Sing, Sing, Sing

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Label: RCA Victor

A "Sing, Sing, Sing" Recorded July 6, !937
B "Don't Be That Way" Recorded Feb. 16, 1938

From the "This Is Benny Goodman" album VPM-6040

To explain the seemingly curious "Introducing 'Christopher Columbus'" credit on the labels:
"...When Benny Goodman arranger Jimmy Mundy, who often worked with Goodman’s primary arranger, the brilliant Fletcher Henderson, took the core of the swingin' work by Italian-American bandleader Louis Prima, 'Sing, Sing, Sing (With a Swing)' and tried to stretch it out beyond the usual three minutes (it ended up requiring both sides of a 12" 78-rpm disc at over eight minutes), he incorporated, or 'introduced' 'Christopher Columbus (A Rhythm Cocktail),' recently written by Leon "Chu" Berry from Henderson's band, and successfully recorded by Thomas Fats Waller. The end result, which features 'Christopher Columbus' played in a minor key after the main chorus, remains a popular hit eight decades later...'

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