78 RPMs 13: Thanks for the Memory & Bob Hope

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On Tuesday, September 27, 1938, Thanks for the Memory, composed by Ralph Rainger, was heard for the first time on the The Bob Hope Show. That was years before I was born but the tune was a big part of my life because it was Hope's signature song which he employed his entire professional life. And I was a fan of his most of mine.      

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thanks for the Memory - sheet music

 

 

Other songs Rainger wrote are I Wished on the Moon sung by both Ella Fitzgerald and Billie Holiday, Holiday's version is slightly faster & bouncier. Love in Bloom (comedian Jack Benny's theme song) was introduced in the film She Loves Me Not by Bing Crosby and Kitty Carlisle, Faithful Forever Easy Living, June in January, Blue Hawaii. And with Leo Robin on the 1938 Oscar-winning song, Thanks for the Memory, sung by Bob Hope in the film The Big Broadcast of 1938.       

 

 

The Big Broadcast of 1938. lobby card  

 

 

    

 

          

         

          

 

Thanks for the Memory - "B" side 

 

 

 

 

Two Sleepy People - "A" side 

 

   

    

   

   

Tracklist:

Side 1:

Two Sleepy People (from film "Thanks For The Memory")

Side 2:

Thanks For The Memory (from film "The Big Broadcast of 1938")

Credits:

Accompanied By – Harry Sosnik & His Orchestra*

Notes:

Barcode and Other Identifiers
        
Bob Hope And Shirley Ross – Two Sleepy People / Thanks For The Memory
Label: Decca – 2219
Format: Shellac, 10", 78 RPM
Country: US
Released: 1938
Genre: Pop, Stage & Screen
Style: Vocal         

        

        

        

        

        

Viewfinder links:       

        

Jack Benny            

Kitty Carlisle         

Ella Fitzgerald        

Billie Holiday 

Bob Hope        

        

        

Ralph Rainger        

Shirley Ross        

        

        

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YouTube links:        

       

Jack Benny ~ Love in Bloom         

Bing Crosby and Kitty Carlisle ~ Love in Bloom        

Ella Fitzgerald ~ I Wished on the Moon         

Billie Holiday ~ I Wished on the Moon 

Bob Hope & Shirley Ross ~           

        Two Sleepy People        

        Thanks for the Memory        

        

        

        

        

       

        

        

        

        

        

        

Styrous® ~ Wednesday, February 17, 2021       

       

 

 

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