[78-L] Summertime

[Ray Kilcoyne]

Guy Lombardo DID record SUMMERTIME on November 10, 1937, but no vocal.
RayK
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If Artie Shaw could record Irving Berlin¹s ³Suppertime,² about a lynching,
as a dance band record with vocal,then I don¹t see what would prevent
³Summertime² from being done that way. I think the perception of the PORGY
AND BESS songs being too highbrow may have kept the dance bands from it.
Certainly Guy Lombardo and Leo Reisman did some of the ³lighter² songs
from the show in dance band renditions.
Dave Weiner
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On 6/6/15, 8:01 PM, "Julian Vein" wrote:
>Yes, I'm aware of those. What I was drawing attention to was that there
>was only one commercially issued version by a dance band with a vocal.
>Was it considered too hot to handle?
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>      Julian Vein