[78-L] Stolen tunes
Dan Van Landingham
danvanlandingham at yahoo.com
Fri Jul 12 10:16:53 PDT 2013
I had a few different versions of the Anniversary Song but it wasn't until a few years ago I heard "Danube Waltz" on a cassette put out by Reader's Digest.I had first heard "Anniversary Waltz" by Jolson via the Decca album he recorded at the time "The Jolson Story" came out with Larry Parks.The last version of the song I acquired was on an Everest produced LP of Artie Shaw which I also have on a couple of cheapie LPs-Galaxy and GoldenTone,I think-as well as on a cheapie MGM album called "Metro".Albert Marx reacquired the
original Musicraft masters and rereleased them on his reactivated Musicraft label around 1982 or so.The late Skeets Herfurt provided me with the missing personnel back in the mid to late '80s during a phone conversation I had with him;he played lead alto on the dates which were in June of 1946.I'd known him for some 10 years up until his death in 1992.He told me that Shaw had a small interest in Musicraft-to the tune of about 15%.
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On Thu, 7/11/13, Kristjan Saag <saag at telia.com> wrote:
Subject: Re: [78-L] Stolen tunes
To: "78-L Mail List" <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
Date: Thursday, July 11, 2013, 4:48 PM
"A Load Of Hay"
Kristjan
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On 2013-07-11 21:42, Dave Burnham wrote:
> Hey, dl, what was the Doris Day tune that you brought
up a couple of years ago based on "Narcissus"?
>
> db
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On 2013-07-11, at 2:59 PM, "Ray Kilcoyne" <kil at roadrunner.com>
wrote:
>
>> Speaking of Jolson, his ANNIVERSARY SONG was
adapted from Sophocles Papas Ivanovici's "Danube Waves
Waltz".
>> RayK
>>>
>> From: David Lennick
>> Before "Night", somebody recorded it as "Go" in the
early 50s. Tony Martin sang
>> O Sole Mio as "There's No Tomorrow", Elvis sang it
as "It's Now or Never". Al
>> Jolson's "Avalon" was adapted from "E Lucevan le
Stelle", and Puccini
>> apparently told his lawyer not to sue unless it was
a hit. And the Crew Cuts
>> made an entire lp of classical adaptations.
>>>
>> Dan Van Landingham wrote:
>>> In the late fifties,the late Jackie Wilson
recorded a couple of sides,"Night" which was based on "My
Heart at Thy Sweet Voice" by Saint-Seans and "Alone At Last"
based on the first movement of Tschaikowsky's Piano Concerto
No.1.Some years later,an all girl group from the sixties
recorded a number called "The Mountain of Our Love" based on
"In The Hall of the Mountain King" by Grieg.That one dated
from about 1964 or thereabouts;I don't remember the name of
the group.Tschaikowsky was a gold mine for melodies that
were used.I had that one 78 on OKeh that was based on the
first movement of his Symphony No.6 in b minor but I can't
remember the name of the tune nor the artist.I first thought
it was Les Brown but I don't think it was.More like Frankie
Masters.I haven't seen it in years.Then there was that
Coleman Hawkins recording of "How Strange":I have it on CD
but I also have it on a Bluebird 78 by Van Alexander on
B-10189-B.According to the label,it was
>>> based on a work by one
B.A.Prozorovsky called "Kak Stranno" and was featured in an
MGM movie called "Idiot's Delight".In the RCA/Reader's
Digest set,"The Great Band Era",there is a 1941 recording of
"The Things I Love" by Jan Savitt:it was based on a
Tschaikowsky piece.Brown's recording of "Everybody's Making
Money but Tschaikowsky" was timely:as I said,many of his
melodies were used,especially during the ASCAP war against
radio in the early forties.
>>>
>>>
>>>
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>>> On Wed, 7/10/13, David Lennick<dlennick at sympatico.ca>
wrote:
>>>
>>> Subject: Re: [78-L] Stolen
tunes, was Re: Fwd: The results of your email
commands
>>> To: "78-L Mail List"<78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
>>> Date: Wednesday, July 10,
2013, 9:30 AM
>>>
>>> And "Life in the Finland
Woods"
>>> became "Mocking Bird Hill".
>>>
>>> dl
>>>
>>> On 7/10/2013 10:27 AM, Bud
Black wrote:
>>> > And the Cuckoo
Waltz became The Louisiana Lullabye.
