Last night on the back porch

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78er by Arthur Hall: Last Night on the Back Porch (Bell Records)

Last Night on the Back Porch (I Loved Her Best of All) is a pop song written by Carl screwstader (music) and Lew Brown (lyrics) and released in 1923.

background

The humorous Foxtrot song was presented by Winnie Lightner in the music revue George White's Scandals of 1923 by theater producer George White (1891-1968). The lyrics are about a lover having a late night rendezvous on a veranda ( last night on the back porch I loved her best of all ).

First recordings and later cover versions

The orchestra of Paul Whiteman (Victor 19139) and the duo of Ernest Hare and Billy Jones ( The Happiness Boys , OKeh 4948) were successful in the American charts ; The other musicians who covered the song from 1923 included Arthur Hall (Bell P251-B), the Varsity Eight (with Adrian Rollini , Cameo 400), the Original Memphis Five (Columbia, with Billy Jones, vocals), the Green Bros Novelty Band (Edison 51212), Carl Fenton 's Orchestra, the Criterion Male Quartette (Vocalion 14646) and the Shannon Four Quartet (Columbia A-3976), Stanley Gray (Columbia 3348), as well as the pianist Charles Rosoff (Welte Piano roll 6602) and Pete Wendling (QRS Piano Roll ).

In Berlin, the song was covered by the artist band Arpád Városz (Homokord) and Eric Borchard 's Jazz Band (gramophone), as well as by the Marimba band Azul y blanco from Guatemala , which is on tour in Europe , of which the 'Grammophon' made a recording under the title “ I'm in love! ”Made. In London he was recorded by the Savoy Havana Band (Columbia) and the New Jersey Dance Orchestra (Guardsman).

The discographer Tom Lord lists a total of 68 (as of 2016) cover versions in the field of jazz , u. a. by Mel Henke , Meg Myles / Jimmy Rowles , Bing Crosby , Kid Sheik Cola and Louis Nelson . The song was also covered by Johnny Restivo (RCA, 1960), Alma Cogan (1959), Teresa Brewer (1960) and the rock band Baskerville Hounds.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Don Tyler: Hit Songs, 1900-1955: American Popular Music of the Pre-Rock Era . Jefferson, North Carolina & London, McFarland, 2007, p. 134.
  2. ↑ The Shannon Four was a vocal quartet that existed from 1917 to 1923; Recordings were made between 1923 and 1925. The Revelers then emerged from the ensemble .
  3. ↑ Record "Grammophon" 14890 / B 40668, (mx. 1426 1/2 ax), Marimba Azul y Blanco orchestra (xylophone orchestra), cf. Cat. D. Music archive of the DNB
  4. ↑ a b Tom Lord: Jazz discography (online)