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

[Cary Ginell]

All good stuff. Thanks to everyone who mentioned songs. I'm surprised nobody cited an article somewhere about the trend of rhythmic spirituals in the late '20s and early '30s. Anyone know of one? I'm wondering how much it had to do with the Depression in an attempt to "revive" Americans' flagging spirits with the hope and fervor inherent in revivalist songs.

 

Cary Ginell
 
> Date: Fri, 14 Aug 2009 17:18:59 -0400
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> Rhythm Saved The World - Louis Armstrong; blue label Decca
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> Bud 
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> From: David Lewis
> Date: 8/14/2009 5:12:59 PM
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> Subject: [78-L] Rhythmic "sprituals" of the early 1930s
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> 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.
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> Uncle Dave Lewis uncledavelewis at hotmail.com
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> 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.
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> Cary Ginell
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> > 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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