I can't ID one of the Phil Harris -- Alice Faye themes

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I can't ID one of the Phil Harris -- Alice Faye themes

Postby scottp » Wed Oct 20, 2010 10:26 am

In the Rexall years-- after the pharmicist gave his opening spiel, the phrase "Good Health to all, from Rexall" would be followed by the band playing the bit of music that goes with those words...
then would come a little of "Sunday" because the show was on Sundays...
then after the introduction of the supporting cast and the stars-- "Alice Faye and Phil Harris!".....
what's that final piece which comes there?
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Postby Maxwell » Wed Oct 20, 2010 6:30 pm

The song is Rose Room.
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Postby Maxwell » Thu Oct 21, 2010 7:36 pm

Here's a nice version of "Rose Room" played by the Benny Goodman Sextet, featuring Charlie Christian on electric guitar: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x4H7M2YFK0s
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Postby scottp » Thu Oct 21, 2010 9:39 pm

I should have recognized it, because in the 1970s I got hold of a big band remote with Rose Room as the opening song. I "knew it when I heard it" for a long time...
FWIW at the same time, I had first heard "Copenhagen" on a remote, yet by the time Garrison Keillor started using it on "American Radio Company" I didn't recognize that one either.
Of course my mom would never rule out the "Les Brown effect"-- (most of his renditions were unrecognizable, in her opinion!)
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