{"id":839,"date":"2024-01-21T20:15:15","date_gmt":"2024-01-22T01:15:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.early1900s.org\/notes\/?p=839"},"modified":"2024-01-21T20:24:25","modified_gmt":"2024-01-22T01:24:25","slug":"willie-bryant-and-his-orchestra-1936","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.early1900s.org\/notes\/2024\/01\/21\/willie-bryant-and-his-orchestra-1936\/","title":{"rendered":"Willie Bryant And His Orchestra 1936"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Bluebird<\/p>\n

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“The Right Somebody To Love”
\nWillie Bryant And His Orchestra; Jack Butler, vocal
\n(Bluebird B 6361 B)\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0April 9, 1936<\/p>\n

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“All My Life”
\nWillie Bryant And His Orchestra; Taft Jordan, vocal
\n(Bluebird B 6361 A)\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0April 9, 1936<\/p>\nhttps:\/\/www.early1900s.org\/notes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Willie-Bryant-And-His-Orchestra-All-My-Life.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n

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Here’s a record I came across while browsing through a box of previously unlistened-to records in my personal collection looking for interesting selections to present on Radio Dismuke’s recent New Year’s broadcast.<\/p>\n

Somehow, in all my years of collecting and being a fan of the era’s music, this was the first time I had come across a Willie Bryant<\/a> record – and I was particularly impressed with the “The Right Somebody To Love” side.<\/p>\n

Sadly, that side of the record has an edge flake about 7\/8 of an inch wide and that goes about a quarter of an inch into the record impacting the first dozen or so grooves.\u00a0 The other side of the record is not impacted by it at all.<\/p>\n

I decided to play the damaged side during the broadcast beginning just past where the damage ended as I knew that there was a strong possibility that I might not be able to include it in the station’s regular playlist.\u00a0 But after the broadcast I was, to my surprise, able to get a needle to track through the damaged portion.\u00a0 This resulted in some loud pops when I played back my transfer.\u00a0 But, because of the speed at which the record travels, the pops were short enough in duration that my software was easily able to repair them and interpolate the missing audio.<\/p>\n

What I did not realize when I introduced the recording during the broadcast was that the song was first introduced by, of all people, Shirley Temple<\/a> in the film mentioned on the label Captain January<\/em><\/a> – which explains its rather odd lyrics.\u00a0 Thanks to the talents of vocalist Jack Butler<\/a>, the band and whoever its arranger was, this recording is what I would consider to be the diametric opposite of how the song was presented in the film, which you can see on this YouTube clip<\/a>.\u00a0 Nothing against Shirley Temple as she was certainly very talented,\u00a0 but let’s just say that, in my personal opinion, Bryant’s recording has aged far better than the scene from the film.<\/p>\n

“All My Life” was introduced by Phil Regan<\/a> in the film Laughing Irish Eyes<\/em><\/a>.\u00a0 Several bands at the time recorded the song and I think Fats Waller<\/a> had an especially good version.<\/p>\n

– Dismuke<\/p>\n

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