[78-L] Rhythmic "sprituals" of the early 1930s

[Bud Black]

Rhythm Saved The World - Louis Armstrong; blue label Decca

Bud 
 
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From: David Lewis
Date: 8/14/2009 5:12:59 PM
To: 78 78
Subject: [78-L] Rhythmic "sprituals" of the early 1930s
 
Oh Cary, definitely "In Dat Mornin'" by Jimmie Lunceford and his Chickasaw
Syncopators, for my money one of the most amazing 78 rpm records ever made.
 
 
 
Uncle Dave Lewis uncledavelewis at hotmail.com
 
 
 
 
I don't believe "Ol' Man River" works in this context. I'm speaking of
uplifting, camp meeting- type spirituals, not ones that sing of the plight
of the downtrodden Negro, as this one was. Louis Armstrong did a few of
these for Bluebird and Decca in the 1930s, but I don't recall him doing any
during his OKeh period.
 
 
 
Cary Ginell
 
> Date: Fri, 14 Aug 2009 20:49:04 +0000
> From: fnarf at comcast.net
> To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
> Subject: Re: [78-L] Rhythmic "sprituals" of the early 1930s
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> I would assume that these derive ultimately from "Show Boat", Kern and
Hammerstein 1927. "Ol' Man River" was meant to be a spiritual. Am I offbase?
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> From: "Cary Ginell" <soundthink at live.com>
> To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
> Sent: Friday, August 14, 2009 1:34:09 PM GMT -08:00 US/Canada Pacific
> Subject: [78-L] Rhythmic "sprituals" of the early 1930s
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> I was listening to Cole Porter's "Blow, Gabriel, Blow" today and was
wondering about precedents for this idea in Tin Pan Alley. The style was in
the form of a camp meeting spiritual, with a mock sermonizing lyric. Three
songs that preceded this were "Oh, Monah," "On Revival Day" and "Sing, You
Sinners." Without going off on a tangent, can anyone supply me with further
examples of pop songs using the spiritual form? Keep in mind that Anything
Goes was on Broadway in 1934, so the songs would have to predate that ("All
God's Chillun Got Rhythm" doesn't count; it came out in 1937; "Ol' Man Mose"
came out in 1936, I believe.).
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> Cary Ginell
 
 
 
 
 
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