1926 HITS ARCHIVE: Dinah - Ethel Waters

Introduced by Ethel at the Plantation Club on Broadway, this pop/jazz standard was also interpolated into the 1925 musical “Kid Boots“ where it was sung by Eddie Cantor. CD audio source, originally issued on 78rpm: Columbia 487-D - Dinah (Akst-Lewis-Young) by Ethel Waters and Her Plantation Orchestra, conducted by Ralph James, recorded in NYC October 20, 1925 THE 1926 HITS ARCHIVE - a collection of commercial recordings and songs that proved popular during the calendar year 1926 (some were recorded in 1925) 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