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1929 Red Nichols - The New Yorkers (Red McKenzie, vocal) — DeepCutsArchive
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Like the better-known song on the flip side, “I May Be Wrong (But I Think You’re Wonderful”) ( https://youtu.be/ynRFgGZgIWA ), this tune originated in the short-lived (69 performances) 1929 revue “Murray Anderson’s Almanac.” Long-time Broadway producer-director John Murray Anderson died in early 1954 with two of his later productions having included the successful “New Faces of 1952” and the new 1953 revue “John Murray Anderson’s Almanac.” Transferred from 78rpm Brunswick 4500 - The New Yorkers (Ruskin-Sullivan) by Red Nichols and His Five Pennies, vocal by Red McKenzie, recorded in NYC August 20, 1929 . ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The three* MusicProf channels are home to The HITS ARCHIVES, YouTube’s most comprehensive collection of U.S. ‘popular music’ recordings from 1925 thru 1975. Discover thousands of original hit versions, conveniently arranged in year-by-year playlists and sorted alphabetically in your choice of either song title or artist name. Simply visit this channel’s home page (here: https://www.youtube.com/@the78prof72 ), scroll down the rows of playlist categories, choose a favorite year, click on “view full playlist,” and then pick out the songs that you want to hear. Enjoy the music! * The78Prof The45Prof AnotherProf

About Red McKenzie

William 'Red' McKenzie was an American jazz vocalist and musician who played a comb as an instrument. He played the comb-and-paper by placing paper, sometimes strips from the Evening World, over the tines and blowing on it, producing a sound like a kazoo.

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