[Dixielandjazz] Re: Chords and Lead Wanted: The Lady In Red
dwlit at cpcug.org
dwlit at cpcug.org
Wed Feb 15 08:01:22 PST 2006
> It was - and it does!
> I'm surprised that in your musical travels you've, somehow, missed "The
> Lady
> in Red" (1935. Allie Wrubel, music-Mort Dixon, lyrics).
> It was done magnificently by Louis Prima for Brunswick on 17 May 1935 with
> Prima, t/v; Pee Wee Russell, cl; Frank Pinero, p; Garry McAdams, g; Jack
> Ryan, sb; Sam Weiss, d. [Playing it now.}
> It's not all that rare on LP or CD and contains two great Pee Wee solos.
> Our band used to do it a few years ago.
> So did Joe Haymes, Tommy Dorsey, Stan Kenton, Stan Getz, Duke Ellington
> and
> the 1955 Humphrey Lyttelton Band.
> It was featured as a Busby Berkeley number in the 1935 film 'In Caliente'
> (sung by Winni Shaw).
> Kind regards,
> Bill.
>
I like Ethel Merman's 1935 record, which has probably the complete vocal.
Originally a rhumba, it has a couple of extra sections in addition to the
verse and chorus.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Lady In Red (from the Ethel Merman record, 1935)
Have you heard about the toast of the town
dressed// in a red velvet gown./
Whatever is her name?/// Never has it been said.//They
Call her|the Lady| in Red./// ////
Verse:
Say/// /have you ever met the girl who is the toast of the town?///
A work of art without a question.|||
who gives your heart a great congestion.||
Say/// /have you ever met the dream in the red velvet gown?///
If you will pardon my sug- gestion|||
youd better write her number down.||Shes the
Gay young bird all the magazines feature,
Pon my word shes the zippiest creature|
(long tone) //// //// //// ///Shes the
Valentine all the movies are after
she wont dine cause she really dont have ta.
I|de-| clare./Oh the
Chorus:
(Oh the) Lady in red,/the fellows are crazy for the lady in red./ ////
Shes a bit gaudy, but lawdy, what a person- ality./ //Oh the
Lady in red,/ is f/resh as a daisy when the town is in bed./ ////
Dancing and dining and shining with origi- nality./ //Shes very
-----------------
Proper||shes nothing more than a pal, but/
oh/ me and oh my!//Youd never
Stoper,||shed be a dangerous gal/if
she should ever meet the right guy! Oh the
----------------
Lady in red,/the fellows are crazy for the lady in red./ ////
Is she a study, oh! Buddy what a person-
ality. Shes got vi- tality. (Ending: Say/ ////
/Have you every met the girl whos the toast of the
town?/// A work of art without a
Question||| Youd better write her number down!|||
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Send me a couple of bucks and I'll send a .pdf of my 2-page lead sheet.
It's in my "Gig Book".
BTW, Merman also did my favorite version of "I get a kick out of you" ca.
1934.
--Sheik
http://americanmusiccaravan.com
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