[Dixielandjazz] Re: 'Alice Blue Gown' in 4/4

[David W. Littlefield]

At 08:03 PM 06/22/05 +1000, Bill Haesler wrote:
>...I do have the Clarence Williams' Jazz Kings version
>of 'Candy Lips' (25 Jan 1927) with the eight bars of 'Alice Blue Gown'
>neatly inserted.

This is a *dandy* record. Features a delightful clarinet duet.

I included the ABG quote as interlude to the verse in my "Dixieland Fake
Book, Vol. 2" (which is imminent, by the way), omitting the dogfight.

>The reason for the "ABG" 8-bar 'quote' before the last verse is revealed if
>you listen to the original 16 Nov 1926 recording of "Candy Lips (I'm Stuck
>on You)" by Eva Taylor, where she uses the words "I'd like to call you
>Alice, in your pretty blue gown......" to open the verse. However, she
>finally calls her 'candy lips'.....[because].....I'm stuck on you!
>Here we have another example of a girl singing the man's part in a 'love
>song', common in the early to mid 1920s.

They wouldn't let male vocalists change the lyrics when they sang girl
songs. A whole CD of these was released by Columbia/Legacy in its Art Deco
series years ago. 
--Sheik
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