[78-L] 78 Thanks

David Lennick dlennick at sympatico.ca
Thu Nov 27 15:58:31 PST 2008


And technically, the Boston Pops' Prayer of Thanksgiving is the Dutch National 
Anthem (also a Mennonite hymn).

dl

Michael Biel wrote:
> Michael Biel wrote:
>> David Lennick wrote:
>>   
>>> How did I not notice "1942 Turkey In The Straw" already in Cary's list?
>>>
>>> And if we have to have the original Turkey, let's at least make it by Gid 
>>> Tanner, or David Guion's arrangement played by the Boston Pops.
>>>
>>>     
> Oh, I forgot to include this -- what makes Gid Tanner's version so 
> "original"???  Billy Golden was decades earlier!!  He even recorded it 
> for Berliner. 
> 
> And I see listed in Moran & Fagen another interesting tune on an 
> interesting date:
> The Turkey and the Turk, Will F. Denny  Victor 955  (A-955-1) 
>          Monarch 3563 (3563-1)   Sept. 11, 1901   (M retired Oct 25, 
> 1902  622 copies)
> 
> Mike Biel  mbiel at mbiel.com
> 
>>> Turk In the Murkadurk..Cyril Ritchard (still 78 era, but on LP)
>>>   
>>>     
>> Along that line, how come nobody has mentioned Turk Murphy??
>>
>> And shame, Shame, SHAME on ALL of you for not including the most 
>> important Thanksgiving recording ever made --
>> Stan Freberg's Pilgrim Progress (Take An Indian To Lunch) and The 
>> Thanksgiving Story (Under the Double Turkey) !!!!!
>> These might not have been on 78, but Freberg was.
>>
>> Mike Biel   mbiel at mbiel.com
>>
>>   
>>> Pass the Biscuits Mirandy..Spike Jones
>>> Everybody's Doing It (Turkey Trot)..Ben Pollack
>>>
>>> dl
>>>
>>> kil at roadrunner.com wrote:
>>>   
>>>     
>>>>        Also....
>>>> THANKS FOR EVERYTHING - TD & Edythe, Shaw & Forrest
>>>> PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING - Fiedler & BPO
>>>> PLEASE PASS THE BISCUITS - Jimmy Dean
>>>> TAKE AN OLD COLD 'TATER AND WAIT - Jimmy Dickens
>>>>      did anyone say
>>>> TURKEY IN THE STRAW - Ken Griffin
>>>>      I didn't think so
>>>> RayK
>>>> ---- Bud Black <banjobud at cfl.rr.com> wrote: 
>>>>     
>>>>       
>>>>> How about "Thanksgiving," by the Casa Loma Orchestra?
>>>>>
>>>>> Bud 
>>>>>  
>>>>> -------Original Message-------
>>>>>  
>>>>> From: David Lennick
>>>>> Date: 11/27/08 14:55:13
>>>>> To: 78-L Mail List
>>>>> Subject: Re: [78-L] 78 Thanks
>>>>>  
>>>>> Aw c'mon..you left out the most obvious one:
>>>>>  
>>>>> I've Plenty To Be Thankful For..Bing Crosby (Holiday Inn)
>>>>>  
>>>>> How about:
>>>>>  
>>>>> 1942 Turkey In The Straw..Carson Robison
>>>>> I Get the Neck of the Chicken..Freddy Martin
>>>>> Sweet Potato Piper..Glenn Miller, Bing Crosby
>>>>> The Coat and Pants Do All the Work and The Vest Gets All the Gravy
>>>>>   --Hoosier Hot Shots and others
>>>>> When The Mush Begins to Rush Down Father's Vest..Shlep Fields
>>>>> Eep, Ipe, Wanna Piece of Pie..Fats Waller
>>>>>  
>>>>> dl
>>>>>  
>>>>> soundthink at aol.com wrote:
>>>>>       
>>>>>         
>>>>>> Thanks - Johnny Bond (Columbia)
>>>>>> Thanks - Bing Crosby (Brunswick)
>>>>>> Thanks a Lot - Ernest Tubb (Decca)
>>>>>> Thanks a Lot - Johnny Cash (Sun)
>>>>>> Thanks a Million - Louis Armstrong (Decca)
>>>>>> Thanks for the Memory - Bob Hope & Shirley Ross (Decca)
>>>>>> Thanks to You - Gus Arnheim (Brunswick)
>>>>>> How Can I Thank You - Shirley Temple (20th C. Fox)
>>>>>> I Thank You Mr. Moon - Tom Dickey Show Boys (Bluebird)
>>>>>> Thank You So Much, Mrs. Lowsborough-Goodby - Cole Porter (Victor)
>>>>>> Wham! Bam! Thank You, Ma'am - Hank Penny (King)
>>>>>> 1942 Turkey in the Straw - Carson Robison (Bluebird)
>>>>>> The Turkey Shoot (Richard Rodgers) from "Victory at Sea" - Robert Russell
>>>>>>         
>>>>>>           
>>>>> Bennett - RCA Victor
>>>>>       
>>>>>         
>>>>>> Turkey Buzzard Blues - Peg Leg Howell & Eddie Anthony (Columbia)
>>>>>> Turkey in the Straw - Kessinger Brothers (Brunswick)
>>>>>> Turkey Leg Woman - Dr. Isaiah Ross (Sun)
>>>>>> Turkey's in the Pea Patch - Shorty Ashford (Mar-Vel)
>>>>>> Twilight in Turkey - Raymond Scott Quintette (Master)
>>>>>> Talk Gobbler Talk - Johnny Horton (Abbott)
>>>>>> Gabby the Gobbler - Roy Rogers (RCA Victor)
>>>>>> The Yam - Jimmy Dorsey (Decca)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Happy Thanksgiving from the Ginells (Cary, Gail, Brian, and Adam), and all
>>>>>>         
>>>>>>           
>>>>> 'dem rekkids.
>>>>>       
>>>>>         
>>>>>> Cary Ginell
>>>>>> Origin Jazz Library
>>>>>> www.originjazz.com
>>>>>>
>>>>>>         



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