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 Annette Hanshaw was the female musical equivalent of Bing Crosby. In their unstudied way, both absorbed the influences of their youth, added their individual personalities and transmuted the mixture far beyond what originally inspired them. Crosby became a world figure; she, despite a prolific career, was all but forgotten by the end of the 1930s. This song was one of the few popular works written by George Gershwin's confidante and musical interpreter, the infamous neurotic/raconteur Oscar Levant. Locked in its time frame, it's an exuberant hymn to the flaming youth of the day. Precisely two months after it was recorded, when the stock market crash begot the Great Depression, this world vanished forever.
From Street Girl; (S. Clare/O. Levant); Annette Hanshaw, vocal, accompanied by Tommy Dorsey, trumpet; Charlie Butterfield, trombone; Jimmy Dorsey, clarinet, alto saxophone; Arthur Schutt, piano; Tony Colucci, guitar; Hank Stern, tuba; Stan King, drums; Rec. New York, August 29, 1929. OKeh 78 RPM 41292 (mx W.402888-D); Originally Released 1929
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