[78-L] Bell bottom trousers

Julian Vein julianvein at blueyonder.co.uk
Thu Apr 23 14:13:54 PDT 2009


David Lennick wrote:
> Jerry Colonna
> Tony Pastor
> Guy Lombardo
> The Jesters
> Kay Kyser
> Louis Prima
> 
> Of these, I haven't heard the Kyser and can't remember the Jesters version. But 
> it seemed to me that the Prima retained a little of the salt of the original.
> 
> dl
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Kay Kyser's version is mainly of interest for the great tenor sax solo 
by Herbie Haymer, where briefly the band sounds like Illinois Jacquet 
with Basie!

Ginny Simms and Connee Boswell both did it on V-Disc. I agree about the 
Prima version.

      Julian Vein




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