Margie

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Margie is a pop song that Con Conrad , J. Russel Robinson (music) and Benny Davis (lyrics) wrote and released in 1920. The song was not only a hit several times, but also developed into a widely played jazz standard .

background

The song Margie is named after the then five-year-old daughter of the entertainer Eddie Cantor , who made the song popular in the United States in the years that followed. He first appeared with the song in the Winter Garden Theater before including Margie in his 1921 revue The Midnight Rounders . It became a popular parlor song to be played on the piano with friends or family in the period before the radio became popular .

First recording and later cover versions

In 1920 the Original Dixieland Jazz Band , whose pianist was Russel Robinson, recorded the title in a medley (with Singin 'the Blues ) for Victor (18717); on the B-side of the plate was Palesteena . The cover versions of Gene Rodemich and His Orchestra (1921, # 7), Eddie Cantor (1921, 5 weeks at # 1), Ted Lewis (1921, # 4), Frank Crumit (1921, # 7) were successful in the American pop charts. and Claude Hopkins and His Orchestra (1934, # 5, with Orlando Peterson, vocals). Margie made a comeback in 1938 when he was recorded by the Jimmie Lunceford Orchestra with an arrangement by Sy Oliver that featured Trummy Young as a soloist. The song hit the charts again with Don Redman and His Orchestra (1939, # 15).

The discographer Tom Lord lists a total of 409 cover versions (as of 2016) in the field of jazz , of which the recordings by Louis Armstrong , Ray Barretto , Sidney Bechet , Bix Beiderbecke / Frankie Trumbauer , Dave Brubeck , Cab Calloway , Bing Crosby , Erroll Garner , Gene Krupa , Jimmie Lunceford , Shelly Manne , Oscar Peterson , Charlie Shavers , Jimmy Smith , Jo Stafford , Joe Venuti and Bob Wilber are noteworthy.

Notes and individual references

  1. ↑ a b c d e information at Jazz standards.com
  2. ^ On December 1, 1920 Margie: Second Hand Songs.
  3. ↑ Red Hot Jazz. Original Dixieland Jass tape
  4. ↑ The Jazz Age , p.106
  5. ↑ Tom Lord: Jazz discography (online)