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(Brunswick 2346)
Flip Side To "Lovin' Sam"
Recorded approximately Oct. 1922 New York, New York.
Margaret Young (vocalist)
Grant Clarke (lyricist)
Edgar Leslie (lyricist)
Pete Wendling (composer)
This was a hit for Eddie Cantor as well.
Margaret Youngblood (February 23, 1891 – May 3, 1969) better known by her stage name Margaret Young, was an American singer and comedian who was popular in the 1920s. Young is best known for her songs "Hard Hearted Hannah", "Lovin' Sam The Sheik Of Alabam'", "Way Down Yonder In New Orleans", and "Oh By Jingo!".
Her sister was married to composer Richard A. Whiting, some of whose songs she introduced, and her niece Margaret Whiting also would become a popular singer throughout the 1940s and 1950s.
Young died in Inglewood, California, aged 78 after a brief illness. She was buried next to her late sister, Eleanore (widow of composer Richard Whiting and mother of singer Margaret Whiting) and is interred at the Holy Cross Cemetery in Los Angeles.
(Brunswick 2346)
Flip Side To "Lovin' Sam"
Recorded approximately Oct. 1922 New York, New York.
Margaret Young (vocalist)
Grant Clarke (lyricist)
Edgar Leslie (lyricist)
Pete Wendling (composer)
This was a hit for Eddie Cantor as well.
Margaret Youngblood (February 23, 1891 – May 3, 1969) better known by her stage name Margaret Young, was an American singer and comedian who was popular in the 1920s. Young is best known for her songs "Hard Hearted Hannah", "Lovin' Sam The Sheik Of Alabam'", "Way Down Yonder In New Orleans", and "Oh By Jingo!".
Her sister was married to composer Richard A. Whiting, some of whose songs she introduced, and her niece Margaret Whiting also would become a popular singer throughout the 1940s and 1950s.
Young died in Inglewood, California, aged 78 after a brief illness. She was buried next to her late sister, Eleanore (widow of composer Richard Whiting and mother of singer Margaret Whiting) and is interred at the Holy Cross Cemetery in Los Angeles.


![Harry Richman - Puttin’ On The Ritz 1930 (Irving Berlin) (Remastered)
(Brunswick 4677)
Recorded 12/11/1929 Los Angeles, California.
Harry Richman (vocalist : baritone vocal)
Earl Burtnett (leader)
Los Angeles Biltmore Hotel Orchestra (Musical group)
Irving Berlin (composer)
Irving Berlin (lyricist)
Puttin’ on the Ritz [Motion picture] (Work title)
Puttin On the Ritz is a song written by Irving Berlin. He wrote it in May 1927 and first published it on December 2, 1929. It was registered as an unpublished song on August 24, 1927 and again on July 27, 1928. It was introduced by Harry Richman and chorus in the musical film Puttin On the Ritz (1930). According to The Complete Lyrics of Irving Berlin, this was the first song in film to be sung by an interracial ensemble. The title derives from the slang expression to put on the Ritz, meaning to dress very fashionably. This expression was inspired by the opulent Ritz Hotel in London.
Hit phonograph records of the tune in its original period of popularity of 1929–1930 were recorded by Harry Richman and by Fred Astaire, with whom the song is particularly associated. Every other record label had their own version of this popular song (Columbia, Brunswick, Victor, and all of the dime store labels). Richmans Brunswick version of the song became the number-one selling record in America.
Harry Richman (born Henry Reichman Jr.; August 10, 1895 – November 3, 1972) was an American singer, actor, dancer, comedian, pianist, songwriter, bandleader, and nightclub performer, at his most popular in the 1920s and 1930s. In his peak years, he was one of the highest‐paid performers in show business.
Richman was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, to Russian Jewish parents Henry and Katie (née Golder) Reichman. Harry Richman - Puttin’ On The Ritz 1930 (Irving Berlin) (Remastered)](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/c0aP4c2BNWY/mqdefault.jpg)


