1937 Rare unissued take #2: Artie Shaw - If You Ever Should Leave (Peg LaCentra, vocal)

One of several Sammy Cahn-Saul Chaplin titles written for the 1937 stage production “New Grand Terrace Revue.” Audio transfer & label scan kindly provided by Thomas Bragg of Jacksonville FL, who writes: “Hello, I’ve been collecting 78rpm records for many years…Shaw, Goodman, Fazola, Bix, Louis, etc. 50 years ago I acquired this Shaw test pressing--take 2 of Brunswick 7934--from another collector. It is a one-sided record, eleven inches wide. I’ve never seen it listed in any discography. As I’m getting older I thought that I should share it with collectors around the world. Mr. Bob Moke does a fabulous job cleaning up these old records so I’ve asked him to present it on YouTube. I hope you enjoy.” Thanks, Tom! From test pressing of Brunswick matrix 21424-2 (21424-1 was issued commercially on Brunswick 7934) - If You Ever Should Leave (Sammy Cahn-Saul Chaplin) by Art Shaw and his New Music, vocal by Peg LaCentra, recorded in NYC July 22, 1937 . ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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

Added 22 Apr 2026