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The second time he recorded the song was live at The New Café Zanzibar on July 17, 1945. It was released on the album Cab Calloway '45: Live at the New Cafe Zanzibar [11] by Magnetic Records (1993). Bing Crosby & The Mills Brothers with studio orchestra. Recorded in New York City on December 16, 1931, [12] it was released on a 78 Brunswick. [13]
"This Bitter Earth" is a 1960 song made famous by rhythm and blues singer Dinah Washington. [1] Written and produced by Clyde Otis , [ 2 ] [ 3 ] it peaked to #1 on the U.S. R&B charts for the week of July 25, 1960, and also reached #24 on the U.S. pop charts.
"Dinah, Dinah Show us your Leg" is an American bawdy song. The formula is a descending scale: "Rich girl [does something,] Poor girl [does something else], my girl don't [do whatever the other two do, usually with comic effect.]. The twentieth century versions are possibly the result of merging a minstrel song with "Coming Round the Mountain".
The Esther Phillips version became a big hit, reaching number twenty on the US Hot 100. It also reached number two on the disco charts. [8] Her version also did well on the US soul chart, reaching the top ten. Phillips performed the song on the television comedy variety program Saturday Night Live during its first season.
The singer reflects on experiencing mental, emotional and physical growth since her start at 15.
Dinah Shore singing "See the U.S.A. in Your Chevrolet" in a television advertisement for the 1959 Chevrolet Impala. "See The USA In Your Chevrolet" is a commercial jingle from c. 1949, with lyrics and music by Leo Corday [1] and Leon Carr [2] of the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP).
In 2014, BBC started broadcasting the programme on Aaj TV under a partnership agreement. [ 2 ] In January 2021, BBC Urdu stopped broadcasting the programme on Aaj TV and terminated the agreement, citing interference with their editorial policy as one of the reasons, and moved distribution of the programme to YouTube and other online platforms.
The version by Dinah Washington reached No. 88 on the chart in 1962. A version by The Spinners in 1965 gave it a more contemporary sound and was included on the 1967 LP The Original Spinners . The Donny Hathaway version from the LP Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway ( Atlantic , 1972) has become one of the standout versions of the song.