![Jeannette MacDonald & Nelson Eddy - Ah Sweet Mystery Of Life 1937 (Nat Shilkret) (Victor Herbert)
(Victor 4323)
Recorded 9/19/1936 Hollywood, California.
Nelson Eddy (vocalist : baritone vocal)
Nathaniel Shilkret (director)
Jeanette MacDonald (vocalist : soprano vocal)
Victor Herbert (composer)
Rida Johnson Young (lyricist)
Ah! Sweet mystery of life (Primary title)
The dream melody (Subtitle)
Naughty Marietta [Motion picture] (Work title)
Naughty Marietta is a 1935 American romantic musical film based on the 1910 operetta of the same name by Victor Herbert. Jeanette MacDonald stars as a princess who flees an arranged marriage. She sails for New Orleans and is rescued from pirates by Captain Richard Warrington (Nelson Eddy). Five of Herberts most famous songs come from the score of Naughty Marietta, with words by lyricist Rida Johnson Young: Ah! Sweet Mystery of Life, Italian Street Song, Neath the Southern Moon, Im Falling in Love with Someone and Tramp! Tramp! Tramp! (Along the Highway). Additional lyrics for several of Herberts songs were penned for the film by Gus Kahn. The film was written by Frances Goodrich, Albert Hackett, John Lee Mahin and Rida Johnson Young.
Nelson Eddy and Jeanette MacDonalds recording of Indian Love Call (with Ah, Sweet Mystery of Life from Naughty Marietta on the B-side) sold over a million copies, was included in the 1974 compilation film Thats Entertainment!, and was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2008. It was the only song from the stage score that MacDonald recorded, although Eddy recorded a number of songs from Rose Marie, including a different version of Indian Love Call performed as a duet with Dorothy Kirsten. Jeannette MacDonald & Nelson Eddy - Ah Sweet Mystery Of Life 1937 (Nat Shilkret) (Victor Herbert)](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/dQhqrIvvHjY/mqdefault.jpg)


![Al Bowlly - Where Am I? (Am I in Heaven?) 1935 (Ray Noble) (Stars Over Broadway)
(Victor 25187)
Recorded 11/14/1935 New York, New York. Studio 3.
Ray Noble Orchestra (Musical group)
Al Bowlly (vocalist : tenor vocal)
Ray Noble (director)
Al Dubin (lyricist)
Harry Warren (composer)
Am I in heaven? (Subtitle)
Song From Stars over Broadway [Motion picture] (Work title)
The song Where Am I? (Am I in Heaven?) was featured in the 1935 Warner Bros. film, Stars Over Broadway. It was written by Al Dubin and Harry Warren, and performed by James Melton in the movie. The song is also known as Where Am I? Am I in Heaven?.
Stars over Broadway is a 1935 American musical film directed by William Keighley, written by Jerry Wald, Julius J. Epstein, & Pat C. Flick, and starring Pat OBrien, Jane Froman, James Melton, Jean Muir, Frank McHugh, and Eddie Conrad. It was released by Warner Bros. on November 23, 1935. Al Bowlly - Where Am I? (Am I in Heaven?) 1935 (Ray Noble) (Stars Over Broadway)](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/euhgcz3oFoo/mqdefault.jpg)

![Ben Bernie - Livin’ In The Sunlight, Lovin’ In The Moonlight 1930 (Mannie Prager Vocal)
(Brunswick 4767)
Recorded April 1930 New York, New York.
The big pond [Motion picture] (Work title)
Ben Bernie Orchestra (Musical group)
Ben Bernie (leader)
Mannie Prager (vocalist)
Al Lewis (composer)
Al Sherman (lyricist)
Livin in the Sunlight, Lovin in the Moonlight is a popular song that was written by Al Sherman and Al Lewis for the 1930 film The Big Pond starring Maurice Chevalier, who made it famous.
Benjamin Anzelevitz, known professionally as Ben Bernie (May 30, 1891 – October 20, 1943), was an American jazz violinist, bandleader, and radio personality, often introduced as The Old Maestro. He was noted for his showmanship and memorable bits of snappy dialogue, being part of the first generation of stars of American popular music, alongside other artists such as Paul Whiteman (a fellow violinist and bandleader), Ted Lewis and Al Jolson. Ben Bernie - Livin’ In The Sunlight, Lovin’ In The Moonlight 1930 (Mannie Prager Vocal)](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/fTLzMpqg8bE/mqdefault.jpg)