Tag: Goofus Five

From the Record Shelves #345 – I Had Someone Else Before I Had You – A hundred years from today, but backwards, we had March 16, 1925; that was a Monday. A group including Red Nichols, Jimmy Dorsey, and Adrian Rollini cut a record of a pop tune. The idea of forming this studio group came from (…) read more and listenread more and listen

From the Studio #77 – A Blues Serenade – This nice, little 16-bar melody is quite haunting and has a fitting title. In an early Vitaphone short, we can see Jimmy Lytell as he performs it on clarinet with The Capitolians. It’s written by Mitchell Parish in collaboration with pianist Frank Signorelli (…) read more and listenread more and listen

From the Studio #76 – I Left My Sugar Standing in the Rain – Inspiration for this song came first and foremost from a recording by Bing Crosby with Paul Whiteman’s Rhythm Boys, where they incorporate it with Mississippi Mud. Later I found a favorite also in an excellent recording by Adrian Rollini (…) read more and listenread more and listen