[78-L] Musical Mobsters

[David Lennick]

I don't think anybody's mentioned "The Gold Digger's Song"! Correct me if I'm 
wrong. (Commonly referred to as "We're In The Money".)

As for the end of Prohibition.."Cocktails For Two" specifically celebrates the 
new freedom in the opening verse (before Spike takes off).

dl

Steven C. Barr wrote:
> 
> The Depression? There are at best TWO recorded tunes
> which admit to there even BEING a depression...!! First,
> "Brother, Can You Spare a Dime, and second, "Remember
> My Forgotten Man!!" Other than that, the pop music of
> the era chose to pretend there WAS NO such thing as a
> depression going on! I have NO idea whether current pop
> music is repeating this "blindness"...anybody know?!
> 
> Finally...Prohibition?" MANY tunes released early in that
> era...in fact, it was a VERY popular subject for songs...but
> thereafter it gradually disappeared from pop music! Oddly
> enough, there were almost NO tunes about the end of
> prohibition c. 1932...?!
> 
> Steven C. Barr 
>