1937 HITS ARCHIVE: The Merry-Go-Round Broke Down - Russ Morgan (Jimmie Lewis, vocal)

The first commercial recording of that familiar ‘Looney Tunes’ theme, a song which climbed to #2 on the weekly “Your Hit Parade” radio survey. See also the posted versions by Eddy Duchin    • 1937 HITS ARCHIVE: The Merry-Go-Round Brok...   and Shep Fields    • 1937 HITS ARCHIVE: The Merry-Go-Round Brok...   CD audio, originally issued on 78rpm: Brunswick 7888 - The Merry-Go-Round Broke Down (Friend-Franklin) Music in the Russ Morgan Manner, vocal by Jimmie Lewis, recorded in NYC April 29, 1937 THE 1937 HITS ARCHIVE - a collection of commercial recordings and songs that proved popular during the calendar year 1937 (some were recorded in 1936) via sales, sheet music, and radio exposure.…plus some others that have gained increased recognition or have been shown to have had an impact during the decades that followed. . ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The three* MusicProf channels are home to The HITS ARCHIVES, YouTube’s most comprehensive collection of U.S. ‘popular music’ recordings from 1925 thru 1975. Discover thousands of original hit versions, conveniently arranged in year-by-year playlists and sorted alphabetically in your choice of either song title or artist name. Simply visit this channel’s home page (here:    / @the78prof72   ), scroll down the rows of playlist categories, choose a favorite year, click on “view full playlist,” and then pick out the songs that you want to hear. Enjoy the music! The78Prof The45Prof AnotherProf