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The song became best known through recordings by Bing Crosby and Rudy Vallée that were released in late 1932. The song received positive reviews and was one of the most popular songs of 1932. As one of the few popular songs during the era to discuss the darker aspects of the collapse, it came to be viewed as an anthem of the Great Depression.
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Now's The Time To Fall In Love" is a 1931 song from the Depression era written by Tin Pan Alley tunesmiths Al Sherman and Al Lewis. The song was made popular by Eddie Cantor on his weekly radio show. The song takes a positive attitude toward the plummeting prices of storebought items in financially depressed America of the 1930s. [1] [2]
The song was recorded by Leo Reisman and His Orchestra, with vocals by Lou Levin in November 1929 [citation needed] and was featured in the 1930 film Chasing Rainbows. [3] The song concluded the picture, in what film historian Edwin Bradley described as a "pull-out-all-the-stops Technicolor finale, against a Great War Armistice show-within-a-show backdrop".
His new song, "3 Boys," tracks the down-bad, can't-get-over-you type of love that afflicts us all at some point. In this case, even three new suitors can't distract from the problem at hand.
Anything Goes" is a song written by Cole Porter for his 1934 musical of the same name. Many of the lyrics include humorous references [1] to figures of scandal and gossip from Depression-era high society. [2] A recording by Paul Whiteman and his Orchestra (vocal by Ramona Davies) was very popular in 1934. [3]
The New York Stock Exchange crashed on October 24, 1929, known as Black Thursday. It was the first of many financial calamities that created the most notorious period of economic depression in ...
Chestnut Stuffing. In 2011, The Beaumont (Texas) Enterprise unearthed a few amazing Thanksgiving recipes printed Nov. 21, 1932, in a predecessor newspaper called The Beaumont Journal.