died in Newark, NJ, USA. Age: 81


Songs Recorded/Released this date include:

1923 “Graveyard Dream Blues”
- Josie Miles
LISTEN:
www.redhotjazz.com/songs/jo...dream.ram

1923 “He May Be Your Dog But He's Wearing My Collar”, - Rosa Henderson
LISTEN:
www.redhotjazz.com/songs/ro...urdog.ram

1923 “I Want My Sweet Daddy Now”
- Rosa Henderson
LISTEN:
www.redhotjazz.com/songs/ro...daddy.ram

1925 “Squeeze Me”
- Clarence Williams' Blue Five
LISTEN:
www.redhotjazz.com/songs/wi...ezeme.ram

1925 “You Can't Shush Katie”
- Clarence Williams' Blue Five
LISTEN:
www.redhotjazz.com/songs/wi...katie.ram

1925 “Angry”
-Arcadian Serenaders
LISTEN:
www.redhotjazz.com/Songs/Ar...Angry.ram

1925 “The Co-Ed”
Arcadian Serenaders
LISTEN:
www.redhotjazz.com/Songs/Ar...ecoed.ram

1926 “I'll Fly To Hawaii”
- Gowan's Rhapsody Makers
LISTEN:
www.redhotjazz.com/Songs/mi...awaii.ram

1926 “One And Two Blues”
- Bessie Smith
LISTEN:
www.redhotjazz.com/songs/be...blues.ram

1926 “Young Woman's Blues”
- Bessie Smith
LISTEN:
www.redhotjazz.com/songs/be...blues.ram

1927 “The New Twister”
- New Orleans Owls
LISTEN:
www.redhotjazz.com/songs/ow...ister.ram

1927 “Sugar”
- Red Nichols' Stompers
LISTEN:
www.redhotjazz.com/songs/ni...sugar.ram

1931 "Time On My Hands", Leo Reisman Orch., with Lee Wiley on vocal. : )

1933 “It's Only A Paper Moon”,
-Cliff Edwards "Ukulele Ike"
(Billy Rose / Yip Harburg / Harold Arlen)
LISTEN:
www.redhotjazz.com/songs/ik...rmoon.ram

1944 "How Many Hearts Have You Broken "
- Stan Kenton

1944 "It Had To Be You "
- Artie Shaw Orch.


LYRICS:

Time on my hands

Time on my hands, you in my arms
Nothing but love in view
Then if you fall, once and for all
I'll see my dreams come true
Moments to spare
With someone you care to
One love affair for two
And so with time on my hands
And you in my arms
And love in my heart all for you

"It Had To Be You"

Why do I do, just as you say
Why must I just, give you your way
Why do I sigh, why don't I try to forget

It must have been something lovers call fate
Kept me saying: "I have to wait"
I saw them all, just couldn't fall 'til we met

It had to be you, it had to be you
I wandered around, and finally found the somebody who
Could make me be true, could make me be blue
And even be glad, just to be sad thinking of you

Some others I've seen, might never be mean
Might never be cross, or try to be boss
But they wouldn't do
For nobody else, gave me a thrill with all your faults, I love you still
It had to be you, wonderful you
It had to be you

Some others I've seen, might never be mean
Might never be cross, or try to be boss
But they wouldn't do
For nobody else, gave me a thrill with all your faults, I love you still
It had to be you
It had to be you
It had to be you, woah wonderful you
It had to be you





SPOTLIGHT FOR OCTOBER 27TH!!!

BIRTHDAYS

1903 Leslie Carr , alto sax
b. Louisville, KY, USA.

1931 Francis Dominic Joseph "Sonny" Dallas
bass/Vocals, b. Pittsburgh, PA, USA.

1908 George Feyer, Pianist
b. Budapest, Hungary.

1919 "Babs" Gonzales , (bebop) Vocals
b. Newark, NJ, USA.
d. Jan. 23, 1980, New York, NY, USA.
né: Lee Brown. Babs was part of the vocal group "Three Bips and a Bop", and also led bands and/or recordings that featured Tadd Dameron, Johnny Griffin and others. He wrote the self-published "I, Paid My Dues," a colorful (and often-inaccurate) memoir. Gonzales often discribed himself as a "bebop daddy".

