This familiar standard first appeared in the Howard Dietz-Arthur Schwartz score for the 1931 musical revue “The Band Wagon,” book by George S. Kaufman and a cast headed by Fred & Adele Astaire, Helen Broderick, Tilly Losch, and Frank Morgan.
CD audio source, the original 78rpm single was issued on Brunswick 6169 - Dancing In The Dark (Dietz-Schwartz) by Bing Crosby, orchestra conducted by Victor Young, recorded in NYC August 19, 1931
THE 1931 HITS ARCHIVE - a collection of commercial recordings and songs that proved popular during the calendar year 1931 (some were recorded in 1930) via sales, sheet music, and radio exposure.…plus some others that have gained increased recognition or have been shown to have had an impact during the decades that followed. .
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The three* MusicProf channels are home to The HITS ARCHIVES, YouTube’s most comprehensive collection of U.S. ‘popular music’ recordings from 1925 thru 1975. Discover thousands of original hit versions, conveniently arranged in year-by-year playlists and sorted alphabetically in your choice of either song title or artist name. Simply visit this channel’s home page (here: [ Ссылка ] ), scroll down the rows of playlist categories, choose a favorite year, click on “view full playlist,” and then pick out the songs that you want to hear. Enjoy the music!
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