>>> (byoo byay)
>>> >
>>> > Bud
>>> >
>>> > Sent from my iPad
>>> >
>>> > On Jul 9, 2013, at
7:43 PM, David Lennick<dlennick at sympatico.ca>¬
>>> wrote:
>>> >
>>> >> I don't know,
but I wonder if Yablokoff also sued
>>> Cole Porter? The second
>>> >> strain of "My
Heart Belongs to Daddy" bears more
>>> than a passing resemblance to
>>> >> Yablokoff's
song "Papirosen", the melody of which
>>> HE took from a traditional
>>> >> Yiddish
melody.
>>> >>
>>> >> And the Lucky
Strike "Be Happy, Go Lucky" jingle
>>> can be heard almost note for
>>> >> note in a
Mozart Piano Concerto.
>>> >>
>>> >> dl
>>> >>
>>> >> On 7/9/2013
6:56 PM, Doug Pomeroy wrote:
>>> >>> Why is this
message being rejected, can anyone
>>> tell me?
>>> >>>
>>> >>> I did not
include (or even exclude!) any
>>> "non-text/plain MIME parts"
>>> >>>
>>> >>> What's this
all about?????
>>> >>>
>>> >>> Begin
forwarded message:
>>> >>>
>>> >>>> From:
78-l-bounces at klickitat.78online.com
>>> >>>>
Subject: The results of your email
>>> commands
>>> >>>> Date:
July 9, 2013 6:43:07 PM EDT
>>> >>>> To: audiofixer at verizon.net
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>> The
results of your email command are
>>> provided below. Attached is
your
>>> >>>>
original message.
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>> -
Results:
>>> >>>>¬ ¬ ¬
¬ Ignoring
>>> non-text/plain MIME parts
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>> -
Unprocessed:
>>> >>>>¬ ¬ ¬
¬ while listening to
>>> the second movement of
Dvorak's Piano Quintet=20
>>> >>>>¬ ¬ ¬
¬ #2, Op. 81, that I
>>> recognized what sounds like
the source of Eden=20
>>> >>>>¬ ¬ ¬
¬ Ahbez's song
>>> "Nature Boy".¬
Wikipedia adds this background:
>>> >>>>¬ ¬ ¬
¬ Yiddish theater
>>> star/producer Herman
Yablokoff, in Memoirs of the =
>>> >>>>¬ ¬ ¬
¬ Yiddish Stage,
>>> claimed that the melody to
"Nature Boy" was plagiarized =
>>> >>>>¬ ¬ ¬
¬ from his song
>>> "Shvayg, Mayn Harts" ("Hush,
My Heart"), which he wrote =
>>> >>>>¬ ¬ ¬
¬ for his play
>>> Papirosn (1935).¬ Ahbez
protested his innocence,
>>> claiming =
>>> >>>>¬ ¬ ¬
¬ to have =93heard
>>> the tune in the mist of the
California mountains,=94 =
>>> >>>>¬ ¬ ¬
¬ but later agreed to
>>> pay Yablokoff in an
out-of-court settlement.
>>> >>>>¬ ¬ ¬
¬ Ah, those misty
>>> California mountains!
>>> >>>>¬ ¬ ¬
¬ Doug Pomeroy
>>> >>>>¬ ¬ ¬
¬ Audio Restoration
>>> and Mastering Services
>>> >>>>¬ ¬ ¬
¬ 193 Baltic St
>>> >>>>¬ ¬ ¬
¬ Brooklyn, NY¬
>>> 11201-6173
>>> >>>>¬ ¬ ¬
¬ (718) 855-2650
>>> >>>>¬ ¬ ¬
¬ audiofixer at verizon.net
>>> >>>>>
Message: 7
>>> >>>>>
Date: Tue, 09 Jul 2013 16:47:10 -0400
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>> -
Ignored:
>>> >>>>>
From: David Weiner<djwein at earthlink.net>
>>> >>>>>
Subject: Re: [78-L] Lenny
>>> >>>>> To:
78-L Mail List<78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
>>> >>>>>
Message-ID:<CE01EB6D.3BBDE%djwein at earthlink.net>
>>> >>>>>
Content-Type: text/plain;¬ ¬
>>> charset=3D"US-ASCII"
>>> >>>>>
=20
>>> >>>>>
Dozens and dozens more - too lazy to
>>> look up what they were adapted
=
>>> >>>>¬ ¬ ¬
¬ from,
>>> >>>>> but
here are titles:
>>> >>>>>
=20
>>> >>>>> MY
REVERIE - Debussy
>>> >>>>> THE
LAMP IS LOW - Ravel
>>> >>>>> MY
FANTASY (1940)/TWILIGHT
>>> (1950)/STRANGER IN PARADISE
(1953)- all =
>>> >>>>¬ ¬ ¬
¬ adapted
>>> >>>>>
from the same Borodin melody
>>> >>>>>
BAUBLES,
>>> BANGLES&¬ ¬ ¬ BEADS -
Borodin
>>> >>>>> AND
THIS IS MY BELOVED - Borodin
>>> >>>>>
STORY OF A STARRY NIGHT - Tchaikovsky
>>> >>>>>
FULL MOON AND EMPTY ARMS -
>>> Rachmaninoff
>>> >>>>>
TILL THE END OF TIME - Chopin
>>> >>>>> IF
YOU ARE BUT A DREAM - Rubenstein
>>> >>>>>
STRANDE MUSIC =3D Grieg
>>> >>>>> HOT
DIGGETY - Chabrier
>>> >>>>> I'M
ALWAYS CHASING RAINBOWS - Chopin
>>> >>>>>
=20
>>> >>>>> And
on and on.....
