May 21, 1940: Will Bradley recorded Beat Me Daddy Eight to the Bar and several interesting versions would follow, including THE great one by Ann Arbor favorites COMMANDER CODY AND HIS LOST PLANET AIRMEN (on “Lost in the Ozone”)

 

 "Beat Me Daddy Eight To The Bar" 

was first recorded in 1940 by the Will Bradley orchestra, with Freddie Slack on piano. The recording placed in Billboard's

"Leading Music Box Records of 1941" at number ten…

A GREAT version of  "Beat Me Daddy Eight to the Bar" was released by Maurice Rocco

Check out Maurice Rocco’s  Bio

This is jazz musician, Maurice Rocco,  was born in Oxford, Ohio, Maurice Rockhold (1915-1976). He later became known as a jazz musician who played the piano while standing up. He performed briefly with Duke Ellington. His career included musical performances in several movies during the 30s and 40s and he later toured in Europe and Asia. He was murdered in Bangkok, Thailand while he was living there and performing at nightclubs.

 

Of course our favorite Beat Me Daddy Eight to the Bar came out on the

"Lost In The Ozone" album by Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen…

The Andrews Sisters , Woody Hermann, Glen Miller and even Ella Fitzgerald HAD SUCCESS WITH the tune, too!!!

A GREAT WWII JAM AND STILL GREAT TODAY…

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EVOLUTION OF ROCK 'N ROLL: SEPTEMBER 11

Tex Williams' SMOKE, SMOKE, SMOKE THAT CIGARETTE was the Number One tune in the nation on September 11, 1947

SMOKE SMOKE THAT CIGARETTE

SMOKE SMOKE SMOKE THAT CIGARETTE

Commmander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen brought it back home to Ann Arbor, Michigan--and then the world!!!--in 1971

A classic "Ragtime" tune, this time recorded by Pee Wee Hunt (Born in 1907, his discography includes Twelth Street Rag and Dixieland. He was a member of Glen Gray & the Casa Loma Orchestra) hits #1 on the U.S. charts on September 11, 1948. 




How does this fit into the EVOLUTION of ROCK 'n ROLL? Check out the intro to Billy Preston's classic Nothing From Nothing

Edwin Starr's WAR was the number one tune on Billboard on this date in 1970. I guess it's as significant today, ten years after the attacks on the United States, now known as "911," as it was in 1970. 

WAR by Edwin Star

GOD BLESS AMERICA!!!