[78-L] Quoting Ginger Rogers and ignoring Glenn Miller

Jeff Lichtman jeff at swazoo.com
Wed Jan 21 23:17:16 PST 2009


>Aside from Bing's "White Christmas" and Judy Garland's "Over the 
>Rainbow," contemporary culture seems unaware that recordings existed 
>prior to 1955. From that prevailing point of view, "At Last" has to 
>be an Etta James song, even though we know better.
>
>Randy

Actually, "At Last" is a Mack Gordon - Harry Warren song more than 
it's a Glenn Miller song. People remember performers, but often 
forget the songwriters.


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