Old Fashioned Love

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Old Fashioned Love is a song written by lyricist Cecil Mack (1873-1944) and James P. Johnson (music) and published in 1923.

Creation and first recordings

Mack and Johnson wrote the songs for the Broadway show Runnin 'Wild . In addition to the dance number The Charleston , which was to become one of the greatest hits of the 1920s , the anthem-like ballad Old Fashioned Love also became a standard. In the show, the ballad was interpreted by Adelaide Hall .

Already in November of the same year, the song was recorded as a duet by Eva Taylor with tenor Lawrence Lomax with the Blue Five by Clarence Williams (Okeh 8114), which turned out to be "a little cheesy"; Williams also recorded an instrumental version of the song with his Blue Five (Okeh 4993).

Cover versions

Further recordings in 1923 were made by The Georgians and Cliff Edwards . A version recorded in early 1924 by Noble Sissle with Eubie Blake became a hit. One of the best versions is that of Alberta Hunter , also from 1924.

In the 20s and 30s in North America a. a. also Mezz Mezzrow , Red Norvo , Adrian Rollini and the Count Basie Orchestra a song. The Mills Brothers (with Louis Armstrong ) and Lena Horne (1940) recorded other vocal versions . James P. Johnson also recorded the number several times, as a soloist and in 1939 with his orchestra.

In Germany, the violinist Paul Godwin and his ensemble of artists recorded the piece under the title “The old cozy time” with “Grammophon”.

Tom Lord lists 269 cover versions of the title in the area of ​​jazz , which was also often played in mainstream and traditional jazz in the post-war years . a. by Sidney Bechet , Acker Bilk , Sharkey Bonano , Keith Christie , Vic Dickenson and the Dutch Swing College Band .

In the field of western swing and country music , Cliff Bruners Texas Wanderers (Decca 1647), Bob Wills , Willie Nelson and Merle Haggard also interpreted the song; Roy Acuff had one of the top hits of 1940 with Old Fashioned Love . In rhythm & blues the song was u. a. Taken by Ivory Joe Hunter (Dot-15930).

The Mack / Johnson song should not be confused with the song of the same name by Smokey Robinson and with An Old Fashioned Love Song by Paul Williams .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ according to Nat Shapiro & Bruce Pollock ( Popular Music: 1920-1929 1969. p. 105) his real name was Richard D. McPherson
  2. ↑ David A. Jasen, Gene Jones: Black Bottom Stomp: Eight Masters of Ragtime and Early Jazz , Routledge, New York 2002, p. 78
  3. ^ A b David A. Jasen A Century of American Popular Music Routledge, New York, Oxon 2002, pp. 150f.
  4. ^ A b Colin Bratkovich Just Remember This 2004, p. 606
  5. ↑ Record “Grammophon” 29 194 (mx. 1094 av) Old Fashioned Love (The old cozy times) Foxtrot (Mack & Johnson) Paul Godwin with his artist ensemble. Berlin 1924.
  6. ↑ Tom Lord The Jazz Discography (online, accessed November 29, 2014)
  7. ^ Charles Townsend, San Antonio Rose: The Life and Music of Bob Wills . 1986
  8. ↑ http://www.allmusic.com/song/old-fashioned-love-mt0005503751
  9. ^ Joel Whitburn, Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890-1954: The History of American Popular Music, Record Research Inc., Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin, 1986 ( ISBN 0-89820-083-0 ).