Outstanding and the best version of this song! Thanks for posting, Julian. This was one of the few recordings of his that were well-recorded. This was multi-channel mixing on film, long before the record companies added it! Indeed, film audio was overdubbed first. Note the piano pickup.
I was in a store in Philadelphia I must have been 16 and Mike Pingatore's banjo was for sale for like $200.00 . that was a lot of dough then almost 2 grand. I wish i would have had the scratch. Whitemans band is almost forgotten today but he was amazing ,
Mike Pingitore was with Whiteman on the very early first Victor records from 1920 and still with the orchestra continuously up into the 1940’s and still playing his banjo which had been replaced in most orchestras by a guitar years earlier.
Whiteman, unlike most other dance bands of the era, had the advantage of 3 dozen musicians in his orchestra. Rather than focusing on improvisations like other jazz musicians, he instead chose to mix the improv-reliant nature of jazz with the formal orchestration of classical music. The resuls? Performances like never seen before. From what was once considered a "bunch of jungle noises" became the icon of an era.
Paul ( Pops) Whiteman is a hidden legend..love from Chicago,Illinois. It's hard to find 20's stuff.
Best quality sound from Whiteman. Can hear instruments clearly.
I see the Dorsey brothers in the band
Truly, the King of them all!
Paul Whiteman
Whiteman... An absolute genius!
Whiteman provided well-paying jobs and security to talented musicians for a long time.
Outstanding and the best version of this song! Thanks for posting, Julian. This was one of the few recordings of his that were well-recorded. This was multi-channel mixing on film, long before the record companies added it! Indeed, film audio was overdubbed first. Note the piano pickup.
Holy crap, that baton is massive.
The Great Paul Whiteman!
I was in a store in Philadelphia I must have been 16 and Mike Pingatore's banjo was for sale for like $200.00 . that was a lot of dough then almost 2 grand. I wish i would have had the scratch. Whitemans band is almost forgotten today but he was amazing ,
swing it boys! great song, great arrangment, great playing! there are words, patti page sings it, so does doris day
brilliant arrangement!
Once upon a time...
Mike Pingitore was with Whiteman on the very early first Victor records from 1920 and still with the orchestra continuously up into the 1940’s and still playing his banjo which had been replaced in most orchestras by a guitar years earlier.
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For being made in the 40s, the sound quality is amazing. Not sure how the orchestra was mic’d up but damn, the mix sounds incredible.
Whiteman, unlike most other dance bands of the era, had the advantage of 3 dozen musicians in his orchestra. Rather than focusing on improvisations like other jazz musicians, he instead chose to mix the improv-reliant nature of jazz with the formal orchestration of classical music. The resuls? Performances like never seen before. From what was once considered a "bunch of jungle noises" became the icon of an era.
kinda the granddaddy of the big bands.
Was this ever released on Record?