1933 Henry Allen-Coleman Hawkins Orchestra - Shadows On The Swanee @the78prof72

Uploaded July 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

The song is also posted here in a version by the Paul Ash orchestra youtu.be/z0f45r3EaYU “Stringin’ Along On A Shoe String” is the Allen-Hawkins flip side: youtu.be/GwnH_2GCYpM

Transferred from 78rpm Melotone M-12759 - Shadows On The Swanee (Young-Burke-Spina) by Allen-Hawkins & their Orchestra, recorded in NYC July 21, 1933
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1933 Henry Allen-Coleman Hawkins Orchestra - Shadows On The Swanee

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