A ZOOT SUIT (For My Sunday Gal) ~ Bob Crosby & His Orchestra (1942)

"A ZOOT SUIT (For My Sunday Gal)" ~ Bob Crosby & his Orchestra w/ Nappy Lamare (1942) Decca #4169 - The flip side of, "BARRELHOUSE BESSIE FROM BASIN STREET" - Composed by L. Wolfe Gilbert & Bob O'Brien.
The history of what is known as a "Zoot Suit" finds some it's origins in France, then leads it's way into the "French Quarter" (due to it's once large French population) in New Orleans, Louisiana. Also, there is a link between the suits worn by The Southern Gentlemen of the deep South, such as South Carolina, Mississppi, etc. etc., during the 1800's and the Zoot Suit, similar minus some of the bag. During the late 1930's until just after the very beginning of WWII, the "Zoot Suit" found some minor popularity, but as a whole, it never really caught on and as rationing increased and with the Zoot Suits need of so much extra fabric , the Zoot Suit was slowly phased out of production in most areas.
As was common practice in the 1920's - 1930's - 1940's - 1950's, A ZOOT SUIT (For My Sunday Gal) had multiple versions recorded of it by a variety of top recording stars of the day, including : The Andrews Sisters, Kay Kyser's Orchestra, Art Kassell's Orchestra, Paul Whiteman's Orchestra, Benny Goodman's Orchestra, Ray Herbeck's Orchestra, & Harry Roy's Orchestra.
Though criticized by 1970's & 1980's music critics and being dubbed "Covering" or "Stealing" by these same people, who obviously had no knowledge of the history of the music business, multiple versions of the top songs of the day was common practice. It continued on into the 1950's. There was NO "stealing" or nothing racially motivated about the practice. Simple competition between record companies and the performers who recorded for them.
As with A ZOOT SUIT (For My Sunday Gal) , the songs composers, L. Wolfe Gilbert & Bob O'Brien, were both white, as were most of those who recorded the song in 1942.

[@frederickthegreat5456]

Kaiserreich anyone?

[@frederickthegreat5456]

First

[@godzillaman2406]

Me

[@anifsky1065]

yes

[@tigermafiaug1615]

Yes

[@cheesypoofs9161]

yos

[@GottUndKaiser]

Intervening in the Second Weltkrieg to this.
Life is great.

[@arthurcooperman3106]

I love how kaiserreich has introduced me to a whole new genre of 1930s-1940s American music 😂

[@tigermafiaug1615]

I hope bethesda add this to fallout as well. Would suit when walking around the wasteland

[@utahraptor4729874]

Make the mod yourself.

[@dbag1768]

@@utahraptor4729874 Grumpy much?

[@eriksmith6873]

Something about this particular recording sounds odd to me -- and I think it's borne out by other versions of this tune that have been posted since this one was posted 10 years ago. There's quite a bit more reverb, and the bass is accentuated to the point that it almost overwhelms everything else. I'm wondering, could this be from a '60s-'70s-era LP? During this period record labels often reprocessed the sound -- what we call "fake stereo," but often mono versions were released as well, during the period when mono and stereo records were sold side-by-side. Sometimes the result was good, but often not -- this has the same sort of sound. The remastering we heard in the CD era was sooooo much better.

[@philipwatson2407]

It's true to say that this really doesn't sound much like my 78 copy

[@kennetheo]

Am I weird for prefering this song rather than Billie Eilish’s

[@xyithan9128]

Not at all. I’m 19 and I prefer this 20s - 40s Jazz over today’s pop music any day

[@eustace8520]

The early 20th century hosts some of the best and funnest music ever made in the world. It's too bad it didn't last. Although, there are still wonderful people who keep the genre alive with their talents.

[@primalreversion7034]

Yes, but you're not alone - I do too

[@emmel4fun]

I didn't know Billie Eilish recorded this bit I definitely would not like it more.

[@LoneReactz]

We are in the same boat