1908 DeWitt "Snuffy" Jenkins
(Bluegrass) banjo
b. Harris, NC, USA.
Biography
Bluegrass banjo pioneer DeWitt "Snuffy" Jenkins was born in Harris, NC, on October 27, 1908; the youngest of ten children, all of whom excelled in music, he began playing the fiddle as a child but was too small to use the bow and as a result picked the instrument like a mandolin. He later turned to guitar and by 1927 was playing in a trio with banjo players Smith Hammett and Rex Brooks; Jenkins copied their three-finger style, and in the years to follow the banjo became his primary instrument, honing his skills playing square dances throughout the western North Carolina region. At this time he began mentoring the young Earl Scruggs; while Jenkins' technique bridged the gap between jagged, old-timey picking and the more fluid contemporary style, Scruggs soon surpassed his teacher, forging a thoroughly modernized sound distinguished by its subtlety and grace.

1904 Nisse "Bagarn" Lind, Accordion/piano
b. Stockholm, Sweden, d. Oct. 25, 1941

1924 Bonnie Lou , Country/Rockabilly/vocals/guitarist
b. Towanda, IL, USA. née: Mary Jo Kath.

1913 Sam McCrary, lead vocals
b. Christiana, TN, USA.
Member: 'Fairfield Four'

1922 Loumell Morgan
piano, b. Raleigh, NC, USA.
After Grad. College, joined Tiny Bradshaw orch. Later with 'Slim and Slam', - a novelty duo that was formed in 1936, consisting of guitarist/singer Slim Gaillard and bassist Slam Stewart. Then formed own combo that was in two 1943 Hollywood films, - All By Myself , and Melody Parade .

1913 Boyd Albert Raeburn, Tenor Sax/Leader
b. (on ranch near) Faith, SD, USA
d. August 2, 1966, Lafayette, LA, USA.

1911 Curley Rhodes , C&W guitar/vocals
b. Tomahawk, WI, USA. né: Oral V. Rhodes.

1909 Henry J. Townsend, piano/guitar/vocal.
In 1929, he cut his first record for the Columbia label. That same year saw the start of the great World economic depression, Louis Armstrong recorded "Fats" Waller's song "Ain't Misbehavin'", Berthold Brecht and Kurt Weill's "Three Penny Opera" (Drei Pfennig Oper) debuted, and the first "talkie" motion picture was released. Townsend may be the oldest living "Delta Blues" recording artist (2003) and is certainly one of the oldest living recording artists in music history.

1924 George Wallington, Piano
b. Palermo, Italy, d .Feb. 15, 1993. né: Giorgio Figlia

1917 William Carl "Bama" Warwick, Trumpet
b. Birmingham, AL, USA.

1929 Elmon Wright , Trumpet
b. Kansas City, MO, USA.
d. 1984, - son of Lammar Wright (trumpet)
Biography
Born into a musical family -- his father Lammar Wright Sr. and brother Lammar Wright Jr. were respected big band trumpeters -- Elmon Wright was also a musician, playing trumpet with such bandleaders as Dizzy Gillespie, Earl Bostic, Buddy Rich, Earle Warren, and Roy Eldridge in the '40s and '50s. Later he worked freelance in New York City, and backed R&B acts at the Apollo Theater. He recorded in 1963 with vibist Milt Jackson.
~ Chris Kelsey, All Music Guide

Notable Events on this date include:

1916.
First published reference to "Jazz" appeared in the entertainment newspaper 'Variety'.

1920.
On August 20, 1920, the Westinghouse corporation was granted a government commercial broadcast license to operate radio station KDKA in Pittsburgh, PA, thus making KDKA the very first Commercial Radio Station in the USA. The term "Commercial radio station" is widely misunderstood. KDKA actually received the very first American official government license, but their early 'commercials' were offered gratis by the station. Westinghouse basically used the station to sell their own brand of radio receivers. In 1923, AT&T's radio station WEAF, in New York, accepted the first legally allowed paid for "radio ad" . Because this station was owned by AT&T, it was the only station then officially allowed to engage in "toll broadcasting" under the RCA agreements. (However, other stations were already selling advertising time "sub rosa" -- because no one could stop them.) Ergo, in the history or "radiodom", WEAF goes down as the first "commercial" station, -that is, the first station to (legally) accept a 'paid-for Ad'.

****1977.
"Peg Leg Sam"
(né: Arthur Jackson), harmonica
died in Jonesville, SC, USA.
Age: 65
*****WATCH THE FILM!
www.folkstreams.net/film,1

1981. Louis Metcalf, trumpet
died in New York (Jamaica), L.I., NY, USA.
Age: 76
(Worked with early Blues singer Bessie Smith

1983.
"Professor" Nat D. Williams, DJ/WDIA
died in Memphis, TN, USA.
Age: 76

1988.
'Girlie' magazine publisher Larry Flynt paid a "hitman" 1 Million US$ to kill Hefner, Guccione & Frank Sinatra.

