Second Hand Rose (song)

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Second Hand Rose is a song written by James F. Hanley (music) and Grant Clarke (lyrics) and published in 1921.

TEXT Father has a business strictly second hand Everything from toothpicks to a baby-grand Stuff in our apartment came from father's store Even clothes I'm wearing someone wore before It's no wonder that I feel abused I never get a thing that ain't been used I'm wearing second hand hats Second hand clothes That's why they call me Second hand Rose Even our piano in the parlor Daddy bought for ten cents on the dollar Second hand pearls I'm wearing second hand curls I never get a single thing that's new Even Jake, the plumber, he's the man I adore He had the nerve to tell me he's been married before Everyone knows that I'm just Second hand Rose From Second Avenue From Second Avenue No

Songwriter: Grant Clarke / James Hanley Lyrics by Second Hand Rose © Sony / ATV Music Publishing LLC, Carlin America Inc

background

Fanny Brice, ca.1911

Second Hand Rose was presented in 1921 by Fanny Brice in the review Ziegfeld Follies of 1921 . The singer also used the song on her first sound film appearance in My Man (1928). "With a bittersweet Yiddish accent, Rose sings that everything she has is used." The song begins with the singer (in this case Fanny Brice) told us that her father a second-hand possess -Laden, everything from toothpicks to the baby grand piano for sale. Everything in her apartment comes from her father's shop, including her clothes. She laments that she would never get anything else that wasn't used, nothing that was new. Even Jake the plumber, the man she admires, told her he was already married. Everyone knows her as a Second Hand Rose from Second Avenue

First recordings and cover versions

Fanny Brice (Victor 45263, # 3) and Ted Lewis (Columbia A3453, # 2) were the first to hit the charts with the song in the United States. Other versions came from Vaughn De Leath and Carl Fenton . After the song had been forgotten for many years, Barbra Streisand interpreted it in the musical Funny Girl in 1964 ; Her record of Second Hand Rose (Columbia 202025 came in 1966 at # 32 on the Billboard Hot 100. The discographer Tom Lord lists a total of twelve (as of 2015) cover versions in the field of jazz , including Jonah Jones (1966) and Dick Wellstood (1973). even Johnny Maddox played the song for Dot Records a.

The music magazine Variety included the song as a standout song of 1921 in their list Hit Parade of a Half-Century .

A German version with the title “Kind Number 10” was interpreted by Mary Rose (1971) and Gitte Hænning (1976) , among others .

Notes and individual references

  1. ↑ a b c Don Tyler: Hit Songs, 1900–1955: American Popular Music of the Pre-Rock Era . 2007, p. 119.
  2. ↑ The song was included on their LP My Name is barbra, Two ... )
  3. ↑ Tom Lord: Jazz discography (online)

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