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Artist: Flanagan & Allen
Author: James Cavanaugh/Vincent Rose/Larry Stock
Label: Columbia
Year: 1938
In English revue show Three Foolish Things. Bud Flanagan and Chesney Allen were part of the Crazy Gang, six British entertainers performing two by two. They introduced it at the London Palladium. Their recording followed in '39.
Covers:
Kay Kyser [vocal Ginny Simms & Harry Babbitt; first recording (Brunswick); n°1 US]
Ambrose [vocal: Denny Dennis]
Sammy Kaye & Three Barons [version used in Dennis Potter's BBC series The Singing Detective ('86) and opening LP The Other Side Of The Singing Detective ('88)]
Johnny Messner & his Music Box Band [vocal: Three Jacks; hit US]
Willy Derby [as De Parapluie Koopman]
Lys Gauty [as La Valse au village]
If you noticed blunt omissions, mis-interpretations or even out-and-out errors,
please let me know:
Arnold Rypens
Rozenlaan 65
B-2840 Reet (Rumst)
Belgium