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George Olsen
George Olsen & His Music 1925-1926, Vol. 2
Genres: Dance & Electronic, Jazz, Pop

Track Listings (24) - Disc #1
1. I'm Knee Deep in Daisies (And Head Over Heels in Love) - George Olsen, Ash
2. Hot Aire - George Olsen, Schoebel, Elmer
3. Lonesome Me - George Olsen, Malien, George
4. Sugar Plum - George Olsen, DeSylva, Buddy
5. Just a Little Thing Called Rhythm - George Olsen, Endor, Chick
6. Sunny - George Olsen, Hammerstein
7. Who? - George Olsen, Hammerstein
8. A Little Bit Bad - George Olsen, Conley
9. Fond of You - George Olsen, DeSylva, Buddy
10. Journey's End - George Olsen, Kern, Jerome
11. Miami - George Olsen, Conrad
12. She Was Just a Sailor's Sweetheart - George Olsen, Burke, Joe [Compose
13. She's a Corn-Fed Indiana Girl (But She's Mamma to Me) - George Olsen, Frey
14. Oh, How I've Waited for You - George Olsen, Ayer, Nat D.
15. All for You - George Olsen, Freed, Arthur
16. Always [Take 5] - George Olsen, Berlin, Irving
17. Too Bad - George Olsen, Schoebel, Elmer
18. Always [Take 11] - George Olsen, Berlin, Irving
19. Drifting and Dreaming (Sweet Paradise) - George Olsen, Curtis
20. Gypsyland - George Olsen, Bories, Merton H.
21. Horses [Take 2] - George Olsen, Gay, Byron
22. Horses [Take 4] - George Olsen, Gay, Byron
23. The Girl Friend - George Olsen, Hart, Lorenz
24. Let's Make Up - George Olsen, Albert, Harry

CD Details

All Artists: George Olsen
Title: George Olsen & His Music 1925-1926, Vol. 2
Members Wishing: 0
Total Copies: 0
Label: Renovation
Release Date: 1/25/2005
Genres: Dance & Electronic, Jazz, Pop
Styles: Swing Jazz, Dance Pop
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPCs: 725543700421, 7233437004022

Synopsis

Product Description

George Olsen had one of the country's most popular dance bands during the 1920s. Renovation's long-awaited second volume of the band's complete recordings continues with the early electrical period, and features standards by Rodgers and Hart, Irving Berlin and Jerome Kern, including the million-seller Who? Years later, Olsen commented, 'I wish I had a dollar for every young wife who told me her husband had proposed to her while dancing to that record.'

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CD Reviews

Exciting and enticing!

Steven Phillips | Ada, OK United States | 02/07/2005

(5 out of 5 stars)

"George Olsen's orchestra was really hitting its stride when these sides were recorded. His complex-but-pleasing orchestrations of Broadway and pop tunes played by high caliber musicians well exemplify the care-free spirit and joie de vivre of the "jazz age", 1920s.

Most of the songs on this CD are happy, upbeat, high-energy performances that have been pleasingly remastered. Olsen's Victor dance recordings were second only to Paul Whiteman's in sales during this period, and they possess a musical vibrancy that was often lacking in the more regimented Whiteman outfit.

Giving this CD a five-star rating really does not accord these recordings the proper respect that they deserve. If you like 1920s music, then you probably already know how important George Olsen was to this era. This CD (all electrical recordings) and its equally excellent companion, Volume I (mainly acoustic recordings), are vital additions to one's collection of vintage performances."