[78-L] the song title switcheroo

[Dan Van Landingham]

I had "Old Buttermilk Sky" at one time.It was a record that meant nothing to me.Years earlier,I had Kyser's 1946 recording of "Slowly" which I had heard back in 1958 as a seven year old when my panrents bought a Philco radio and phonograph combination for $10 from some neighbors.Kyser was leading a good band.I once owned a Brunswick 78 of his "Shortnin' Bread";now that was a corny band.That record would have made a good Frisbee.
 

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 From: David Weiner <djwein at earthlink.net>
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There are several Columbia-licensed Kyser Cds on Collectables and
Collectors Choice that are full of alternate takes - no one has done
take-by-take study of his output as discographers have done with Goodman
and Ellington! You just have to be familiar with the 78s to catch the
differences. 

Dave Weiner

On 8/12/13 1:09 PM, "Taylor Bowie" <bowiebks at isomedia.com> wrote:

>Oh,  no!!!  Any way to tell the difference from the labels of the two
>versions?
>
>Speaking of two versions,  there is a version on YouTube of Kyser's Old
>Buttermilk Sky which does not sound like my issued Columbia,  although
>it's 
>the same chart and with Michael Douglas and the girls singing.  Does
>anyone 
>know the source of this...is it a second or unissued take?
>
>The Kyser band in the 40s was outstanding...they had come quite a way
>from 
>the days of the Three Little Fishes...
>
>
>Thanks from
>
>Taylor
>
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "David Weiner" <djwein at earthlink.net>
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>Sent: Monday, August 12, 2013 9:48 AM
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>
>
>> Funny you should mention that about the Kyser-Babbitt record - they
>> actually recorded it twice, first with original lyrics and then shortly
>> after with more -man-friendly ones. And both versions have been issued.
>>
>> Dave Weiner
>>
>> On 8/12/13 12:44 PM, "Randy Watts" <rew1014 at yahoo.com> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>Along these lines, I think the lyrical gender-switch that bothers me
>>>most
>>>is when women sing "Have You Met Miss Jones" and change it to something
>>>like "Sir Jones" or "Old Jones," or try to squeeze "Mister Jones" into
>>>the notes for "Miss Jones."
>>>
>>>Kay Kyser's "He Wears a Pair of Silver Wings" always sounds like a lyric
>>>more suited to a woman than to Harry Babbitt. Patti Page's "I Went to
>>>Your Wedding," conversely, sounds like a lyric written for a man.
>>>
>>>Randy
>>>
>>>
>>>------------------------------
>>>On Mon, Aug 12, 2013 10:28 AM CDT Bud Black wrote:
>>>
>>>>I have never heard a female sing "Old Man River," or any male sing "My
>>>>Man.". That's not to say it never happened!
>>>>
>>>>Bud
>>>>
>>>>Sent from my iPad
>>>>
>>>>On Aug 12, 2013, at 10:24 AM, Dave Burnham <burnhamd at rogers.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I know that but I was looking only at the period when it might have
>>>>>been recorded.
>>>>>
>>>>> db
>>>>>
>>>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>>>
>>>>> On 2013-08-12, at 4:22 AM, Don Cox <doncox at enterprise.net> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> On 11/08/2013, Dave Burnham wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> I don't know about a song's gender being changed to accommodate the
>>>>>> singer but surely one of the first to be changed to accommodate the
>>>>>> singee would be "God save the Queen" changed to "God save the King"
>>>>>>in
>>>>>> 1902 for Edward VII.
>>>>>>
>>>>> It was "God Save the King" until 1837.
>>>>>
>>>>> Regards
>>>>> -- 
>>>>> Don Cox
>>>
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