Tag: The Japanese Sandman

From the Studio #38 – Sleepy Time Gal – There was already an instrumental version of the song in 1925 by Fletcher Henderson, and many singers sang it, among them Cliff “Ukulele Ike” Edwards. While it was often either instrumental or vocal in the 1920s, I do a bit of (…) read more and listenread more and listen

From the Studio #37 – Thanks to You – My life once dragged along without… One happy day… It seems I never had… Those things that make folks glad… But now that’s all been changed about… Since I met you… I have things to be glad about too… Thanks to you dreams came true (…) read more and listenread more and listen

From the Studio #36 – The Japanese Sandman – Once in Paris, I was asked to sit in with a very fine big band. They wanted to play this tune, and I had to refuse since I didn’t know it. Well, of course I was familiar with a recording by Frankie Trumbauer’s Orchestra with Bix (…) read more and listenread more and listen