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Thread #37063   Message #2314673
Posted By: Genie
13-Apr-08 - 08:51 PM
Thread Name: Lyr/Chords Req: I Never See Maggie Alone
Subject: Audio file: I Never See Maggie Alone/Maggie Dear
DK why it was so hard to find these things online back in 2001 -- mebbe these here "internets" is jes' gettin' bigger'n' better all da time?   Anyhow, I just found a listenable Real Audio file of the whole song

I Never See Maggie Alone
Irving Aaronson and His Commanders
Phil Saxe, vocal                                     1927
(Victor 20473)

Irving Aaronson led one of the more popular 1920s era dance bands, Unfortunately, he is probably best known today as the inevitable first entry in any discography or band leader listing of the period. Aaronson was a pianist who began performing at age 11 in silent movie theaters. He started his first band, the Crusaders, in 1926 and changed its name to the Commanders a few months later. Aaronson's sidemen included future bandleaders Artie Shaw, Gene Krupa and Tony Pastor.   The band remained active until the mid 1930s. During the early 1940s, Aaronson became a music director for MGM Studios where he worked until his death in 1963.

Both of this week's selections were introduced in 1926 and were quite popular. "Crazy Words - Crazy Tune" introduced the memorable nonsense phrase "Vo doe de o, vo doe doe de o doe." Also note the reference to then President Calvin Cooledge. "I Never See Maggie Alone" was also popular in Germany where it was featured in the 1928 Haller-Revue Schön Und Schick. - with Maggie's name changed to "Lilly." The song experienced another revival in 1949 with a million selling record by country singer Kenny Roberts.
free RAM version you can hear (but not save) . I think it's the Kenny Roberts version.