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A Pretty Girl Is Like A Melody
Words and music by Irving Berlin
Red Nichols And His Five Pennies
Recorded October 2, 1928
Brunswick 01854
Red Nichols, t, a / Manny Klein, t / Miff Mile, tb / Dudley Fosdick, mel / Fud Livingston, cl /Jimmy Dorsey, as / Arthur Schutt, p / Carl, Kress, g / Vic Berton, d
This Irving Berlin melody was written in 1919 and was used as a theme song for the Ziegfeld Follies. The verse has long been forgotten but the chorus has become a standard both as a vocal and as a jazz arrangement. The song was used again in 1936 film "The Great Ziegfeld" in a spectacular musical number which can been seen in this clip: youtube.com/watch?v=-RvGd2S3I8M
A Pretty Girl Is Like A Melody
Words and music by Irving Berlin
Red Nichols And His Five Pennies
Recorded October 2, 1928
Brunswick 01854
Red Nichols, t, a / Manny Klein, t / Miff Mile, tb / Dudley Fosdick, mel / Fud Livingston, cl /Jimmy Dorsey, as / Arthur Schutt, p / Carl, Kress, g / Vic Berton, d
This Irving Berlin melody was written in 1919 and was used as a theme song for the Ziegfeld Follies. The verse has long been forgotten but the chorus has become a standard both as a vocal and as a jazz arrangement. The song was used again in 1936 film "The Great Ziegfeld" in a spectacular musical number which can been seen in this clip: youtube.com/watch?v=-RvGd2S3I8M
