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Thread #66729 Message #1109795
Posted By: GUEST,MCP
05-Feb-04 - 05:00 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Big hits of 1921 and 1922?
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Big hits of 1921 and 1922?
The Sheik of Araby ("an overnight hit") was 1921, as also were Toot, Toot, Tootsie and April Showers and California, Here I Come.
In 1922, Paul Whiteman had a million seller with Three O'Clock In The Morning (a waltz) and another giant hit was Parade of The Wooden Soldiers (based on a German original). Carolina In The Morning, Way Down Yonder In New Orleans were also 1922.
(The above information from The Jazz Age - Popular Music In The 1920s by Arnold Shaw)