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Ernst van t'Hoff und sein Orchester -- Du Und Ich Im Mondenschein (1942)
(You And I In The Moonlight)
For a German recording of the period this one really swings. It sounds almost like a comparable American or British Big Band as opposed to the more distinctive "German swing" sound.

[video=youtube;TgDFODGSqQs]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TgDFODGSqQs&feature=channel_video_title[/video]
 

Connery

One Too Many
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Billie Holiday: Mean to me
[video=youtube;xSGsGXu9O0I]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xSGsGXu9O0I&feature=feedrec_grec_index[/video]
 

Shangas

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I am listening to one of my favourite songs of the accoustical era.

Billy Murray and the Haydn Quartet - By the Light of the Silvery Moon

[video=youtube;iR3dG3iiNqo]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iR3dG3iiNqo[/video]

This is the first time I've heard it sung in its entirety. The whole song plays out like an old-time silent movie. Here are the original lyrics as sung by Murray and the Quartet, back in 1909:

Place: Park. Scene: dark,
Silvery moon is shining through the trees,
Cast? Two. Me. You. Sound of kisses floating on the breeze!
Act one, begun. Dialogue: "Where would you like to spoon?"
My cue, with you, underneath the silvery moon!

By the light, (By the light, By the light),
Of the silvery moon, (The silvery moon).
I want to spoon, (Want to spoon, Want to spoon)
To my honey I'll croon love's tune.
Honeymoon, (Honeymoon, Honeymoon),
Keep a-shining in June. (Keep a-shining in June)
Your silvery beams will bring love dreams,
We'll be cuddling soon,
By the silvery moon.

Act two, scene new, roses blooming all around the place;
Cast three, you, me, Preacher with a solemn looking face.
Choir sings, bell rings, Preacher: "You are wed for evermore."
Act two, all through, every night the same encore.

By the light, (By the light, By the light),
Of the silvery moon, (The silvery moon).
I want to spoon, (Want to spoon, Want to spoon)
To my honey I'll croon love's tune.
Honeymoon, (Honeymoon, Honeymoon),
Keep a-shining in June. (Keep a-shining in June)
Your silvery beams will bring love dreams,
We'll be cuddling soon,
By the silvery moon (The silvery moon).
 
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Shangas said:
I am listening to one of my favourite songs of the accoustical era.

Billy Murray and the Haydn Quartet - By the Light of the Silvery Moon

Here's Billy with the Heidelberg Quintette in 1914

By The Beautiful Sea

[video=youtube;9yAQUYVPpTs]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9yAQUYVPpTs&feature=related[/video]
 

Nathan Dodge

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Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds- The Weeping Song

[video=youtube;TqhOVY58zIo]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TqhOVY58zIo&ob=av2n[/video]

I knew the song well upon its release but never saw the video...garbage bag sea and whiskey bottles...
 

Wally_Hood

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Richard Diamond, Private Detective, "The Bloody Hat Case ," July 2, 1949. Appropriately for a place called the Fedora Lounge, Rick has to track down a clue that leads him to a hat shop. "Yes," says the proprietor, "this is one of our custom orders." NYC, late forties, a time when men had their hats custom made.
 
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1. Nat Shilkret and the Victor Orchestra -- Barcelona (1926)
vocal by Billy Murray
2. Johnny Johnson and his Statler Pennsylvanians -- Last Night I Dreamed You Kissed Me (1928)
3. Waring's Pennsylvanians -- Thank Your Father (1930)

[video=youtube;UYO0P5BvYmE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&v=UYO0P5BvYmE[/video]
 

Connery

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Etta James - I' ve Got Dreams To Remember
[video=youtube;M5KZ7kbcOr8]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M5KZ7kbcOr8&feature=grec_index[/video]
 

Connery

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:) Delightful

Miles Davis - Baby won't you please come home
[video=youtube;kPN-uWB28X8]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kPN-uWB28X8&feature=related[/video]

Miles Davis - I Fall in Love Too Easily
[video=youtube;nK8JlTlhnjw]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nK8JlTlhnjw&feature=related[/video]
 

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