Are You Havin' Any Fun? - 1939, Reimagined

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This week on Caminhos do Jazz, we enter Rocky and Bulwinkle's Wayback Machine and imagine that we are in 1939 on the brink of WWII, when "the world is falling apart." We begin with our seed, a lovely rendition of "Are You Havin' Any Fun" from Danish jazz singer Marie Mørck's brand new release, My One and Only Love (Zack's Music, 2025). "Are You Havin' Any Fun" was a big hit for Tommy Dorsey and his orchestra in 1939, but it might have been sung by the character Edward Weyse in PBS' Seaside Hotel, the hugely popular Danish TV show (Badenhotellet), set in Denmark during the WWII period,1928-1947. Read more about all that in our review of Mørck's album on All About Jazz. 

Our program is comprised of songs from the 1939 hit parade--mainly in the US, but we also dip into Brazil and Germany. In the first set, we feature the artists who made the tunes hits, while the remainder focuses on other versions. In anticipation of Independence Day on July 4, we end with BeBe Winans' stirring rending of "God Bless America," a tune that was a major hit for Kate Smith in 1939. 

Check the YouTube (below) for another taste of Ary Barroso's 1939 "Aquarela do Brasil," an enduring hit in Brazil...

 

  

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