Ethel Waters - True Blue Lou (1929)
Details
| Title | Ethel Waters - True Blue Lou (1929) |
| Author | bsgs98 |
| Duration | 2:59 |
| File Format | MP3 / MP4 |
| Original URL | https://youtube.com/watch?v=k6FxyAYEFa8 |
Description
"TRUE BLUE LOU"
Music by Richard Whiting
Words by Sam Coslow
Vocal by Ethel Waters
Accompanied by:
Bob Effros - trumpet
Tommy Dorsey - trombone
Jimmy Dorsey - clarinet, alto sax
Ben Selvin - violin
Frank Signorelli - piano
Tony Colucci - guitar
Joe Tarto - string bass
Stan King - drums
Recorded June 7, 1929, New York
The song "True Blue Lou" was introduced in the Paramount film "The Dance of Life" (1929) by Hal Skelly.
With its tale of "a dame" who stuck unerringly with her abusive man, the song is a feminist's nightmare, "Frankie and Johnny" without the retribution. Of it's many recordings Ethel Water's was the best --- perhaps because in real life Waters would have never taken the abuse Lou did. (quotation from "A Song in the Dark: the birth of the musical film" by Richard Barrios)
