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Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? is a 1975 documentary film directed by Philippe Mora, [4] consisting largely of newsreel footage and contemporary film clips [5] to portray the era of the Great Depression. [6] [7]
"Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?" is one of the best-known American songs of the Great Depression. Written by lyricist Yip Harburg and composer Jay Gorney , it was part of the 1932 musical revue Americana ; the melody is based on a Russian-Jewish lullaby.
The pair's most famous song was "Brother Can You Spare a Dime," based on a lullaby that Gorney learned as a child in Russia. It first appeared in the 1932 Shubert production of New Americana and became the anthem of the Great Depression.
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In New York on October 25, 1932, Hayton led the orchestra for one of Bing Crosby's most famous recordings, "Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?" which went to the top of the charts of the day. In January 1933, Hayton became the musical director for the Chesterfield radio series " Music That Satisfies " which again featured Crosby and ran for 13 weeks.
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Once we had Depression, but with a dime A man wasn't out of luck. Now we've got inflation, drugs and crime - Brother, can you spare a buck? Once we rode on subways, lived in shacks, But our souls were our own. Now we've got our co-ops, Cadillacs - Banker, can you spare a loan? Once in helmet hats we cheered Uncle Sam, Belted the kids who hated ...
The mother and brother of the sisters (who wish to remain anonymous) purchased the coin in 1978 for $18,200. The coin sat in a bank vault for over 40 years until it was inherited by the sisters ...