Rudy Vallee and His Connecticut Yankees: 1928-1930
The selections on this CD by
Rudy Vallee and His Connecticut Yankees represent a period in American
popular music that has been all but forgotten. In fact, they
present Rudy Vallee in a style that made him an overnight sensation
on early radio broadcasts, but later on in his long career he chose
to ignore. The Connecticut Yankees was a small band, usually
only eight men, but it managed to achieve a characteristic sound,
and on early radio broadcasts was just as important in building Vallee?s
popularity as his singing. These recordings are notable for
another Vallee talent, generally overlooked but exceedingly important
in the early years - the ability to pick tunes that were best suited,
not only to his singing, but to the over-all image he carefully cultivated
of the kid-next-door: the friendly, unassuming, college boy striving
for recognition. In the process, he succeeded in promoting a
number of quality tunes into hits and helped to create a market for
superior songs that, in itself, was unique to the period.
Song
List
Sample Songs in MP3 format:
The
One That I Love Loves Me ( 350kB)
Kitty
from Kansas City(300kB)
Add to Cart:
- Model: DCP-308D
- Shipping Weight: 0.3lbs
- 999 Units in Stock
- Manufactured by: Diamond Cut Productions, Inc.
This product was added to our catalog on Wednesday 02 December, 2009.
