With lyrics pointing at the politicians, their false promises and their inability to cope with the Depression that had just plunged millions of Americans into poverty, this song was especially a moving tribute to the glory of all the common workers stricken by joblessness. " Yip " Harburg, who wrote the song was himself managing an important company before going bankrupt in 1929 and finding unemployed. He owed to George Gershwin his partnership with composer Jay Gorney. Rudy Vallee and Bing Crosby recorded their own rendition nearly at the same moment. That of Bing Crosby remains better known but without removing anything from its qualities, it is maybe Rudy Vallee who, supported by an effective orchestration, creates a dramatic progression best expressing the emotional content and despair conveyed by the song.
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Artist
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Song
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CT
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VIDEO
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1
|
The Dorsey Brothers
|
I'm Getting Sentimental Over You feat. Jean Bowes
|
USA
|  |
2
|
Louis Armstrong
|
All Of Me
(Gerald Marks/Simon Seymour) |
USA
| |
3
|
Cab Calloway
|
Reefer Man
(Andy Razaf/J. Russel Robinson) |
USA
| |
4
|
Duke Ellington
|
It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) feat. Ivie Anderson
(Duke Ellington/Irving Mills) |
USA
| |
6
|
Bing Crosby
|
Some Of These Days
(Shelton Brooks) |
USA
| |
7
| The Boswell Sisters & The Dorsey Brothers Orch. |
Louisiana Hayride
(Arthur Scwartz/Howard Dietz) |
USA
| |
8
| Don Redman |
Doin' The New Low-Down feat Bill "Bojangles" Robinson
(Dorothy Fields/Jimmy McHugh) |
USA
| |
9
|
Leo Reisman
|
Night And Day feat. Fred Astaire
(Cole Porter) |
USA
| |
10
|
Annette Hanshaw
|
Fit As A Fiddle
(Al Hoffman/Al Goodhart/Arthur Freed) |
USA
| |
11
|
Buddy Rogers
|
With My Sweetie In The Moonlight feat. Louis Rapp
|
USA
| |
12
|
Earl Hines & His Orchestra
|
I Love You Because I Love You
(Al Goodhart/Al Hoffman/Don Murray) |
USA
| |
13
|
Cab Calloway
|
Dixie Doorway
(Frank Perkins/Michell Parish) |
USA
| |
14
|
Rudy Vallee
| Brother, Can You Spare A Dime (Jay Gorney/"Yip" Harburg) |
USA
| |
15
|
Ray Noble & The New Mayfair Dance Orchestra
|
Where Are You Girl Of My Dream feat. Al Bowlly & Anona Winn
(Charles Tobias) |
UK
| |
16
|
Connee Boswell
|
Say It Isn't So
(Irving Berlin) |
USA
| |
17
|
Louis Armstrong
|
Kickin' The Gong Around
(Harold Arlen/Ted Koehler) |
USA
| |
18
|
Bennie Moten & His Orchestra
|
Two Times feat. Josephine Garrison
(Sauberg) |
USA
| |
19
|
Bing Crosby
|
Lazy Day
(Eric Maschwitz/George Posford/Grace Kahn/Gus Kahn) |
USA
| |
20
|
Ozzie Nelson
|
Say It Isn't So
(Irving Berlin) |
USA
| |
21
|
The Dorsey Brothers
|
Me Minus You feat. Connee Boswell
(Abel Baer/Paul Francis Webster) |
USA
| |
22
|
Ted Weems
|
Look Who's Here feat. Parker Gibbs
(Burton Lane, Harold Adamson) |
USA
| |
23
|
The Washboard Rhythm Kings
|
Was It The Human Thing To Do
(Victor Young/Sammy Fain) |
USA
| |
24
|
Cab Calloway
|
Minnie The Moocher's Wedding Day
(Harold Arlen/Ted Koehler) |
USA
| |
25
|
Bing Crosby
|
Street Of Dreams
(Sam M. Lewis/Victor Young) |
USA
| |
26
|
The Boswell Sisters with the Dorsey Brothers
|
Charlie Two-step
(Hoagy Carmichael) |
USA
| |
27
|
Jack Teagarden
|
I Gotta Right To Sing The Blues
(Harold Arlen/Ted Koehler) |
USA
| |
28
|
Fletcher Henderson
|
Say That You Were Teasing Me feat. Baby Rose Marie
(Allan Flynn) |
USA
| |
29
|
Billy Banks & The Rhythmakers
|
Who's Sorry Now
(Bert Kalmar/Harry Ruby/Ted Snyder) |
USA
| |
30
|
Al Bowlly & The Masqueraders
|
Goopy Gear
(Herman Upfield) |
USA
| |
31
|
Bing Crosby
|
Brother , Can You Spare A Dime
(Jay Gorney/"Yip" Harburg) |
USA
| |
32
|
Louis Armstrong
|
Love You, Funny Thing
(Fred Ahlert/Roy Turk) |
USA
| |
33
|
The Boswell Sisters
|
Stop The Sun, Stop The Moon
(Russel Robinson) |
USA
| |
34
|
Phil Spitalny
|
Let's Have Another Cup Of Coffee feat. Helen Rowland
(Irving Berlin) |
USA
| |
35
|
Ted Lewis & His Orchestra
|
Headin' For Better Times
(Charles Tobias) |
USA
| |
36
|
Jimmy Rodgers
|
Miss The Mississippi And You
(Jimmy Rodgers) |
USA
| |
37
|
Bing Crosby & The Boswell Sisters
|
Lawd, You Made The Night Too Long
(Sam M. Lewis/Isham Jones) |
USA
| |
38
|
Mildred Bailey & The Mills Brothers
|
Rockin' Chair
(Hoagy Carmichael) |
USA
| |
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