1938 HITS ARCHIVE: Old Folks - Larry Clinton (Bea Wain, vocal)

CD audio, originally issued on 78rpm: Victor 26056 - Old Folks (Lee-Robison) by Larry Clinton & his Orchestra, vocal by Bea Wain, recorded in NYC September 1, 1938
THE 1938 HITS ARCHIVE - a collection of commercial recordings and songs that proved popular during the calendar year 1938 (some were recorded in 1937) via sales, sheet music, radio exposure, and juke box play.…plus some others that have gained increased recognition or have been shown to have had an impact during the decades that followed. .
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Truly a wonderful song

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Bea Wain is just fantastic!

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There have been many excellent versions of this gem, but Clinton's, with its stately arrangement and Bea's characteristically unmannered vocal, is one of the best. Willard Robison, composer here though often a lyricist, is one of my heroes; along with the much better known Carmichael and Mercer, he was truly one of the "Kings of the Bucolic," a master of the rural-themed, reflective, richly detailed slice-of-life song. Mildred Bailey, a frequent interpreter of Robison numbers and among the songwriter's most vociferous and enthusiastic supporters, is said to have proclaimed, "Willard is God!"