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Gene Austin - Bye Bye Blackbird (1926) | Gene Austin was a popular screen, radio & recording artist during the mid 1920's into the 1930's. He was known as "the voice of the south land" and a pioneer in the "crooning" style of singing. A jazz artist at heart, he was equally at home singing country ballads, blues and spirituals. His improvisational style apparent in his recordings, added a unique flavor to his interpretations. Duration: 3:3 | User rating: 4.84127 | Views: 53510 |
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Gene Austin - My Blue Heaven (1927) | Gene Austin was a popular screen, radio & recording artist during the mid 1920's into the 1930's. He was known as "the voice of the south land" and a pioneer in the "crooning" style of singing. A jazz artist at heart, he was equally at home singing country ballads, blues and spirituals. His improvisational style apparent in his recordings, added a unique flavor to his interpretations. Duration: 3:37 | User rating: 4.9459457 | Views: 45270 |
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Gene Austin - Tonight You Belong To Me (1927) | (Jun.24,1900 - Jan.24,1972) He was a popular screen, radio & recording artist during the mid 1920's into the 1930's. He was known as "the voice of the south land" and a pioneer in the "crooning" style of singing. A jazz artist at heart, he was equally at home singing country ballads, blues and spirituals. His improvisational style apparent in his recordings, added a unique flavor to his interpretations. Gene Austin - Tonight You Belong To Me (1927) Duration: 3:34 | User rating: 4.95 | Views: 24033 |
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"Aint She Sweet?" (Gene Austin, 1927) | Emblematic ditty of the Coolidge Era and, along with the Democratic Party anthem, "Happy Days are Here Again" and "Crazy Words, Crazy Tune" on of the finest brain-trustings between lyricist Jack Yellen and composer Milton Ager. It's been said that the song was inspired by Ager's daughter, Shana, who grew up to be the often un-sweet columnist and commentator Shana Alexander... AIN'T SHE SWEET THERE SHE IS! THERE SHE IS!, THERE'S WHAT KEEPS ME UP ALL NIGHT. OH, GEE WHIZ! OH GEE WHIZ!, THERE'S WHY I CAN'T EAT A BITE. THOSE FLAMING EYES! THAT FLAMING YOUTH! OH, MISTER OH, SISTER TELL ME THE TRUTH Chorus AIN'T SHE SWEET?, SEE HER COMING DOWN THE STREET! NOW I ASK YOU VERY CONFIDENTIALLY, AIN'T SHE SWEET? AIN'T SHE NICE?, LOOK HER OVER ONCE OR TWICE NOW I ASK YOU VERY CONFIDENTIALLY AIN'T SHE NICE? JUST CAST AN EYE IN HER DIRECTION OH, ME! OH, MY! AIN'T THAT PERFECTION? I RE PEAT, DON'T YOU THINK THAT'S KIND OF NEAT? AND I ASK YOU VERY CONFIDENTIALLY AIN'T SHE SWEET? Verse 2 TELL ME WHERE, TELL ME WHERE, HAVE YOU SEEN ONE JUST LIKE THAT? I DECLARE, I DECLARE, THAT SURE IS WORTH LOOKING AT. OH, BOY, HOW SWEET! THOSE LIPS MUST BE! GAZE ON IT! DOGGONIT, NOW ANSWER ME! Chorus AIN'T SHE SWEET?, SEE HER COMING DOWN THE STREET! NOW I ASK YOU VERY CONFIDENTIALLY, AIN'T SHE SWEET? AIN'T SHE NICE?, LOOK HER OVER ONCE OR TWICE NOW I ASK YOU VERY CONFIDENTIALLY AIN'T SHE NICE? JUST CAST AN EYE IN HER DIRECTION OH, ME! OH, MY! AIN'T THAT PERFECTION? I RE PEAT, DON'T YOU THINK THAT'S KIND OF ... Duration: 2:42 | User rating: 5.0 | Views: 21950 |
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After You've Gone (1934) Gene Austin | Featuring Gene Austin (piano), Candy Candido (bass), Otto Heimel (guitar). From the motion picture "Sadie McKee". Duration: 1:17 | User rating: 5.0 | Views: 14443 |
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Hit Parade USA 1920's - Top 10 - DanntaS | music hit parade 1920's usa top billboard chart list old oldies best hits songs bigbands orchestra selvin's novelty , gene austin, isham jones, frank sylvano, al jolson, paul whiteman, vernon dalhart and guy lombardo Duration: 4:23 | User rating: 5.0 | Views: 14011 |
