Wendell Hall - Angry (1925)
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Wendell Hall sings "Angry" on Victor 19819, recorded on October 6, 1925.
This is from Hall's final Victor session, which took place relatively soon after the company switched to electric recording.
Dearie, please don't be angry 'cause I was only teasing you.
I wouldn't even let you think of leavin'!
Don't you know I love you true?
Just because I took a look at somebody else--
That's no reason you should put poor me on the shelf.
Dearie, please don't be angry 'cause I was only teasing you.
Don't believe a thing you hear--just wait till you see.
Then you'll find no cause to show you're jealous of me.
Dearie, please don't be angry 'cause I was only teasing you.
I think "Angry" is one of the greatest songs of the 20th century! I love this song (well, it did evolve into a jazz standard). I can't think of any "bad" versions of "Angry" among the dozen I have. I especially prize Art Gillham's version.
Lyrics are by Dudley Mecum. The words are great, and I'm sad that jazz artists too often perform "Angry" as an instrumental.
Music was written by Henry Brunies, Merritt Brunies, and Jules Cassard. Brunies? Yep, the jazz musicians.
LeRoy Shield is at the piano. Lou Raderman plays violin.
I include visuals of Bix records because the young Bix loved the song "Angry."
Wendell Woods Hall was born on August 23, 1896, in St. George, Kansas, to Dr. George Franklin Hall, and Laura (Woods) Hall. After living in the South, the family moved to Chicago when Wendell was six.
Page 6 of the November 1923 issue of Talking Machine World states, "Mr. Hall started his professional career in 1913, appearing in quartets, men's choruses and in church work. He later played the clarinet, saxophone and trombone, and following this he traveled from coast to coast in vaudeville with his act, 'The Singing Xylophonist.' During the war he went to France with the A. E. F. [American Expeditionary Force] as a bugler."
According to Talking Machine World, he became around 1921 "one of the pioneer radio entertainers" though Hall's big break came in September of 1923. According to George W. Kay in "Those Fabulous Gennetts!" in the June 1953 issue of The Record Changer, Hall "strolled" into the Gennett office in Richmond, Indiana. to ask "about chances to make a few records."
On that day, a Pittsburgh jobber brought music dealers by chartered train to tour the Starr plant, and Hall entertained while wearing hillbilly clothes and strumming a uke as he sang.
In early October 1923 in Gennett's New York City studio, Hall recorded two novelty itmes, "It Ain't Gonna Rain No Mo'" and "The Red Headed Music Maker," with himself on ukulele.
The company issued the two songs not only on Gennett 5271 but also on Apex 401, on Starr 9454, and on Edison Bell Winner in England.
Around this time Hall recorded "It Ain't Gonna Rain No Mo'" for Edison. The song became very popular, and Hall was associated with it though others covered it.
This is from Hall's final Victor session, which took place relatively soon after the company switched to electric recording.
Dearie, please don't be angry 'cause I was only teasing you.
I wouldn't even let you think of leavin'!
Don't you know I love you true?
Just because I took a look at somebody else--
That's no reason you should put poor me on the shelf.
Dearie, please don't be angry 'cause I was only teasing you.
Don't believe a thing you hear--just wait till you see.
Then you'll find no cause to show you're jealous of me.
Dearie, please don't be angry 'cause I was only teasing you.
I think "Angry" is one of the greatest songs of the 20th century! I love this song (well, it did evolve into a jazz standard). I can't think of any "bad" versions of "Angry" among the dozen I have. I especially prize Art Gillham's version.
Lyrics are by Dudley Mecum. The words are great, and I'm sad that jazz artists too often perform "Angry" as an instrumental.
Music was written by Henry Brunies, Merritt Brunies, and Jules Cassard. Brunies? Yep, the jazz musicians.
LeRoy Shield is at the piano. Lou Raderman plays violin.
I include visuals of Bix records because the young Bix loved the song "Angry."
Wendell Woods Hall was born on August 23, 1896, in St. George, Kansas, to Dr. George Franklin Hall, and Laura (Woods) Hall. After living in the South, the family moved to Chicago when Wendell was six.
Page 6 of the November 1923 issue of Talking Machine World states, "Mr. Hall started his professional career in 1913, appearing in quartets, men's choruses and in church work. He later played the clarinet, saxophone and trombone, and following this he traveled from coast to coast in vaudeville with his act, 'The Singing Xylophonist.' During the war he went to France with the A. E. F. [American Expeditionary Force] as a bugler."
According to Talking Machine World, he became around 1921 "one of the pioneer radio entertainers" though Hall's big break came in September of 1923. According to George W. Kay in "Those Fabulous Gennetts!" in the June 1953 issue of The Record Changer, Hall "strolled" into the Gennett office in Richmond, Indiana. to ask "about chances to make a few records."
On that day, a Pittsburgh jobber brought music dealers by chartered train to tour the Starr plant, and Hall entertained while wearing hillbilly clothes and strumming a uke as he sang.
In early October 1923 in Gennett's New York City studio, Hall recorded two novelty itmes, "It Ain't Gonna Rain No Mo'" and "The Red Headed Music Maker," with himself on ukulele.
The company issued the two songs not only on Gennett 5271 but also on Apex 401, on Starr 9454, and on Edison Bell Winner in England.
Around this time Hall recorded "It Ain't Gonna Rain No Mo'" for Edison. The song became very popular, and Hall was associated with it though others covered it.