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Author: GBK
Date: 2011-12-06 05:22
"I'm Looking for a Guy Who Plays Alto and Baritone and Doubles on a Clarinet and Wears a Size 37 Suit"
One of the longest song titles ever, for a popular song.
Ozzie Nelson and his Orchestra (1941)
Listen to the words of the song. They don't write them like this any longer. Great photos too.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6RFXEjx6oVs
...GBK
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Author: BobD
Date: 2011-12-06 12:13
You're right Glenn. Ozzie and Harriett were such great entertainers, especially on radio........
Bob Draznik
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Author: Ken Shaw ★2017
Date: 2011-12-06 15:08
The Guinness Book says that the longest title is Hoagy Carmichael's
I'm a Cranky Old Yank in a Clanky Old Tank on the Streets of Yokohama with My Honolulu Mama Doin' Those Beat-o Beat-o Flat on My Feet-o Hirohito Blues.
Ken Shaw
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Author: Hank Lehrer
Date: 2011-12-07 11:07
I just got that call and had to turn it down. It was Reed V for a show that I never heard of.
Had they said Ozzie and Harriett...
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Author: BobD
Date: 2011-12-07 12:35
Hoagy was a strange Hoosier dude .........did some great movie pieces...
Bob Draznik
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Author: johng ★2017
Date: 2011-12-07 13:27
One of my favorite old song titles is a 1919 song with lyrics by Gill Wells: You Cannont Shake That "Shimmie" Here.
The chorus involves a clarinet, so it is appropriate to put in here
The clarinet begins to cry.
Hits one mean note away up high,
And in a minor tone, it plays the weary blues.
So pretty
Cornet rolls ev'ry one steps back.
Starts in doing the Ball and Jack.
While they are a-playing
Ev'rybody's swaying
Wearing out their dancing shoes.
The slide trombone begins to moan,
I'm Alabama bound, I'm Alabama bound.
The piano player hollers loud and clear.
Stop, look, hesitate.
I stand right here to state.
You cannot shake that "Shimmie" here.
John Gibson, Founder of JB Linear Music, www.music4woodwinds.com
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