Elmer's Tune - Peggy Lee And The Benny Goodman Orchestra video free download
This is a song by Peggy Lee and the Benny Goodman orchestra, recorded in the 1940s.
ELMER'S TUNE
Glenn Miller
- words and music by Elmer Albrecht, Sammy Gallop and Dick Jurgens
Why are the stars always winkin' and blinkin' above?
What makes a fellow start thinkin' of fallin' in love?
It's not the season, the reason is plain as the moon
It's just Elmer's Tune
What makes a lady of eighty go out on the loose?
Why does a gander meander in search of a goose?
What puts the kick in a chicken, the magic in June?
It's just Elmer's Tune
Listen
Listen
There's a lot you're liable to be missin'
Sing it
Swing it
Any old way and any old time
The hurdy-gurdies, the birdies, the cop on the beat
The candy maker, the baker, the man on the street
The city charmer, the farmer, the man in the moon
All sing Elmer's Tune
Comments
9 years ago
sharon stockard
Now ! that was music.9 years ago
Jonathan Jensen
I just read that this was her first recording session and she was terribly nervous. Sure doesn't show it!9 years ago
Yu Tub
I am glad that I am not the only one who loves songs from back when my grandparents and great grandparents were still young :D10 years ago
Melinne Colette
Well i'm 16 and yeah... it's catchy... ;D10 years ago
Lourdes Dodge
Elmer's Tune - Peggy Lee And The Benny Goodman Orchestra10 years ago
Lourdes Dodge
Elmer's Tune - Peggy Lee And The Benny Goodman Orchestra11 years ago
RatPfink66
Holy cat, I sang this in a dream last night! In my own arrangement with a big band. :) It's a tune I've known since 14 or so.11 years ago
dented halo
i was so very excited to be able to hear some of my cousin sammy gallops music on youtube as i never got the previledge of spending time with him myself like my grandfather did....my grandfather Joseph Gallop was his uncle and the subject of another song he wrote called "Joey's Song"11 years ago
Ashley Blackwater
feels like that in my school to, even the music teachers give me odd looks if they ask what i'm listing to :D11 years ago
Bernard Levin
GOOD FOR YOU KID, YOU KNOW WHAT GOOD MUSIC IS.12 years ago
Lisa Jurgens
The Dick Jurgens Orchestra did record it both as an instrumental and later with lyrics, which is the recording heard here. The lyrics were written by Sammy Gallop after which time, Glenn Miller recorded the number featuring Ray Eberle & The Modernaires. The Dick Jurgens Orchestra and The Glenn Miller Orchestra recordings each sold over a million copies and stayed on the Hit Parade for seventeen consecutive weeks. From THE BIG BAND SONG BOOK with notes by George T. Simon copyright 197512 years ago
Lisa Jurgens
he made a deal with The Aragon Ballroom owner, who then let him practice there every day or so. The Great Big Band Orchestra Leader and Composer, Dick Jurgens, would often hear Elmer practicing this melody and one day decided to help him finish his song, which he did.12 years ago
Lisa Jurgens
ELMER'S TUNE ~ Dick Jurgens & his Orchestra ~ 1941 ~ Okeh Records. As the story goes, ELMER'S TUNE, was named after it's creator, Elmer Albrecht, an undertaker's assistant, who used to practice his song on the piano at the Aragon Ballroom in Chicago, Illinois. Seems his job was near by and so ...Continued in next post ..>>>12 years ago
Gunner3210
This is too old for me.12 years ago
donnyab
@old87country you are full of shit12 years ago
kapariz44
Just like Charlie & his Orchestra :)12 years ago
glowee123
I'm 13 years old and I'm practically the only one in my school that listens to this kind of music. It's catchy!!!12 years ago
AlbertBroughton
Is that Gene Kruper on drums? I just love his slightly off beat single shots. And of course I delight in Peggy Lee's singing .... Al.13 years ago
bobareebop
True creativity (with a little whimsy) in the lyrics.13 years ago
redshark618
what makes a gander meander? favorite lineRelated Videos
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