Cole Porter, who wrote this, contributed only some of the songs used in the unsuccessful (78 performances) 1938 musical “You Never Know,” adapated from a European play. Clifton Webb, Lupe Velez and Libby Holman headed the cast. The off-stage rivalry between Velez and Holman resulted in various scandalous behaviors which I won’t detail here. Read more in the Wikipedia entry “You Never Know (musical).”
CD audio, originally issued on 78rpm: Bluebird B-7825 - At Long Last Love (Porter) by Ozzie Nelson & his Orchestra, vocal by Ozzie Nelson, recorded in NYC September 7, 1938
THE 1938 HITS ARCHIVE - a collection of commercial recordings and songs that proved popular during the calendar year 1938 (some were recorded in 1937) via sales, sheet music, radio exposure, and juke box play.…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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