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The Foursome:
Bidin' My Time
"From "Girl Crazy" - Recorded July 8, 1939
Vocal With Instrumental Accompaniment"

I thought of a funny memory the other day.... When I was in chorus in the 5th grade, we sang two songs that seemed really weird to us 10 year olds. One was "Fascinating Rhythm," and the other was "Bidin' My Time."
These songs stirred up a little controversy with us. "Bidin' My Time" included the line ".. that's the kind of guy I'm," and in "Fascinating Rhythm," we sang "Oh how I long to be the man I used to be."
Some girls started a debate over these lyrics. Man I used to be? They wanted to change the lyrics to "Oh how I long to be the kid I used to be."
"A kid is a baby goat!," was my snotty way of weighing in on the subject.
We went ahead and sang those songs as they were written, but not without a flurry of whispers and snickers every time those lines came up. I guess the concept of singing as storytelling was lost on us.

I just got this set of 3 gatefold albums (6 LPs in all), "Those Wonderful Thirties," released on Decca records some time in the 70s.
7-1 The Stars of Hollywood's Golden Era
7-2 The Stars of Broadway, Night Clubs and Vaudeville
7-3 The Stars of Radio - The Great Bands - The Great Vocalists
The set includes lots of hits, as well as songs I hadn't heard. Mae West, Sophie Tucker, Cab Calloway, Deanna Durbin, Wini Shaw, Harry Richman... many many more. Pretty good stuff.
The Foursome's recording of "Bidin' My Time" is taken from Side 1 of the second set.
Here's the detail of the Foursome from the rather hideous illstration on the back of the album.

Posted by: Kara Mae 2/27/2006 12:34:00 AM