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Just You, Just Me

Ellis Marsalis & Kenny Kirkland      piano duet

 I saw Marsalis in concert about 4 years ago where he played Monk’s ‘Evidence’ and seamlessly alluded to ‘Just You, Just Me’

Here he does the opposite

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"Speedy Boy" (foxtrot) 1928 =================================== Words by: Raymond Klages

Music by: Jesse Greer

As performed by: Ben Selvin & his Orchestra

Vocal refrain by: Irving Kaufman (recording as Frank Harris)

Columbia Record: 1341-D  matrix # W145776 (Take 03)

Recorded on: 03 / 17/ 1928 (recorded in New York) ===================================

Harold Lloyd meets Babe Ruth in “Speedy” (1928) ("Speedy" was Harold's actual nickname.)

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Fanny Brice - The Song Of The Sewing Machine

Like most people, the music that most influenced me is the music I heard very early on. In most cases, that is around the age of 13; in my case it was earlier because I grew up in a small apartment in the Bensonhurst part of Brooklyn, with my parents and my sister Ann, six years my elder. I got into music a lot earlier than most: pop, early country, doo-wop, rhythm and blues and folk and most of the original genres that came together as rock ‘n’ roll.

But music is like a river, constantly flowing and influencing what comes next.

When I first heard Fanny Brice’s “Song of The Sewing Machine,” I thought it was from the early days of the Great Depression. To me, it sounded like the women’s version of “Brother Can You Spare a Dime,” made famous by two of the biggest singers of that era, Bing Crosby and Rudy Vallee. I later found out that “Sewing Machine” dated back to 1927 and realized that unlike most men, women had been mistreated and undervalued long before the depression.

Lyrics to “Song of the Sewing Machine,” were written by impresario Billy Rose, most famous for The Aquacade, star attraction of the 1939 New York World’s Fair, and also for his marriage to Fanny Brice, and Ballard MacDonald, an incredible songwriter whose hits included “Back Home In Indiana,” “Rose of Washington Square,” “On The Mississippi,” and “Second Hand Rose,” probably the most famous song associated with Fanny Brice.

Billy Rose was also a great lyricist, having written songs like “It’s Only a Paper Moon,” “Me and My Shadow” and “It Happened in Monterrey.” Rose is also known for his production of hit Broadway shows like Carmen Jones, one of the first Broadway musicals with an all African-American cast.

The melody is by Jesse Greer, who, unfortunately, I know little about.

The song never fails to strike an emotional chord in me, often bringing me to tears. You can close your eyes and picture these very young women; Jewish, Italian, Irish and others, mostly immigrants, slaving away at their sewing machines in sweatshops that dotted the streets of lower and midtown Manhattan in the early years of the 20th Century.

Although far lesser known than “Brother Can You Spare a Dime,” it presents in words and music, a view of how hard life was in big cities in the United States.

These scenes go on today, albeit with a change of venue to countries like Bangladesh, China, India and Pakistan.

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Jesse Greer (26 Aug 1896 - 3 Oct 1970) - Kitty From Kansas City by Rudy Vallée (1931)