May I Borrow a Tune? 37
April 28, 2020 #1967
These days they're called cover recordings, when one performer introduces his or her version of a tune made famous by another. Back in the big band era there were four competing record companies in the US. There was RCA, which sold Victor and Bluebird records; Columbia, which also sold records under the Okeh label; Decca; and an upstart company which marketed under the Capitol label. When, say, a Glenn Miller recording on the Bluebird label sold well, Columbia might try to persuade Benny Goodman to release a new version to compete with the RCA one.
Playlist
- Flying home
- Lionel Hampton/Will Bradley
- Frenesi
- Artie Shaw/Benny Goodman
- Green eyes
- Jimmy Dorsey/Gene Krupa
- I can’t get started
- Bunny Berigan/Charlie Barnet
- I’ve got a gal in Kalamazoo
- Glenn Miller/Benny Goodman
- In the mood
- Glenn Miller/Al Donahue
- Indian summer
- Glenn Miller/Jan Savitt
- Jersey bounce
- Benny Goodman/Red Norvo
- Let me off uptown
- Gene Krupa/Larry Clinton
- Loch Lomond
- Benny Goodman/Woody Herman
- Maria Elena
- Jimmy Dorsey/Gene Krupa
- Martha
- Larry Clinton/Bob Crosby