It's always good to hear one of Helen's uptempo numbers with the BG band. Exceptional on ballads, Ms Forrest could swing, too! This carefree ditty has an interesting authorship -- on paper: _Metronome_ co-editor; pianist and sometime songwriter, Leonard Feather and Fletcher Henderson's wife, Leora. Well, arranger Fletcher happened to be playing piano with the Goodman orch at this time, and, though Mrs Henderson had considerable say-so in the running of her hubby's own band, I suspect that Fletcher was actually the co-author and there was simply a financial angle to giving Leora the credit. In any case, I've always enjoyed this bit of fluff and the manner in which the leader, his band and vocalist swing it.
An unknown side to me. Sweet! Thanks for this post,Croonr1. 😊
It's always good to hear one of Helen's uptempo numbers with the BG band. Exceptional on ballads, Ms Forrest could swing, too! This carefree ditty has an interesting authorship -- on paper: _Metronome_ co-editor; pianist and sometime songwriter, Leonard Feather and Fletcher Henderson's wife, Leora. Well, arranger Fletcher happened to be playing piano with the Goodman orch at this time, and, though Mrs Henderson had considerable say-so in the running of her hubby's own band, I suspect that Fletcher was actually the co-author and there was simply a financial angle to giving Leora the credit. In any case, I've always enjoyed this bit of fluff and the manner in which the leader, his band and vocalist swing it.
Helen was the best!