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Gene Austin - Five Foot Two, Eyes of Blue (1926) | Gene Austin was a popular screen, radio & recording artist during the mid 1920's into the 1930's. He was known as "the voice of the south land" and a pioneer in the "crooning" style of singing. A jazz artist at heart, he was equally at home singing country ballads, blues and spirituals. His improvisational style apparent in his recordings, added a unique flavor to his interpretations. Gene Austin - Five Foot Two, Eyes of Blue (1926) Duration: 2:50 | User rating: 4.75 | Views: 13721 |
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Gene Austin - Love Letters In The Sand (1931) | Gene Austin was a popular screen, radio & recording artist during the mid 1920's into the 1930's. He was known as "the voice of the south land" and a pioneer in the "crooning" style of singing. A jazz artist at heart, he was equally at home singing country ballads, blues and spirituals. His improvisational style apparent in his recordings, added a unique flavor to his interpretations. Duration: 3:2 | User rating: 4.8913045 | Views: 12514 |
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Louise Brooks Tribute | Here is a classic song by the great singer Gene Austin, chosen to illustrate the very special beauty of legendary Louise Brooks. Louise Brooks (1906 -- 1985) was an American dancer, showgirl, and silent film actress. She became, by the end of her life, a writer and critic of the silent film era. Born Mary Louise Brooks in Cherryvale, Kansas, she was the daughter of a lawyer and an artistic mother, a talented pianist who played the latest Debussy and Ravel for her children, inspiring them with a love of books and music. Brooks began her entertainment career as a dancer in 1922. Brooks almost immediately found employment as a chorus girl in George White's "Scandals", followed by an appearance as a featured dancer in the 1925 edition of the Ziegfeld Follies on Broadway. As a result of her work in the Follies, she came to the attention of Paramount Pictures producer Walter Wanger, who signed her to a five-year contract with the studio in 1925. Brooks made her screen debut in the silent "The Street of Forgotten Men", in an uncredited role in 1925. Soon, however, she was playing the female lead in a number of silent light comedies and flapper films over the next few years, starring with Adolphe Menjou and WC Fields, among others. She was noticed in Europe for her pivotal vamp role in the Howard Hawks directed silent "buddy film", "A Girl in Every Port in 1928". Her distinctive bob haircut, which became eponymous and still recognised to this day, had helped start a trend (Cyd ... Duration: 3:33 | User rating: 4.972973 | Views: 12445 |
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Dixieland in Portugal - Bye Bye Blackbird | Dixieland Crackerjacks on tour in Portugal. Cadima, June 15. 2008 www.dixielandcrackerjacks.com Bye Bye Blackbird Slidin' Selena - trombone, vocals Michel Muller - trumpet Bert Brandsma - bass saxophone Koos Greven - banjo Lielian Tan - drums Bye Bye Blackbird" is a song published in 1926 by the American composer Ray Henderson and lyricist Mort Dixon. It is considered a popular standard and was first recorded by Gene Austin in 1926.[1] Bye Bye Blackbird has been recorded by many artists, including Nina Simone on her 1962 album Nina at the Village Gate, Frank Sinatra, Judy Garland, Ringo Starr, Miles Davis[2], Rickie Lee Jones, Keith Jarrett[3], Liza Minnelli[4], John Coltrane[5], Albert Ayler, and Joe Cocker. It has been featured in the soundtracks of at least seven movies since 1969, including Sleepless in Seattle[6] and "The History Boys," where it is performed by Samuel Barnett, Jaime Parker, and the History Boys. [7] The song is given a fictional, mystical importance in Theodore Roszak's novel Flicker. [8] The song features in the 1980 movie Melvin and Howard, with Jason Robards, Jr. as Howard Hughes singing the chorus, as a western swing version of the song covers the closing credits. [9] It was the No. 16 song of 1926 according to Pop Culture Madness[10]. John Coltrane won the 1981 Grammy Award for Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Soloist for his rendition of the song.[11] Eddie Cantor, Carmen McRae, Frank Sinatra, and others who recorded "Bye Bye Blackbird" only ... Duration: 5:3 | User rating: 4.869565 | Views: 11942 |
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