“Forgotten music on 78 records" by Curt Hahn
Broadcast from “Tech Storyteller with a heart “on www.Blogtalkradio.com/techstoryteller
Why tell Saturday stories with songs?
Richard Himber & His Orchestra A: Fun to Be Fooled
B: Let’s Take a Walk around the Block
Frank Sinatra A Lovely Way to Spend an Evening
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All on Shellac 10” 78 RPM
Richard Himber & His Orchestra
A: Fun to Be Fooled
Release date 1934 (estimated) 7/13/1934
Label Victor 24680
B: Let’s Take a Walk around the Block
Written By E.Y. Harburg, Harold Arlen, Ira Gershwin
Vocal Refrain by Joey Nash
"Let's Take a Walk around the Block" is a popular song composed by Harold Arlen, with lyrics written by Ira Gershwin and E.Y. Harburg.
It was introduced in the musical Life Begins at 8:40, which opened August 27, 1934 on Broadway.
Frank Sinatra A Lovely Way to Spend an Evening
Columbia 36687 1944
B: A Lovely Way to Spend an Evening
Written by Adamson, McHugh
From the Movie “Higher and Higher “
Higher and Higher is a 1944 musical film starring Michèle Morgan, Jack Haley, and Frank Sinatra (in his film debut), loosely based on a 1940 Broadway musical written by Gladys Hurlbut and Joshua Logan.
