[78-L] War Of The Wolrds

[Kristjan Saag]

Certainly there were newer songs in 1938 than those recorded in 1931.
But I'm not sure Xavier Cugat in New York, Ted Fiorito in Los Angeles, 
Lecuona Cuban Boys in Paris, Rosita Serrano in Berlin and Harry Roy & 
Mantovani in London and would have agreed that they recorded dated songs 
when they recorded "La Paloma" or "La Cumparsita" in 1937-1939. These 
were songs that had become classics. And that's a different matter.
As for "Stardust": both Benny Goodman and Bing Crosby re-recorded it in 
1939, Mills Brothers recorded it the same year...was that thanks to "War 
Of The Worlds"?

What we have to ask is if the time frames for popularity really were the 
same in those days as they are today? And if they were the same among 
the public in a hotel ballroom as among a&r men in record companies?
Kristjan




On 2020-09-15 19:12, David Weiner wrote:
> Actually, but 1938, all the songs played on the show by the dance band 
> were thoroughly dated - they would have been appropriate in 1931, but 
> by 1938 there were many newer Latin tunes that had far greater 
> currency. Dave Weiner On 9/15/20, 9:07 AM, "Peter Muhr" 
> <78-l-bounces at klickitat.78online.com on behalf of 
> pemuhr at gmail.com.invalid> wrote: Everything, including the Tchaikovsky 
> opening, was played live by a studio orchestra. Peter On Tue, Sep 15, 
> 2020 at 4:23 AM Kristjan Saag <saag at telia.com.invalid> wrote: > > Was 
> the music used in the Orson Wells radio drama taken from commercial > 
> recordings or played by a studio orchestra? I've searched for possible 
> > commercial sources, but haven't found any. "La Paloma", for 
> instance, > had a revival as dance band number in the 1930's, thanks 
> to a few > movies, probably, and notable recordings were made in 1937 
> by Lecuona > Cuban Boys and in 1938 by Xavier Cugat as well as Rosita 
> Serrano. > But none of these were used in the radio drama. > Any 
> suggestions? > Kristjan > > > > > --- > This email has been checked 
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