Bambalina

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Bambalina is a song that Vincent Youmans , Herbert Stothart (music), Otto Harbach and Oscar Hammerstein II (text) wrote and published in 1923 by the New York music publisher Harms Inc.

background

The song Bambalina was part of the musical Wildflower , which premiered on February 7, 1923 and saw 586 performances. The dance number Bambalina was (besides the nostalgic and melodic title song) the most successful song from this musical and established Youmans as one of the great songwriters for the musical theater of the era. Edith Day introduced Bambalina in the musical. The lyrics are about dancing ( "Though other dances I may try, I always like the Bambalina best" ). As a proxy for 1923, music magazine Variety took Bambalina into its Hit Parade of a Half Century list .

First recordings and later cover versions

Paul Whiteman was successful with the song; to the other musicians, the song from 1923 coverten belonged Edgar Fairchild & Adam Carroll ( piano roll ), Carl Fenton and His Orchestra (Brunswick 2422-A), the Casino Dance Orchestra ( Pathe Actuelle 11005) and in the UK the Savoy Orpheans under Directed by Debroy Somers (HMV B-5010) and the orchestra of Percival Mackey (Columbia 3893).

In Germany the orchestras of Dajos Béla , Edith Lorand and Marek Weber recorded the title . The German jazz pioneer Eric Borchard also recorded “Bambalina” with his Atlantic Jazz Band in March 1924 for “Grammophon”. There is a sung version on the Beka label by the baritone Robert Koppel , accompanied by an orchestra under the direction of Johannes Lasowski.

The discographer Tom Lord lists only two (as of 2016) cover versions in the field of jazz from later years , namely by Raymond Scott and Marty Gold .

Web links

  • Inclusion in the catalog of the German National Library: DNB 382506901

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Don Tyler: Hit Songs, 1900–1955: American Popular Music of the Pre-Rock Era . McFarland, Jefferson, North Carolina 2007, p. 126.
  2. ↑ Steven Suskin: Berlin, Kern, Rodgers, Hart, and Hammerstein: A Complete Song Catalog . 1990, p. 28.
  3. ↑ Gerald Martin Bordman: Ways to be happy, years to be sad: the life and music of Vincent Youmans . 1982, p. 57.
  4. ↑ Victor 19 035-A, added. February 21, 1923, to be heard on youtube.com
  5. ↑ four-handed on Ampico 203.581-E, to be heard on youtube.com ; two-handed by Herbert Clair on QRS piano roll, to be heard on youtube.com
  6. ↑ up . March 29, 1923, available on youtube.com
  7. ↑ listen on youtube.com
  8. ↑ listen on youtube.com
  9. ↑ listen on youtube.com
  10. ↑ a b Tom Lord: Jazz discography (online)
  11. ↑ Dajos Béla Artists' Chapel, Odeon AA 50 073 (Matr. XxBo 8213). April 10, 1924, cf. Zwarg, ODEON Matrix Numbers - Bo / xxBo 6130 - 9999 (Berlin), p. 99 PDF on line
  12. ↑ Edith Lorand Orchester, Beka B.3344 (Matr. 32 234). Berlin, November 29, 1923, cf. Zwarg, PARLOPHON Matrix Numbers -30173 to 34999: German, p. 267 PDF on line
  13. ^ Marek Weber Orchester, Parlophon P. 1568-II (Matr. 2-6554-2), add. Nov. 27, 1923, cf. Zwarg, PARLOPHON Matrix Numbers — 2-5500 to 2-6999: German, p. 154 PDF online
  14. ↑ Bambalina, fox-trot (Youmans and Stothart). Eric Borchard's Atlantic Jazz Band. Record “Grammophon” 14 832 (Matr. 1350 ax), cf. Horst J. Bergmeier, Rainer E. Lotz: Eric Borchard Story. (= Jazzfreund-Publication. No. 35). Edition "der Jazzfreund", Menden 1988, p. 13.
  15. ↑ as "Boheme-Orchester mit Refraingesang" on Beka B. 5220-II (Matr. 32 601), add. Dec. 4, 1924, cf. Zwarg, PARLOPHON Matrix Numbers -30173 to 34999: German, p. 319 PDF online