1940 HITS ARCHIVE: She Had To Go And Lose It At The Astor - Johnny Messner (with vocal ensemble)

She Had To Go And Lose It At The Astor (Raye-Prince) by Johnny Messner & his Orchestra, vocal by Entire Ensemble In-between its Bluebird and Decca affiliations, the Messner band spent a year recording for Eli Oberstein’s Varsity label...and produced this well-remembered track. The mildly suggestive novelty resulted in threatened legal action against Oberstein by the managing director of the Astor Hotel of New York, claiming that the song was “slanderous.” THE 1940 HITS ARCHIVE - a collection of commercial recordings and songs that proved popular during the calendar year 1940 (some were recorded in 1939) 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