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  • 1001 Songs Challenge,  1930s,  Music

    1001 Songs Challenge #19: Mbube (1939)

    March 1, 2019 / 3 Comments

    Mbube's influence would lead to a later version used in a Disney film, making $15 million that Solomon Linda and his family saw little of.

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    1001 Songs Challenge #18: Gallis Pole (1939)

    February 28, 2019 / No Comments

    Gallis Pole tells the story of the narrator facing the gallows, beseeching their siblings to come and buy their freedom to spare them.

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    1001 Songs Challenge #17: Over the Rainbow (1939)

    February 27, 2019 / No Comments

    Amazingly, Over the Rainbow was originally omitted from The Wizard of Oz with concerns that it was ponderous and slowed down the narrative.

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    1001 Songs Challenge #16: Strange Fruit (1939)

    February 26, 2019 / No Comments

    Strange Fruit began life as a poem by a Jewish-American teacher, Abel Meeropol who wrote it as a protest song against the inhumane lynchings.

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    1001 Songs Challenge #15: Hellhound on My Trail (1937)

    February 25, 2019 / No Comments

    Robert Johnson sings of his need for a woman that will make everything okay again but there is very much the air of a desperate man here.

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    1001 Songs Challenge #14: Cross Road Blues (1936)

    February 24, 2019 / No Comments

    In Cross Roads Blues the narrator despairs at a crossroads, pleads to God for mercy, fails to hitch a ride & laments the absence of a woman.

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    1001 Songs Challenge #13: Can the Circle Be Unbroken (By and By) (1935)

    February 23, 2019 / No Comments

    This song from The Carter Family focuses on the final journey of the narrator’s mother as they follow the long road down to her funeral.

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    1001 Songs Challenge #12: Hula Girl (1934)

    February 22, 2019 / No Comments

    Sol Hoʻopiʻi is considered one of the greatest slack key guitarists. His blend of music began in Hawaii and soon became popular in the US.

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    1001 Songs Challenge #11: Mal Hombre (1934)

    February 21, 2019 / No Comments

    In Mal Hombre (Bad Man) Mendoza sings of a serial womaniser whose charms she has fallen for but who ultimately has broken her heart.

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    1001 Songs Challenge #10: Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? (1932)

    February 20, 2019 / No Comments

    Written by E.Y. “Yip” Harburg and composed by Jay Gorney, Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? was included in the 1932 musical, Americana.

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    1001 Songs Challenge #9: Need a Little Sugar in My Bowl (1931)

    February 19, 2019 / No Comments

    I’ve found from research that Bessie Smith's Need a Little Sugar in My Bowl may be called Dirty Blues as it is full of euphemisms.

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    1001 Songs Challenge #8: Minnie the Moocher (1931)

    February 18, 2019 / No Comments

    Minnie the Moocher demands audience participation, with Cab Calloway’s use of scat lyrics that sound like absurd mumblings.

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