The 1927 Ziegfeld stage musical “Rio Rita” was brought to the big screen two years later as a vehicle for Wheeler & Woolsey with this title song performed by John Boles and Bebe Daniels. A different plotline was used in the 1942 Abbott & Costello “Rio Rita” and the tune was sung by John Carroll.

Transferred from 78rpm Columbia 893-D - Rio Rita (Tierney-McCarthy) by The Knickerbockers (Ben Selvin), vocal by Charles Kaley, recorded in NYC February 11, 1927

THE 1927 HITS ARCHIVE - a collection of commercial recordings and songs that proved popular during the calendar year 1927 (some were recorded in 1926) 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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