The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #66111   Message #1095566
Posted By: Joe Offer
18-Jan-04 - 12:16 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Rum and Coca Cola
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Rum and Coca Cola
I've always thought of this as a World War II song, but yet the Great Song Thesaurus says it was published in 1945. This caused me some degree of confusion. My Andrews Sisters CD says they recorded it on the Decca label October 18, 1944, which sounds more plausible. Was this the first recording? (songwriter credit: Jeri Sullavan, Paul Baran, Morey Amsterdam)
-Joe Offer-