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

Taylor Bowie bowiebks at isomedia.com
Sat Aug 15 12:33:15 PDT 2009


Cary,  Perhaps they've been mentioned but two Vincent Youmans tunes seem to 
fit the bill:  Hallelujah and Great Day.

Taylor



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Cary Ginell" <soundthink at live.com>
To: <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
Sent: Saturday, August 15, 2009 9:58 AM
Subject: Re: [78-L] Rhythmic "sprituals" of the early 1930s



That's great, Jeff. Perfect examples of what I was looking for.



Cary

> Date: Sat, 15 Aug 2009 09:53:52 -0700
> To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
> From: jeff at swazoo.com
> Subject: Re: [78-L] Rhythmic "sprituals" of the early 1930s
>
>
> > Without going off on a tangent, can anyone supply me with further
> > examples of pop songs using the spiritual form?
> >
> >Cary Ginell
>
> Alex Hill wrote a number of these in addition to On Revival Day:
>
> Let's Have a Jubilee, recorded by Alex Hill and Louis Prima
> Shout, Sister, Shout, recorded by Clarence Williams and The Boswell 
> Sisters
> Keep a Song in Your Soul, recorded by many including Jack Teagarden
> and Bojangles
>
> Dancing the Devil Away, written by Bert Kalmar, Otto Harbach and
> Harry Ruby in 1927, may also be one of these. The Arden-Ohman
> orchestra recorded it in 1930.
>
>
> - Jeff Lichtman
> jeff at swazoo.com
> Check out Swazoo Koolak's Web Jukebox at
> http://swazoo.com/
>
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