Track Listing

1. I'm Gonna Meet My Sweetie Now - Jane Green
2. Am I Blue? - Libby Holman
3. Dangerous Nan McGrew - Helen Kane
4. Maybe, Who Knows? - Kate Smith
5. Do Do Do - Gertrude Lawrence
6. Blues Have Got Me - Marion Harris
7. New Kind of Man (With a New Kind of Love for Me) - Blossom Seeley
8. Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone - Mildred Hunt
9. I'll Get By (As Long as I Have You) - Aileen Stanley
10. Why Am I So Romantic? - Lillian Roth
11. You Wouldn't Fool Me, Would You? - Annette Hanshaw
12. If Your Kisses Can't Hold the Man You Love - Sophie Tucker
13. Red Hot Mama - Brox Sisters
14. Moanin' Low - Lee Morse
15. It All Belongs to Me - Ruth Etting
16. Blues in My Heart - Greta Keller
17. Do Something
18. You Remind Me of a Naughty Springtime Cuckoo - Helen Morgan
19. Red Hot Henry Brown - Margaret Young
20. Ya Gotta Know How to Love - Esther Walker

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #124668 in Music
• Released on: 1994-04-20
• Number of discs: 1

Customer Reviews

Life is a Bowl Full of Cherries
How can anyone NOT love this sort of historical music? What some of these reviewers who complain about the "squeaky" voices, background noise, and unintentionally funny lyrics misunderstand is that this sort of music MUST be placed in the cultural context of the era in which is was meant to be heard.

These sorts of songs and singers emerged after the entire world was recovering from the horrors and brutality of World War I--a war in which an entire generation (20 million) of young men was killed. These people wanted fun, fun, fun: "Four Wheels, No Brakes" and "Hey Chicken, Here's Your Roost"! The age of youth and consumer culture hit the scene and the United States hasn't looked back! After all, this was the era in which "dating" emerged. Previously, people engaged in courting on front porches. But now, young people's romantic activities moved from the front steps to the back seat!

So maybe the sound is raw, the singers do squeak, and the lyrics seem nothing more than "cute." But this music certainly can't be labeled old-fashioned and in no way is it "innocent." This music is a testament to the times; these songs and singers' styles are historical cultural documents. Have fun with it like the co-eds, flappers, flivvers, and racoon-coated ukulele-toting collegiates did! Our times aren't so very different from theirs.

~~23 Skidoo~~

Historic Sounds
If you are here reading this you have been doing some home work. I bought this a few weeks ago and it is very good if your into the twenties. This cd has led me to seek out full cd's by some of these artists. My personal favorites are Ruth Etting,Annette Hanshaw and Libby Holman. The cd is well done the sound quality is very good. I was starved for new music and this is all new to me. Fun stuff.

The Cat's Pajamas
If not for a few clunkers and the weak notes this would be a certain 5 Star collection. You will hear voices unheard elsewhere, songs previously unknown, singers later famous at the beginning of their careers, and vocalists in performances you'll be shocked at. We know that young people have been behaving badly since the beginning of time, but this is the first time they really flaunted it, and the new medium of recorded sound made it easier to join in on the fun. This is jaunty, daring, snappy, well-performed, sophisticated and amazing well-remastered stuff.

I'll keep it brief. For the price, a winner! Enjoy, and be a bit startled at how "hot" the music was waaaay back then! The contemporary musicians may use more graphic language, but they have no monopoly on heat.