Your favorite music from 1938?

Can be a single track, a 78 with multiple tracks, early albums (as in literal albums of 78s bound together), a classical piece, a later compilation focusing on the year . . . whatever.

Doesn't have to be a list, though of course you can post a list if you want. You can also just post one title at a time as you think of it/run across it (which is what I do in these threads).




(I'm going to eventually be doing one of these for every year from 1920 to 1963 (we already have threads for every year from 1964), and then for wider periods prior (decades, etc.) Of course, anyone else is free to start the others before I get to them, but just let me know if you do so we can avoid duplicates.)

 

Count Basie - "Mama Don't Want No Peas an' Rice an' Cocoanut Oil"

 

I can't say I have a lot of music from that year, but ironically, this disc (part of a box set, but I originally picked it up used as a single disc) is one of my favorite albums by anyone ever:

 

Benny Goodman 1938 Cernegia Hall Concert

 

Because I’m working through my recent Goodwill find, an 8 LP Bing Crosby Reader’s Digest box that covers the ‘30s to the early ‘50s, I’ll go with “I’ve Got A Pocketful Of Dreams.”

 

So The Doors’ LA Woman album cover was inspired by this record?

 

Vice versa, I'd imagine.

 

The film was released in 1940 but "The Sorcerer's Apprentice" was recorded in January 1938. The quality of the recording is absolutely remarkable considering its age. In order to create "stereo" sound Disney simply set up multiple separate tape recorders for various parts of the orchestra.

 

Uh yeah, my bad. You’re right

 

Big Bill Broonzy / Night Time is the Right Time No. 2

 

Comment:

Edwinna Bernat3 years ago
Daniel was 82 and I was 80 when we married. He was the love of my life and I was his. We chose this song and this version to be played at our wedding. We had 559 beautiful, glorious and golden days together, the happiest of my life and, I hope, his.​

 

The DeZurik Sisters, recorded 6 songs on 16th December, 1938

 

Stravinsky - Dumbarton Oaks
Bartok - Violin Concerto #2

 

Billie Holiday

 

This by a good distance.

 

Yeah, I have this one also.