Never thought I'd see Nina Mae McKinney's name gets thrown in here

Harlepolis said:

Never thought I'd see Nina Mae McKinney's name gets thrown in here

I like watching old movies.

Very cool thread. Duke Ellington really stands the test of time without breaking a sweat.

Great thread topic!
A lot of "standards" were created in that era.


Coleman Hawkins...



...Body and Soul


Lee Wiley...



...But Not For Me


Duke Ellington...



...Mood Indigo


Louis Armstrong...



...I Cover The Waterfront


The Mills Brothers...



...Caravan


Slim Gaillard...



...Flat Foot Floogie


Tommy Dorsey...



...All The Things You Are



I wondered once if contemporary "musicians/singers" were transported back to an era like the '30s, how many would actually survive in the world of music.


Music for adventurous listeners

tA

Tribal Records

Without autotune and other cover-up devices not too many.

Hell, many of what we deem classics acts post 1950s wouldn't make it. Then again, how many from then would work out today? Imagine Annette Hanshaw and Ruth Etting tramping it up on MTV, or Duke Ellingtion collaborating with Lil Jon?

Shame i can't find 78rpms around here.

theAudience said:

I wondered once if contemporary "musicians/singers" were transported back to an era like the '30s, how many would actually survive in the world of music.

They probably wouldn't make much money, since the music business was mafia controlled back then. Also, non-white acts would have a real hard time (in the US), and so would "low class" white music like Hillbilly (an earlier term for Country & Western). The few majors of that time ignored that kind of music and mostly concentrated on "elite/high class" music like opera, classical, and Bing Crosby style crooner pop. The majors who did sell both "high" and "low" class acts had separate labels for them. I think it was either RCA or Columbia that had a red label (high) and a black label (low), and sold the "high class" records for a higher price than the "low class" records. That was the Depression era, and also wars going on. The shellac/plastic used to make records was limited for non-warfare use by the government. Songwriters didn't really make money from records or radio play, but from sheet music sales. Some small labels made their money from jukebox play, and not record sales, as most people couldn't afford a record player or Victrolla. Or they didn't live where records were sold. In a lot of cases, there weren't record stores per se. Records were sold in furniture stores, department and drug stores.

Irvin Berlin!

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I dare you to try to stay still during this song... if you can your in a semicoma.

This is Ms. Fiztgerald breakout song, it shot up to number one on the music chart and begun a 60 year career.

My favorite period for the blues... Pre-War.