1990.
Bandlander Xavier Cugart
died in Barcelona, Spain. Age: 90.
(Coronary)

Songs Recorded/Released this date include:

1921 “Lips”
- The Syncopating Five
LISTEN :
www.redhotjazz.com/songs/misc/lips.ram

1922 “Hot Lips”
- Dolly Kay
LISTEN:
www.redhotjazz.com/songs/kay/hotlips.ram

1925 “Everybody's Doin' The Charleston Now”
- Original Indiana Five
LISTEN:
www.redhotjazz.com/Songs/oi...inthe.ram

1927 “Dyin' By The Hour”
-Bessie Smith
LISTEN:
www.redhotjazz.com/songs/be...ehour.ram

1927 “Foolish Man Blues”
-Bessie Smith
LISTEN:
www.redhotjazz.com/songs/be...blues.ram

1927 “I Call You Sugar”
- Alex Jackson's Plantation Orchestra
LISTEN:
www.redhotjazz.com/Songs/al...llyou.ram

1927 “Missouri Squabble”
- Alex Jackson's Plantation Orchestra
LISTEN:
www.redhotjazz.com/Songs/al...abble.ram

1927 “When Erastus Plays His Old Kazoo”
- Alex Jackson's Plantation Orchestra
LISTEN:
www.redhotjazz.com/Songs/al...Plays.ram

1930 “Home Again Blues”
- The Jungle Band
LISTEN:
www.redhotjazz.com/songs/el...again.ram
1930 “Wang Wang Blues”, - The Jungle Band
LISTEN:
www.redhotjazz.com/songs/el...Blues.ram

1930 Lloyd Smith's Gut-Bucketeers
www.redhotjazz.com/gut.html

1933 “Harlem Lament”
- Earl Hines and his Orchestra
LISTEN:
www.redhotjazz.com/songs/hi...ament.ram

1936 “Brown Gal”,
Vocal Chorus by Lil Armstrong
- Lil Armstrong and her Swing Orchestra
LISTEN:
www.redhotjazz.com/songs/li...wngal.ram

1936 “Doin' The Suzie Q”
Vocal Chorus by Lil Armstrong Featuring "Chu" Berry
- Lil Armstrong and her Swing Orchestra
LISTEN:
www.redhotjazz.com/songs/li...uzieq.ram

1936 “It's Murder ”
Vocal Chorus by Lil Armstrong
- Lil Armstrong and her Swing Orchestra
LISTEN:
www.redhotjazz.com/songs/li...urder.ram

1936 “Just For A Thrill”
Vocal Chorus by Lil Armstrong
- Lil Armstrong and her Swing Orchestra
LISTEN:
www.redhotjazz.com/songs/li...hrill.ram

1947 "Sweetheart, You Done Me Wrong"
Bill Monroe and the Bluegrass Boys (recording date)

1950 "Bushel And A Peck, A "
- Perry Como

1958 "Queen Of The Hop "
- Bobby Darin

1962 "Big Girls Don't Cry "
- Four Seasons

1962 "Return To Sender "
- Elvis Presley



SPOTLIGHT FOR OCTOBER 28TH!!!


BIRTHDAYS

1917 William A. Bolick
C&W Singer/Mandolin
b. Hickory, NC, USA.
Member: "Blue Sky Boys", a duo comprised of Bill and Earl Bollich. (Bill: Singer/Mandolin ,né: William A. Bolick, b. Hickory, NC, USA, and Earl: Singer/Guitar, né: Earl A. Bolick, b. Hickory, NC, USA. d. April 19, 1998)

