[78-L] The "F" word in popular music

[simmonssomer]

I always thought that was Joe Venuti who croaked it.

Al Simmons

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Lennick" <dlennick at sympatico.ca>
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Sent: Tuesday, January 18, 2011 6:55 PM
Subject: Re: [78-L] The "F" word in popular music


> You mean Willie's version actually DOES drop the F bomb? Duchin's clearly 
> says
> "buck buck bucket" and I'll bet money on it.
>
> And of course there's Barnacle Bill the Sh*thead, croaked by Carson 
> Robison on
> the Hoagy Carmichael record.
>
> dl
>
> On 1/18/2011 6:50 PM, Dennis Flannigan wrote:
>> Listening to the 1938 recording on Bluebird, Bb 7685, of Willie Farmer 
>> and
>> his Orchestra's, "Old Man Mose." It's not the first time I've heard the
>> tuneful chant of the F-word, nor probably the last. But wonder what was 
>> the
>> first record to sneak in a chorus of "F***-Its" onto wax?
>>
>> Like some other times I've heard it, it begins with the word bucket, and
>> quickly moves straight to the main stage.
>>
>> Any earlier sing alongs over the years - any before 1938?
>>
>> Dennis
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