[Dixielandjazz] Stolen changes oops!

[Harry Callaghan]

.......and then there was that great number that Tony Randall recorded.
"Like a Banana Peel, I'll Come Sliding Back to You"

There was a singer/guitarist  named Frank Lee who usta perform regularly at
a club in North Baldwin, LI called the Hayoft (late '50s)

It seemed like he only knew the lyrics to two songs, "Lonesome Road" and
"Yes, We Have No Bananas"  He would do it the same every time injecting
alternate verses like "two old maids sitting in the sand, each one wishing
the other was a man" (chorus) or "two old maids sat up in bed, one turned
around to the other and said "(chorus)

I'll have to give a looksee as to a very early recording I have of it. I
can't remember the artist but I took it from a friend's scratchy old 78 and
put it onto an audio cassette.  I know the tape also has something by
Gallagher and Sheen and John McCormack singing "Star Spangled Banner" from
the same guy's collection, so you might want to take a guess as to the era
in which it was recorded

HC


On 2/24/10, alevy at alevy.com <alevy at alevy.com> wrote:
>
>  A) Sometimes my fingers type faster than my brain.
> Frank Silver was sued. He won the case and his
> children are still living on the ASCAP  royalties.
> B) One of my biggest regrets is that I never asked
> Frank Silver anything about George Gershwin.
> It wasn't until the Ken Burns series on TV that I learned
> "Bananas" was palyed at the same Paul Whiteman
> concert with "Rhapsody In Blue" with Gershwin at the piano.
> Cheers,
> Al
> Pianist, Composer, Arranger, Conductor, Teacher and Music Prep.
> Please visit me at
> http://alevy.com
>



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