Tryin to find somthin from the 1920's.....

[broadwaybondchik]

Posted: 10/5/04 at 9:12pm

Does anyone have any good suggestions on any belty/cute songs that are from the 1920's or before?

[broadwayfan24]

Posted: 10/5/04 at 9:26pm

Well if you're trying to find showtunes maybe something from Thoroughly Modern Millie but I don't know if that's what you're looking for.

[robbiej]

Posted: 10/5/04 at 9:33pm

Check out Rogers & Hart, Gershwin and Irving Berlin.

They all wrote stuff during the 20's.

[nobizlikeshobiz]

Posted: 10/5/04 at 9:34pm

yah, gimme gimme!
from thoroughly modern millie

[robbiej]

Posted: 10/5/04 at 9:36pm

Gimme Gimme is not a song from the 20's.

[dry2olives]

Posted: 10/5/04 at 9:56pm

One of the biggest shows from the 20's was No No Nanette which has the standards "I Want To Be Happy" and "Tea For Two", plus some good obscurities like "Too Many Rings Around Rosie" and "Call of the Sea".

Cole Porter's Fifty Million Frenchmen has "Find Me a Primitive Man" which is fun and a little suggestive.

A Connecticuit Yankee (Rodgers and Hart) has "Thou Swell".

Are you auditioning for a specific show? What kind of image do you want to project?

[ChrisLovesShows]

Posted: 10/5/04 at 9:57pm

Also Jerome Kern, whose immortal Showboat opened in 1927.

Updated On: 10/5/04 at 09:57 PM

[MasterLcZ]

Posted: 10/5/04 at 11:00pm

"I Want To Be Bad" (DeSylva Brown & Henderson) is a particular favorite of mine.

[kjklo]

Posted: 10/5/04 at 11:07pm

Another fun one (which was also used in Pennies from Heaven) is Cole Porter's "Let's Misbehave."

[millie_dillmount]

Posted: 10/5/04 at 11:15pm

I would also say songs from Thoroughly Modern Millie, since it took place in 1922...but I don't know a lot of songs from the 1920s.

[Guillermo Ugarte]

Posted: 10/6/04 at 4:51pm

There are any number of novelty songs from that era. Take a look at these links. They may be of some help. If you are planning to listen to the audio clips, give them some time to load.

http://bestwebs.com/roaring1920/index.shtml

http://nfo.net/ogg.htm

http://newtimes.rway.com/stage/aint.htm

Good luck

[MasterLcZ]

Posted: 10/6/04 at 5:45pm

One of my favorite CDs of 1920s songs is a compilation put out by Columbia a few years ago as part of their 'Art Deco' series, called "Can't Help Lovin' That Man" - all are songs (mostly from forgotten shows and films of that era) normally sung by women, but here they are sung by men, mostly anonymous vocalists in small obscure dance bands. "He's My Secret Passion", "But I Can't Make A Man" "He's A Good Man To Have Around" and "Can't We Be Friends" are especially good.

[Guillermo Ugarte]

Posted: 10/6/04 at 6:34pm

If you are a fan of 20s music, try to find 'The Vintage Cassette Recording Volumes I and II'. It has some very rare and unusual recordings of artists like Eddie Cantor, Al Jolson, Marion Harris, Bert Williams, and Billy Murray and Aileen Stanley singing 'Keep Your Skirt Down, Maryann'

[Mary_Ethel]

Posted: 10/6/04 at 10:30pm

"Button Up Your Overcoat" from GOOD NEWS is a very cute, peppy song that requires high energy to put over.

Please note: The songs from THOROUGHLY MODERN MILLIE are NOT songs from the 1920s. They were all written a few years ago to EVOKE the 1920s :)