1919 Richard Brown, vocals
d. Jan. 11, 2002 (Natural causes)
né: Herbert Richard Brown.
This ballad vocalist lived long enough to see Television and to sing on such TV shows as Be My Guest . Prior to that, he was often heard on Radio shows including the famed Stop The Music program. In his later years, he became a full time Rabbi. CAUTION: Do not confuse with Richard Melvin Brown, award winning songwriter & author of the popular songwriting manual "The Lyricist's Assistant" How To TURN Your Words Into a SONG. Another Richard Brown was heard on lead vocals,and guitar/organ for the group "Curses". The other members were Cindy Yogmas: keyboards, vocals, Mike D'allessandro: drums, and David Parker: bass. The band "Heroes Of The Alamo" is a New York City based band (1999) that consists of Richard Brown (Bass, Vocals), Todd Carlstrom (Vocals, Lead Guitar), David Makuen (Vocals, Guitar) and Kevin Slane (Drums, Percussion, Vocals). The group took their name from a B-Movie poster hanging in an East Village Taco shop. And, perhaps the best known Richard Brown was Richard "Rabbit" Brown, one of the most celebrated "Songsters", and the only one from new Orleans to record. Brown was born in New Orleans ca. 1880 and died there in 1937. In his early years, he was a type of musician often called "Songsters", --musicians who sang on the streets for whatever small change that passersby would give them. He used to sing on the streets of Storyville (the bordello district of old New Orleans). "Rabbit" was a regular performer at Mama Lou's "Restaurant", and other bordellos, and he frequently worked as a singing boatman on Lake Pontchartrain. He may have been one of the earliest New Orleans' folk singers to learn the Twelve Bar Blues Pattern. Two of the songs he composed are "The Downfall of the Lion", which told how New Orleans Police Superintendent David Hennessey was shotgunned to death. The other song, "Gyp the Blood" told the story of the murder of restauranteur and bar owner Billy Phillips by Charles Harrison (a.k.a. "Gyp the Blood"), a New York hoodlum on the "lam". In 1927, 'Rabbit' recorded 6 tracks in New Orleans.

1916 William Palmer "Bill" Harris, Trombone
b. Philadelphia, PA, USA. d. Aug 21, 1973, Hallandale, FL, USA.
To quote 'Chubby' Jackson,
"To date, my favorite gentleman on trombone was, and still is without
question, his honor Bill Harris. What a creative musician he was. He
used to play differently every time he stood up to solo. The band used
to impatiently await his turn and when he sat down, the entire band
would visibly let him know how they felt."
Starting in 1938, Harris toured with the big bands of Gene Krupa, Ray McKinley, and Bob Chester. After playing with Benny Goodman (1943-1944) and Charlie Barnet, and guesting on a couple of Eddie Condon's Town Hall concerts, Harris became famous for his work with Woody Herman's First Herd (1944-1946). During 1948-1950, he was one of the few 'First Herd' members to also be in the Four Brothers Second Herd. During 1956-1959, Harris also re-joined Herman a few times. In 1947, he co-led a band with Charlie Ventura, in 1953 teamed up with Chubby Jackson, and during 1950-1954 starred with 'Jazz at the Philharmonic'. During the second half of the 1950s, Harris often collaborated with Flip Phillips, and in 1959 their band formed the nucleus of Benny Goodman's group. Subsequently he mostly retired to Florida, although did appeared briefly in Las Vegas.

1909 Willie Hatcher, Soul vocals
b. Clarksdale, MS, USA. (raised in Cleveland, OH, USA) (also recorded with his brothers Edwin (d. April 2, 2003, England, UK, heart attack ), and Roger Hatcher. Edwin is also known as Edwin Starr).

1892 Oliver "Ollie or Dink" Johnson
piano/drums/clarinet, b. Biloxi, MS, USA.
d. Nov. 29, 1954, Portland, OR, USA
Biography
Dink Johnson was nothing if not versatile, as one can judge from the three instruments that he played. Johnson started out working in New Orleans as a pianist in Storyville. He traveled to Los Angeles where he was a member of Bill Johnson's Creole Band in 1913, as a drummer. Johnson freelanced, played drums during Jelly Roll Morton's stay in California and in 1922 recorded with Kid Ory's band (Spikes' Seven Pods of Pepper), on clarinet! Johnson spent much of his career in California, leading the Five Hounds of Jazz (later renamed the Los Angeles Six) and then mostly working as a solo pianist. Although he ran his own restaurant in Los Angeles, he remained active as a player into the late '40s. Johnson was much better-known locally then he was nationally, performing in an early style that fell between stride and ragtime. Dink Johnson recorded fairly extensively (mostly as a pianist) for American Music during 1946-47, Euphonic (1948) and Nola (1950). ~ Scott Yanow, All Music Guide

