Uploaded May 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Also posted to the channel by The High Hatters ( youtu.be/hHRIZRxtY1U ), this song was written by Jimmy McHugh and Dorothy Fields for the short-lived (45 performances) 1931 Broadway play “Singin’ The Blues.” The flip side is “Everyone In Town Loves Little Mary Brown”: youtu.be/C_dsDEI3Sws
Transferred from 78rpm Clarion 5394-C (also issued on other Columbia-affiliated labels) - It’s The Darndest Thing (McHugh-Fields) by D’Orsay Dance Orchestra (Ben Selvin), vocal by The Three Nitecaps (aka The Wallace Trio & Le Dandy Trio), recorded in NYC October 8, 1931
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Also posted to the channel by The High Hatters ( youtu.be/hHRIZRxtY1U ), this song was written by Jimmy McHugh and Dorothy Fields for the short-lived (45 performances) 1931 Broadway play “Singin’ The Blues.” The flip side is “Everyone In Town Loves Little Mary Brown”: youtu.be/C_dsDEI3Sws
Transferred from 78rpm Clarion 5394-C (also issued on other Columbia-affiliated labels) - It’s The Darndest Thing (McHugh-Fields) by D’Orsay Dance Orchestra (Ben Selvin), vocal by The Three Nitecaps (aka The Wallace Trio & Le Dandy Trio), recorded in NYC October 8, 1931
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The three* MusicProf channels are home to The HITS ARCHIVES, YouTube’s most comprehensive collection of U.S. ‘popular music’ recordings from 1925 thru 1985. Discover thousands of original hit versions, conveniently arranged in year-by-year playlists and sorted alphabetically in your choice of either song title or artist name. Simply visit this channel’s home page (here: youtube.com/@the78prof72 ), scroll down the rows of playlist categories, choose a favorite year, click on “view full playlist,” and then pick out the songs that you want to hear. Enjoy the music!
* The78Prof The45Prof AnotherProf
