Description: Shipping: All items will be packed safely in a sturdy package for safe shipping.We ship internationally and offer combined shipping for multiple purchases. Expedited, Priority Mail and FedEx shipping available Once payment is received, we ship your item on the next business day.INTERNATIONAL BUYERS: Pls check the shipping tab. Ebay does not display cheapest shipping on top of the listing. Over 1000 Records available. If you plan to buy several records: Click the "ADD TO CART" button. Once you have selected all the records you want, go to Cart and check out. COMBINED SHIPPING will be applied automatically. If shipping seems high: In Cart click REQUEST TOTAL, and I will send you an invoice. A series of great JAZZ Records from early Ragtime to Beb-Bop on 78 rpm Victrola RecordsMore great Jazz and Vocal Records in my other listings! Ted Lewis had been Columbias recording star bandleader for over a decade. His often hot jazz arrangements were best sellers in the 1920s. Two great early HOT FOX TROTS Jazz Pioneer Ted Lewis and Orchestra the famous BEES KNEES and one of the many parodys of Ted Snyder's Rudolf Valentino The Sheik of Araby: Song of a Southern Ladie's Man: Loving Sam (the Sheik of Alabam) Ted Lewis And His Band – Bees' Knees / Lovin' Sam (The Sheik Of Alabam)Label: Columbia – A3730Released: Dec 20, 1922A Bees' KneesWritten-By – Lopez*, Lewis*B Lovin' Sam (The Sheik Of Alabam)Written-By – Ager*Orig Issue New Process Columbia10" 78 rpm CONDITION: VERY GOOD, unworn but very rubbed fine scratches esp on SAM, plays E-very QUIET rare ticksA GREAT COPYLovin 'Sam was thematically influenced by the popularity of Rudolph Valentino through the silent film The Sheik (1921). [6] The song verses are in D major while the chorus changes to G major. Such key changes were rather rare in popular music of the time. The first song verse begins as if a preacher is singing it: Listen, sister and brothers, I suppose you've heard of the Sheik. “Then he says that he knows a man who is a greater lover than the sheikh; all the girls in town wanted to be the bride of that Romeo. ”The chorus text finally tells of this Lovin 'Sam, the Sheik of Alabam; Sam be a mean love makin ', a heart-breakin' man. "We are told we could love as much as Sam, we should only eat the eggs and ham from the best kitchens in the Alabam." With the hit song Lovin ’Sam (The Sheik of Alabam) and Who Cares? (presented by Al Jolson in Bombo) [3] began in 1922 the collaboration between Jack Yellen and Milton Ager, who subsequently founded the music publisher Ager, Yellen & Bernstein as his composition. The song was introduced by Al Herman [4] and Sophie Tucker; the singer Grace Hayes introduced the song in 1923 in the musical The Bunch and Judy; [1] Eddie Cantor interpreted it in the J.J. and Lee Shubert production Make it Snappy. [5]Music and lyricsLovin 'Sam was thematically influenced by the popularity of Rudolph Valentino through the silent film The Sheik (1921). [6] The song verses are in D major while the chorus changes to G major. Such key changes were rather rare in popular music of the time. The first song verse begins as if a preacher is singing it: Listen, sister and brothers, I suppose you've heard of the Sheik. “Then he says that he knows a man who is a greater lover than the sheikh; all the girls in town wanted to be the bride of that Romeo. ”The chorus text finally tells of this Lovin 'Sam, the Sheik of Alabam; Sam be a mean love makin ', a heart-breakin' man. "We are told we could love as much as Sam, we should only eat the eggs and ham from the best kitchens in the Alabam." [1]Don Tyler notes that some of the words in the text are racist, such as high browns and culled (which means black). [1]There ain't a high-brown gal in townwho wouldn't throw her cracker papa downto be the bride of these colored Romeo [6]Nora Bayes on the back cover of When It's Apple Blossom Time in Normandy in 1912Cover versionsAs early as October 1922, the song was recorded in the United States by Margaret Young (Brunswick) and the Harry Reser Trio (Gennett), [6] in the field of early jazz by Ted Lewis, The Virginians (a studio formation around Ross Gorman, Henry Busse and Ferde Grofé), The Dixie Daisies (a pseudonym for the Bob Haring Orchestra) and in 1923 in Paris by the Orchester Syncopated Six and in Berlin in 1924 by the Chapel Evans. [7] Most commercially successful in the United States was the version of singer Nora Bayes (1880–1928) for Columbia. [1] The discographer Tom Lord lists a total of 