[78-L] Milkman's Matinee

[Malcolm Rockwell]

Hey... keep those bottles quiet! (Quiet? Quyatt!).
M

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On 1/18/2014 3:58 AM, David Lennick wrote:
> What's a "milkman"?
>
> dl (and yes, I remember them)
>
> On 1/18/2014 6:30 AM, Julian Vein wrote:
>> This morning the milkman rang the bell, and I went to answer it. I heard
>> him "singing" a phrase which reminded me of something. I remarked that
>> sounded like "Woody Woodpecker", which he remembered (he's older than me).
>>
>> I decided to play it from the Jasmine Kay Kyser double CD JASCD 398. I
>> noted that it was recorded, along with "Slowboat To China", on 31
>> December 1947, just before the recording band came into effect. I don't
>> know how many other versions there were of it at the time, but it set me
>> thinking if they hadn't decided to record it that day, then history may
>> have turned out quite differently.
>>
>> Kyser also managed to squeeze in a couple of other popular titles the
>> day before the first recording ban on 31 July 1942: "Praise The Lord And
>> Pass The Ammunition" and "Strip Polka".
>>
>> Another thing I noted was that the personnel given for "Bell Bottom
>> Trousers" isn't one that includes the featured soloist, Herbie Haymer.
>>
>> I dug Clyde Rogers's imitation of Jerry Colonna on "Horses Don't Bet On
>> People"!
>>
>>         Julian Vein
>>