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Marek Weber und sein Orchester -- Ich Will Von Der Lilly Nichts Wissen (1928)
(I Don't Want To Know Anything About Lilly)
vocal by Austin Egen

This song is a composition by Austin Egen, an American who was a well-known vocalist in Germany during the 1920s and '30s.

[video=youtube;q-p1m1bQDfY]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-p1m1bQDfY[/video]

and from the same year this version by the Saxophon-Orchester Dobbri

[video=youtube;eeo-N0QNDOk]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eeo-N0QNDOk[/video]
 

Cousin Hepcat

Practically Family
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An Artie Shaw tune that just "struck a chord" with me and which I'd been seeking on 78 for the jukebox a while, when a youtube record-trading friend mailed me a 78 copy about a year ago, and posted the CD cut on his channel...

[video=youtube;Qp7_KW1r3RY]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qp7_KW1r3RY[/video]



... and my nomination for "one of the Best Blues Songs Ever..."

[video=youtube;c4v6o_t2FVs]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c4v6o_t2FVs[/video]
 
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Merle Haggard
Selections from the Roots of My Raising album (1975), featuring additional vocal by Bob Wills on Cherokee Maiden. This album was recorded shortly before Bob Wills death.

Mississippi Delta Blues

[video=youtube;Wje6KgxR6mI]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wje6KgxR6mI[/video]

Gamblin' Polka Dot Blues

[video=youtube;NfryqDmfK00]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NfryqDmfK00[/video]

Cherokee Maiden

[video=youtube;CHkZzJi9Wsk]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHkZzJi9Wsk[/video]
 
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A saucy little ditty from the Queen of the French Music Hall

Mistinguett -- Il M'a Vue Nue (1926)
(He Saw Me Nude)

[video=youtube;HWNgInyJkb0]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HWNgInyJkb0[/video]
 

HadleyH

I'll Lock Up
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Due to the drop-off in Loungers' interest, this will be my last posting to the WAYLT? thread for awhile.

[video=youtube;-LcHeUBs8x8]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-LcHeUBs8x8[/video]

^^^
Great tune, thank you for posting!




Henry Hall and His BBC Dance Orchestra

[video=youtube;NvI6GOzPfU4]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NvI6GOzPfU4&feature=related[/video]



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Two Of A Kind

Bobby Darin & Johnny Mercer

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

Morecambe & Wise
Two Of A Kind was also one of several songs used by the British comedy duo as theme songs for their TV shows.

[video=youtube;-x3ihfoiU24]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-x3ihfoiU24[/video]
 
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Fred Elizalde and his Anglo-American Band -- Singapore Sorrows (1929)
featuring Adrian Rollini on tenor sax and Al Bowlly on guitar

[video=youtube;aFenfZ_4TM4]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aFenfZ_4TM4[/video]
 

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