[78-L] When it's apple blossom time in Orange, New Jersey

David Lennick dlennick at sympatico.ca
Tue Nov 16 12:08:55 PST 2010


On 11/16/2010 11:33 AM, Michael Biel wrote:
> From: L78rpm at aol.com
>> They were inspired by several songs of the 1910s:
>> When It's Apple Blossom Time in Normandy

And A Peach of a Pair, as sung by the lovely Russ Columbo.
>
> Are you saying that the Sylvia Fine is the first composer of the New
> Jersey version?  It wasn't an old song?

Sylvia Fine and Max Liebman, per the record label.
>
>> When It's Peach Picking Time in Delaware
>
> How about "When It's Pea Picking Time in Tennessee"?
> (Bless your little pea picking heart!)
>
>> and then a parody in Jerome Kern's "Oh, Boy!" ---
>> When It's Nesting Time in Flatbush
>> Paul Charosh
>
> Was this recorded?  Always looking for Brooklyn songs.
>
I'm Gonna Hang My Heart on a Tree that Grows in Brooklyn..Patsy Kelly on V-Disc

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