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Table of Contents:

• Happy days are here again / Ager ; Yellen (Casa Loma Orchestra)
• Song of the bayou : excerpt / Bloom / (Marlow Hardy and his Alabamians)
• A cottage for sale / Robison ; Conley (Ruth Etting)
• Dancing in the dark / Schwartz ; Dietz (Ben Selvin)
• Ten cents a dance / Rodgers ; Hart (Ruth Etting)
• I found a million-dollar baby / Warren ; Rose ; Dixon (Chuck Bullock and his Levee Loungers)
• Headin' for better times / Mencher ; Tobias (Ted Lewis and his band)
• Love for sale / Porter (Libby Holman)
• Just a gigolo / Casucci ; Caesar ; Brammer (Louis Armstrong and his orchestra)
• Life is just a bowl of cherries / Henderson ; Brown ; DeSylva (Mills Brothers, Bing Crosby, Connie Boswell, Boswell Sisters accompanied by Victor Young and his orchestra)
• (Potatoes are cheaper, tomatoes are cheaper) Now's the time to fall in love / Lewis ; Sherman (Victor Young and his orchestra)
• Halleluja, I'm a bum / Rodgers ; Hart (Al Jolson)
• Brother, can you spare a dime? / Gorney ; Harburg (Bing Crosby, accompanied by Lennie Hayton and his orchestra)
• Underneath the arches / Connelly ; Flanagan ; McCarthy (Connie Boswell, accompanied by the Dorsey Brothers Orchestra)
• Let's put out the lights and go to sleep / Hupfeld (Bing Crosby)
• Are you makin' any money? / Hupfeld (Chick Bullock and his Levee Loungers)
• Remember my forgotten man / Warren ; Dubin (Bunny Berigan and his orchestra)
• Who's afraid of the big bad wolf? / Ronell ; Churchill (Ben Bernie and his orchestra)
• There's a new day comin' / Ager ; Young (Ted Lewis and his band)
• The gold diggers' song (We're in the money) / Warren ; Dubin (Dick Powell)

• Got the jitters / Loeb ; Rose ; Webster (Adrian Rollini)
• When my ship comes in / Donaldson ; Kahn (Eddie Cantor)
• With plenty of money and you / Warren ; Dubin (Hal Kemp and his orchestra)
• W.P.A. / Stone (Louis Armstrong and the Mills Brothers)
• Whistle while you work / Churchill ; Morey (Artie Shaw and his New Music).

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Contributors:

Gray, Glen, 1906-1963 , performer

Hardy, Marion , performer

Etting, Ruth, 1897-1978 , performer

Selvin, Ben, 1898-1980 , performer

Bullock, Chick, 1908-1981 , performer

Lewis, Ted, 1892-1971 , performer

Holman, Libby , performer

Armstrong, Louis, 1901-1971 , performer

Boswell, Connie, 1907-1976 , performer

Crosby, Bing, 1903-1977 , performer

Young, Victor, 1900-1956 , performer

Jolson, Al, 1886-1950 , performer

Berigan, Bunny, 1908-1942 , performer

Bernie, Ben, 1891-1943 , performer

Powell, Dick, 1904-1963 , performer

Rollini, Adrian , performer

Cantor, Eddie, 1892-1964 , performer

Kemp, Hal , performer

Shaw, Artie, 1910-2004 , performer

Hayton, Lennie, 1908-1971 , performer

Terkel, Studs, 1912-2008 , writer of accompanying material

Casa Loma Orchestra , performer, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prf

Alabamians (Musical group) , performer, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prf

Levee Loungers (Musical group) , performer, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prf

Boswell Sisters , performer, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prf

Mills Brothers , performer, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prf

Dorsey Brothers Orchestra , performer, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prf

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Subjects:

Depressions — 1929 — United States — Songs and music

Popular music — 1921-1930

Popular music — 1931-1940

Depressions

Popular music

United States

1921-1940

Genres:

Sound recordings

Popular music

Songs and music

Performers:

Sung and played by various performers from original recordings.

General Notes:

Recordings made between Nov. 29, 1929 and Dec. 30, 1937.
Automatic sequence.
Historical and program notes by Studs Terkel, and recording dates, personnel and discographical notes on container.
From the collection of C. Brooks Kerr.

Physical Description:

2 audio discs ; 12 in.

Physical Characteristics:

plastic; 12 in.; 33 1/3 rpm; mass-produced

Audio Characteristics:

analog; 33 1/3 rpm; microgroove; mono

Call Numbers:

LPZ

Other Standard Numbers:

Publisher Number, Book-of-the-Month Records: 21-5406

OCLC Numbers:

7244333