>>> >>>>>
=20
>>> >>>>>
Dave Weiner
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>> -
Done.
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>> From:
Doug Pomeroy<audiofixer at verizon.net>
>>> >>>>
Subject: Classical tunes used for pop
>>> songs, was Re: [78-L] Lenny
>>> >>>> Date:
July 9, 2013 6:47:33 PM EDT
>>> >>>> To: 78-l-request at klickitat.78online.com
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>> Maybe
someone else has mentioned this, but
>>> it's only recently,
>>> >>>> while
listening to the second movement of
>>> Dvorak's Piano Quintet
>>> >>>> #2, Op.
81, that I recognized what sounds
>>> like the source of Eden
>>> >>>> Ahbez's
song "Nature Boy".¬ Wikipedia
>>> adds this background:
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>> Yiddish
theater star/producer Herman
>>> Yablokoff, in Memoirs of the
Yiddish Stage, claimed that the
>>> melody to "Nature Boy" was
plagiarized from his song
>>> "Shvayg, Mayn Harts" ("Hush,
My Heart"), which he wrote for
>>> his play Papirosn
(1935).¬ Ahbez protested his
>>> innocence, claiming to have
,Äúheard the tune in the mist of
>>> the California mountains,,Äù
but later agreed to pay
>>> Yablokoff in an out-of-court
settlement.
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>> Ah,
those misty California mountains!
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>> Doug
Pomeroy
>>> >>>> Audio
Restoration and Mastering Services
>>> >>>> 193
Baltic St
>>> >>>>
Brooklyn, NY¬ 11201-6173
>>> >>>> (718)
855-2650
>>> >>>> audiofixer at verizon.net
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>>>
Message: 7
>>> >>>>>
Date: Tue, 09 Jul 2013 16:47:10 -0400
>>> >>>>>
From: David Weiner<djwein at earthlink.net>
>>> >>>>>
Subject: Re: [78-L] Lenny
>>> >>>>> To:
78-L Mail List<78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
>>> >>>>>
Message-ID:<CE01EB6D.3BBDE%djwein at earthlink.net>
>>> >>>>>
Content-Type: text/plain;¬ ¬
>>> charset="US-ASCII"
>>> >>>>>
>>> >>>>>
Dozens and dozens more - too lazy to
>>> look up what they were adapted
from,
>>> >>>>> but
here are titles:
>>> >>>>>
>>> >>>>> MY
REVERIE - Debussy
>>> >>>>> THE
LAMP IS LOW - Ravel
>>> >>>>> MY
FANTASY (1940)/TWILIGHT
>>> (1950)/STRANGER IN PARADISE
(1953)- all adapted
>>> >>>>>
from the same Borodin melody
>>> >>>>>
BAUBLES,
>>> BANGLES&¬ ¬ ¬ BEADS -
Borodin
>>> >>>>> AND
THIS IS MY BELOVED - Borodin
>>> >>>>>
STORY OF A STARRY NIGHT - Tchaikovsky
>>> >>>>>
FULL MOON AND EMPTY ARMS -
>>> Rachmaninoff
>>> >>>>>
TILL THE END OF TIME - Chopin
>>> >>>>> IF
YOU ARE BUT A DREAM - Rubenstein
>>> >>>>>
STRANDE MUSIC = Grieg
>>> >>>>> HOT
DIGGETY - Chabrier
>>> >>>>> I'M
ALWAYS CHASING RAINBOWS - Chopin
>>> >>>>>
>>> >>>>> And
on and on.....
>>> >>>>>
>>> >>>>>
Dave Weiner
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>
>>> >>> Doug
Pomeroy
>>> >>> Audio
Restoration and Mastering Services
>>> >>> 193 Baltic
St
>>> >>> Brooklyn,
NY¬ 11201-6173
>>> >>> (718)
855-2650
>>> >>> audiofixer at verizon.net
>>> >>>
>>> >>>
>>>
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