1927 Cleo Laine, Vocalist,
b.Southhall-Middlesex-London, England.
Married Johnny Dankworth.

1907 Everard Steven "Rudy or Root" Powell Sr., clarinet/alto sax
b. New York, NY, USA. d: Oct. 30, 1976, New York, NY, USA.
aka: Musheed Karweem
bio
A fine journeyman clarinetist and altoist, Rudy Powell (who in later years would change his name to Musheed Karweem) had a fairly productive career. He studied piano and violin as a child before switching to saxophone. Powell was a professional musician by 1927, playing with June Clark and Gene Rodger's Revellers. His first major job was with Cliff Jackson's Krazy Kats from 1928-30. The altoist (who was influenced a bit by Benny Carter ) had many associations through the years, working with Elmer Snowden ,Dave Nelson ,Sam Wooding , Kaiser Marshall's Trio, Rex Stewart (1933), Fats Waller (off and on from 1935-37), Edgar Hayes ,Claude Hopkins (1938-39 and 1944), the Teddy Wilson big band, Andy Kirk (1940-41), Fletcher Henderson (1941-42), Eddie South ,Don Redman (1943), Chris Columbus , Cab Calloway's Orchestra (1945-48), Lucky Millinder (1949-51), Jimmy Rushing ,Buddy Tate , pianist Benton Heath's New Garden Ballroom Orchestra (1953-61), Ray Charles (1961-62), Buddy Johnson and Duke Ellington's My People show. Powell's last major association was with the Saints and Sinners (1965-69), although he freelanced occasionally into the 1970s. Powell recorded with most of the above names (plus Al Casey in 1960 and Henry "Red" Allen ) but never as a leader. ~ Scott Yanow, All Music Guide

Notable Events on this date include:

1965.
Earl Bostic, alto sax
died in Rochester, NY, USA.
Age: 52.

1967. Jody Edwards, vocals
died in Dolton, IL, USA.
Age: 70.
Worked with vaudeville team of 'Butterbeans & Susie'

1979.
Jimmy Skinner
C&W singer-songwriter
died. Age: 70

1980.
Alexander D. Burt
Inventor of 45 rpm record
died in Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Age: 75

1985.
Bernard Wolfe, author
died in Woodland Hills, CA, USA.
Age: 70
Wrote book: 'Really The Blues'


Songs Recorded/Released this date include:

1920 “Grieving For You - Feather Your Nest”
- Paul Whiteman and his Orchestra
LISTEN:
www.redhotjazz.com/Songs/Wh...evnst.ram

1920 “My Wonder Girl
- Coral Sea”
- Paul Whiteman and his Orchestra
LISTEN:
www.redhotjazz.com/songs/wh...rcorl.ram

1924 “Undertakers Blues”
- Helen Gross accompanied by the Kansas City Five
LISTEN:
www.redhotjazz.com/songs/gr...blues.ram

1925 “Just Around The Corner”
(Featured In The Universal Picture "Oh, Charlie")
- Ted Lewis and his Band
LISTEN:
www.redhotjazz.com/songs/le...r1925.ram

1925 “While We Danced Till Dawn”
- Ted Lewis and his Band
LISTEN:
www.redhotjazz.com/songs/le...ldawn.ram

1926 “It Made You Happy When You Made Me Cry”
- Waring's Pennsylvanians
LISTEN:
www.redhotjazz.com/Songs/wa...MeCry.ram

1927 “One Night In Havana”
(Hoagy Carmichael - )
Hoagy Carmichael and his Pals
LISTEN:
www.redhotjazz.com/songs/ho...night.ram

1927 “Dope Head Blues”
(Victoria Spivey)
- Victoria Spivey
LISTEN:
www.redhotjazz.com/songs/sp...blues.ram

1927 “Red Lantern Blues”
(Victoria Spivey)
- Victoria Spivey
LISTEN:
www.redhotjazz.com/songs/sp...blues.ram

1928 “I'm Sorry, Sally”, - Danny Altier and his Orchestra
LISTEN:
www.redhotjazz.com/Songs/mi...sally.ram

1928 “My Gal Sal”
- Danny Altier and his Orchestra
LISTEN:
www.redhotjazz.com/Songs/mi...alsal.ram

1928 “Down At Jasper's Bar-Be-Que”
- (Frankie Jaxon) Frankie "Half Pint" Jaxon
LISTEN:
www.redhotjazz.com/Songs/ja...spers.ram

1929 “Apple Blossoms”
- Joe Venuti's Blue Four/Five/Six
LISTEN:
www.redhotjazz.com/songs/ve...ssoms.ram

1929 “Runnin' Ragged”
- Joe Venuti's Blue Four/Five/Six
LISTEN:
www.redhotjazz.com/songs/ve...agged.ram

