1931 Bob Haring (as ‘Dan Ritchie’) - It Must Be True (Dick Robertson, vocal)
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- Опубліковано 29 сер 2024
- Song initially popularized in a recording by the band of Gus Arnheim (who co-wrote the lyrics) and his young vocalist Bing Crosby (listen here: • 1930 HITS ARCHIVE: It ... ). Bing also performed it in the Mack Sennett comedy short “Dream House.”
This track was also issued on Banner, Oriole, Perfect, and at least five other labels. The less commonly-seen “Mel-O-Dee” brand here is assumably related to the Mel-O-Dee Music Company, formed in New York in 1921, which was primarily a manufacturer of piano and automatic instrument rolls but did attach its name to a few commercial discs distributed for juke box play.
Transferred from 78rpm Mel-O-Dee 322-B - It Must Be True (Arnheim-Clifford-Barris) by Dan Ritchie & his Orchestra (Bob Haring), vocal by Dick Robertson, recorded in NYC March 4, 1931 .
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Wow! Such a rare label here! Love those flat top wooden jukes with the crazy changers and single knob selector above their art deco grills. Always wondered how the 78s survived getting dumped off into wooden pockets and things!
This is awesome to hear this jukebox label ! I think the 78prof is the new age jukebox himself. Always shows a new stack of popular vintage hits on my phone....all I gotta do is press the label button I want and within seconds it's playing! Just like a 30s jukebox! And I don't even have to drop a nickel in, like grampa did back in the day!! Bless you, 78 Professor, yes, "It Must Be True", you are becoming youtube's most sparkling jukebox ever! Thanks for all the best old Mel o dees!
Yes, he does a real cultural deed in preserving, restoring and presenting these old recordings here on UA-cam. I hope his work will be noticed to a larger audience.
Pure joy and delight. Singer's tone and pace says volumes about those times. Ny heart belong to such era...
Wow, look at that, yes. What a treasure.....Mel-O-Dee Music & you!
I've only ever heard of this ARC label, never seeing it before, it's one of the exceptionally rare ones from what I imagine, considering it was only around for 1 year.
I like the works that Barris was involved in. This song is the best among them.
It's incredible how some of these recordings seem ahead of their time: this was recorded in 1931 but the swing is that of 1936 or 1937. Same for some of the big bands recordings: Tommy Dorsey's Marie was recorded in 1937 but looks already as a 1940s tune.
Excellent
smooth nice
Both Mary Lou Williams, evidence suggests, and I number among this sweet song's ardent enthusiasts. Though the Arnheim-Crosby take is my favorite, there are a number of other excellent treatments, including the Kirk band's (on which MLW is present); MLW's own, featuring the fine vocal and guitar of Mary Osborne, and a much later one from bassist Warren Vaché Sr., as part of a Harry Barris tribute album. Dick's vocal is a little sing-song here, but the muted trumpet on the pretty verse is nice.
Would be interested to hear about the Barris tribute album. Great that Cagney got him into " Something to Sing" about , but he wasn't attributed. As important a contribution as he made to American popular music! Shame.
I, too, prefer Bing's version. Hadn't thought of Mary Lou Williams in ages. Last remembrance of her was some 45 years ago when she was an adjunct faculty voice/coral teacher at Duke University. She was featured on a PBS broadcast "Christmas With Mary Lou Williams" along with her students in which they performed songs of the season in "Swing Era" style.
Beautiful orchestrations then Jimminy Cricket begins singing.
Well you should hear Dick Robertson do the song "Do Something."
LOL, he does NOT sound like Cliff Edwards!
@@Just_Sara I just listened to that. Talk about a 'unique vocalization' 😄
@@Just_Sara Yes that was quite a tune.
What do they mean by "automatic phonographs"?
That's what the early juke boxes were called since they had the earliest record changers.
Sweet... never cared much for this tune but this is a nice treatment.. sometimes it's "the singer, not the song"...