17 (as of 2015) cover versions in the field of jazz, such as Emmett Miller, Gene Kardos, the Firehouse Five Plus Two and Sippie Wallace. [7]The song is not to be confused with Loving Sam from Alabam by Perry Bradford, among others. Taken in 1920 by Mamie Smith (Okeh 4253). This song may have influenced Yellen and Ager. [6]From RedhotJazz Site Ted was called the "High Hat Tragedian of Song". He was a true Vaudevillian. He had no voice, but could "put over" a song. He played what he himself called a "gashouse" clarinet, yet he had one of the best of the commercial Dixieland bands, with a real feel for the Blues (billing himself as "The Medicine Man of the Blues"). Perhaps his best hits were "When My Baby Smiles at Me" and "Me and My Shadow". He really didn't 'sing' these songs, he spoke them. (Diseuse - Sprechgesang). Even today's listeners still tap their feet and smile while listening to his music. Ted LewisReal Name:Theodore Leopold FriedmanProfile:American jazz bandleader, entertainer, singer and clarinetist.Lewis started his recording career in 1917, playing clarinet in Earl Fuller's Famous Jazz Band. That band tried to copy the style of the Original Dixieland Jazz Band after the ODJB had had a tremendous success with its jazzy "Livery Stable Blues" earlier that year.In 1919, Lewis founded his own band. Playing a combination of jazz and dance music, the band became very popular, not least because it included well-known jazz musicians such as Muggsy Spanier on trumpet and George Brunies on trombone. Other distinguished musicians that recorded with Lewis' band, but more briefly, include Benny Goodman, Jimmy Dorsey, and Don Murray (2) on clarinet. Lewis' catchphrase was "Is Everybody Happy?" which itself became the title of a 1929 movie featuring his band.For many years, Ted Lewis recorded exclusively for Columbia, which honored him with his own picture label (1929-1933), a special distinction he shared only with Paul Whiteman. In 1934, however, Lewis switched to a new start-up label, Decca, for which he re-recorded many of his earlier hits, such as "When My Baby Smiles at Me," "Wear A Hat With A Silver Lining" or "The Sweetheart Of Sigma Chi."Born: June 06, 1890 in Circleville, Ohio.Died: August 25, 1971 in New York City, New York.Ted Lewis and his Band was one of the best selling Jazz bands of the 1920s and Lewis was Columbia Records best selling artist. Lewis got his start with Earl Fuller's Famous Jazz Band in 1917, but his clarinet antics soon made him the star of the group and he went solo in 1919, taking most of the musicians from Fuller's band with him. In 1924 Lewis hired George Brunies of the New Orleans Rhythm Kings and in 1928 he hired Muggsy Spainer. Over the years many up-and-coming Jazz greats like Benny Goodman, Jack Teagarden and Jimmy Dorsey passed through the band early in their careers. With all of this talent passing through the band they were really starting to swing by the early 1930s as evidenced in tunes like Jazznocracy, White Heat and Rhythm, but as the Depression worn on Lewis had become more of a Pop vocalist and Jazz was not figuring as prominently in the mix. Most modern Jazz histories overlook or downplay Ted Lewis' role in the development of Jazz. When he is mentioned he is often dismissed as being commercial and corny, but Lewis was a true Jazz pioneer and on his best songs like Dip Your Brush In Sunshine it is easy to understand why he was so popular. More Great Records on sale right now: CLICK ON THIS LINK TO SEE MORE GREAT RECORDS CLICK ON THIS LINK TO SEE ALL ITEMS - VINTAGE BOOKS, VICTROLA and TURNTABLE ITEMS, CDs, Books and DVDs http://shop.ebay.com/carsten_sf/m.html ==== A Quick NOTE ON GRADING AND SHIPPING: As you can see from my feedback, I try hard to earn your POSITIVE FEEDBACK and FIVE STAR RATINGS. 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Artist: CLICK RIGHT ARROW > FOR CONDITION, Ted Lewis
Format: Record
Material: Shellac
Genre: Jazz
Record Label: Columbia
Record Size: 10"
Style: Acoustic Blues, Bebop, Boogie-Woogie, Canadian Jazz, Chicago Blues, Comedy/Novelty Music, Delta Blues, Dixieland, East Coast Blues, Electric Jazz, Film Score/Soundtrack, Folk Jazz, Gypsy Jazz, Honky-Tonk, Jazz Instrument, Jazz Pop, Jive, Latin Jazz, Music Hall, Piano Blues, Ragtime, Schlager, Smooth Jazz, Soul Jazz, Vocal Jazz, Western Swing, Big Band/Swing, TV Score/Soundtrack, West Coast
Speed: 78 RPM
Release Title: Bees' Knees / Lovin' Sam (The Sheik Of Alabam)
Language: English
Catalog Number: A3730, A 3730, A-3730