1929 “No More Blues”
- Kentucky Jazz Babies
LISTEN:
www.redhotjazz.com/Songs/mi...blues.ram

1929 “Old Folks Shake”
-Kentucky Jazz Babies
LISTEN:
www.redhotjazz.com/Songs/mi...shake.ram

1929 “He's So Unusual”
- Annette Hanshaw
LISTEN:
www.redhotjazz.com/songs/ha...sual2.ram

1929 “I Think You'll Like It”
- Annette Hanshaw
LISTEN:
www.redhotjazz.com/songs/ha...oull2.ram

1930 “Chocolate To The Bone (I'm So Glad I'm A Brownskin)”
- (Frankie Jaxon) Frankie "Half Pint" Jaxon
LISTEN:
www.redhotjazz.com/Songs/ja...olate.ram

1930 “Scuddlin'”
- (Frankie Jaxon) Frankie "Half Pint" Jaxon
LISTEN:
www.redhotjazz.com/Songs/ja...dlin'.ram

1930 “My Handyman Ain't Handy No More”
- Edith Wilson
LISTEN:
www.redhotjazz.com/songs/Ed...aint5.ram

1930 “Cracker Jack”
(w/ piano accompaniment)
-Harry Reser
LISTEN:
www.redhotjazz.com/Songs/re...rjack.ram

1930 “Flapperette”
(w/ piano accompaniment)
~Harry Reser
LISTEN:
www.redhotjazz.com/Songs/re...rette.ram

1943 "Pistol Packin' Mama "
- Bing Crosby

1943 "Blue Rain "
- Glenn Miller Orch.

1957 "April Love "
- Pat Boone

1957 "You Send Me "
- Sam Cooke

1957 "Little Bitty Pretty One "
- Thurston Harris

1957 "All The Way "
- Frank Sinatra


LYRICS:

My Handy Man Ain't Handy No More

Once I used to brag about my handy man, but I ain't braggin' no more
Somethin' strange has happened to my handy man, he's not the man he was before
Wish somebody could explain to me, about this dual personality
He don't perform his duties like he used to do, he never hauls the ashes 'less I tell him to
Before he hardly gets to work he says he's through, my handy man ain't handy no more
He's forgotten his domestic science, and he's lost of his self-reliance
He won't make a single move unless he's told, he says he isn't lazy, claims he isn't old
But still he sits around and lets my stove get cold, my handy man ain't handy no more
Time after time, if I'm not right there at his heels, he lets that poor horse in my stable miss his meals
There's got to be some changes 'cause each day reveals, my handy man ain't handy no more
He used to turn in early and get up at dawn, and full of new ambitions, he would trim the lawn
Now, when he isn't sleeping all he does is yawn, my handy man ain't handy no more
Once he used to have so much endurance, now, it looks like he needs life insurance
I used to brag about my handy man's technique, around the house he was a perfect indoor sheik
But now the spirit's willing but the flesh is weak, my handy man ain't handy no more

He's So Unusual
~(A. Lewis - A. Silver - A. Sherman, from Sweetie)

You talk of sweeties, bashful sweeties,
I got one of those,
Oh, he's handsome as can be,
But he worries me;
He goes to college and gathers knowledge,
Hooh! What that boy knows!
He's up in his Latin and Greek,
But in his sheikin', he's weak!

'Cause when I want some lovin',
And I gotta have some lovin',
He says, "Please! Stop it, please!"
He's so unusual!

When I want some kissin',
And I gotta have some kissin',
He says, "No! Let me go."
He's so unusual!

I know lots of boys who would be crazy over me,
If they only had this fellow's opportunity.
You know, I would let him pet me,
But the darn fool, he doesn't let me!
Oh, he's so unusual that he drives me wild!

When we're in the moonlight,
He says, "I don't like the moonlight.
Aw, let's not talk in the dark."
Huh, he's so unusual!

And when we're riding in a taxi,
He converses with the cheuffeur,
Oh, why don't he talk to me?
Oh, he's so different!

Others would be tickled pink to bop-op-a-dop-e-dop!
He don't even know what bop-op-op-a-dop's about!
He says love is hokum,
Oh, I'd like to choke, choke, choke him!
'Cause he's so unusual that he drives me wild!

You might as well be by yourself as in his company,
When we're out together, I'm as lonesome as can be.

But still I'm mad about him,
And I just can't live without him;
'Cause he's so unusual that he drives me bop-bop-a-dop-bop!