Roaring 1920s: The Knickerbockers - Manhattan, 1925
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- Опубликовано: 6 сен 2024
- The Knickerbockers (Ben Selvin's Orchestra) -- Manhattan, Fox Trot from "Garrick Gaieties" (Rodgers -- Hart), Columbia 1925 (USA)
NOTE: The Garrick Gaieties was a revue with music by Richard Rodgers and lyrics by Lorenz Hart, the first successful musical by this songwriting team. The revue first opened on Broadway at the Garrick Theatre on May 17, 1925, as a 2-performance benefit for the Theatre Guild and was the first of three Garrick Gaiety revues, which were subsequently produced in 1926 and 1930. Directed by Philip Loeb, the cast included Romney Brent, June Cochrane, Libby Holman, Betty Starbuck and Lee Strasberg. The show parodied current subjects, such as the New York City Subway system and the Theatre Guild. The Garrick Gaieties is remembered as "bringing Rodgers and Hart their first major recognition." Their hit song "Manhattan" was introduced in this revue by Sterling Holloway and June Cochrane.
I’m nostalgic about a time I wasn’t even born in! What a cool tune 💙💙💙
Super excellent with very good interesting photos
What a perfect tribute to this gorgeous city in the mid 20's!
Unbelievably good sound from 1925! Must be a very early electrical recording. I think they started with this new process in that year (1925)
Selvin's jazzy version of that famous tune had been the forst I ever heard, so it was almost a shock for me when sometime in the late 1970s I heard the Ella's "I'll Take Manhattan" ehich was sung in her typical bluesy & dreamy style. And, ofcourse - it immediately became one of my favourites and when in NYC, I did quite often hum it to myself while poking days and nights about the nooks and crannies of the City of The Cities...
I just wonder if that fantastic ruthless steel eagle is still there! What a perfect symbol of that place!
A REALLY SWEET SONG . THANK YOU.
What a time to have been a resident in that city...
Yes, I also love that picture with some 1940s' lady stretching her feet in elegant walking shoes, up on the balustrade of the terrace overlooking Manhattan's misty skyline...
I especially like the virtuoso trumpet section. Wow!
Hello Grzegorz - your magnificent visuals - the shots of Manhattan remind me that New York City is the undisputed Capitol of the World. That famous sound "I'l take Manhattan" is given a fun - clever arrangement - here - while even though - it's been performed by everybody - anybody and their "proverbial" brother - it has been - frequently rendered "incompetently done" and that's being kind to various artists who messed it up. At any rate - love everything about this vid! Great Saturday to you!!!
Enjoy a Manhattan cocktail while listening to this...
Thank you, Elisabeth. When I stayed in Manhattan, I wished I did not have to sleep alt all. I stayed in the very heart of Manhattan, at St. Marks Place so I knew quite well what meant the popular prase about NY as "the city which never sleeps".
I love most of all, that absolutely hearbreaking Ella's version... There's all of the air of Manhattan in it...
Delightful
You took the words right out of my mouth darlin.
Love and kisses
David xxx
Ta pani z nogami w wyjściowych pantoflach, odpoczywającymi na balustradzie tarasu z rozpościerającym się widokiem Manhattanem, jest rzeczywiście wspaniała. W Nowym Jorku trudno jest zrobić złą fotografię. Właściwie całe to miasto jest jednym, wielkim modelem dla fotografa. Pozdrawiam i dziękuję!
Oh, I love this. Thank you for sharing. Karen
Superb salute to the city of my birth, which, alas, I long ago left but still feel in my heart as home. Among the great vids, 1:14 is a masterpiece as well as 1:07. Though not the tallest, the Chrysler Building is the most beautiful skyscraper on the world.
Selvin at his best!
Great song thanks
Thank you :-)!
Extraordinary images, and, of course a superb song, honoring my home town. Great job!
You do a great job with these vids!!
Wonderful cheery version, love it.
Bravo - nicely done -
Yes it is still overlooking its city!!!
Lovely,I was dance a litte bit! Thanks,my friend!
Znakomite !!!! I muzyka i fotografie a 1:24 po prostu SUPER!!!!!, dzięki.
great sound 90 years ago great song
My hometown. 🚬
Viewing these sumptuous shots of the Big Apple, it's easy to understand why the great Rodgers & Hart were raving about ol' Manhattan. ... I wonder if Selvin's interpolation of "The Sidewalks of New York" made the songwriting team as angry as did Bing Crosby's insistence on the inclusion of "Swanee River" in their score for the film, "Mississippi." Splendid, Grzegorz!
The old Manhattan.
sergio.
So wonderful dear friend!!!!! Hugssss Perla.
Thanks, Perla :-)) !
“And tell me what street compares to Mott Street in July”
was a very funny line in 1925 because Mott Street in July smelled of all the rotting fish in garbage to be picked up by the sanitation trucks.
Great Art Deco Again G
You are too cute!!!
Super excellent with very good interesting photos