Johnny Marvin - Cryin' For The Carolines, 1930

Johnny MARVIN (né John Senator Marvin); b. 1897 in Butler, Indian Territory, USA (now Oklahoma); d. 1945 in North Hollywood, California (heart attack). In the 1920s, he was one of the most celebrated ukulele performers and crooners of the era. Billing himself as "Honey Duke and His Uke" then as "Johnny Marvin, the Ukulele Ace" his recorded output was prodigious. Among his many hits from the 1920s: "Oh How She Could Play the Ukulele," "Red Lips, Kiss My Blues Away," "If You See Sally," "There's Something Nice About Everyone (But There's Everything Nice About You)" and many others. He even had a brand of ukulele named for him, which sported his face on the headstock and was noted for its unique airplane-shaped bridge. As the ukulele craze of the 20s faded, Marvin retired. When the stock market crashed he lost his savings and came out of retirement, reinventing himself as a cowboy songwriting partner to Gene Autry, providing him with a second equally noteworthy career that lasted until his death. Inducted into the Ukulele Hall of Fame in 2003. ------------------------ ------------------------------- The first recording of the song was made in December 1929, by Ruth Etting. Soon „Cryin' For The Carolines" joined the long list of Harry Warren's great hits, performed by the leading American orchestras of the Jazz Age (Ben Bernie, Fred Waring, Ben Pollack or Paul Whiteman). In my opinion, the hereby Johnny Marvin's rendition belongs to the deepest and most moving interpretations of this tune. ----------------------------- --------------------------- Recording: Johnny Marvin -- Cryin' For The Carolines (from "Spring Is Here"); (Words by Sam H. Lewis and Joe Young, Music by Harry Warren), HMV 1930

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Uploaded: November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am
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Tags: 1920s  1930s  78s  American  Etting  Harry  Ruth  shellack  singer  Thirties  Twenties  ukulele  Warren  

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