MY DREAM OF THE BIG PARADE (1926) Peerless Quartet
Posted: Mon May 30, 2016 3:54 am
This is for Memorial Day, an amazing recording of a song inspired by the 1925 MGM film THE BIG PARADE, recorded for Victor, June 30, 1926, written by Jack Mills and performed by the Peerless Quartet, with Henry Burr doing the tenor solo and Billy Murray doing the recitation.
It is fitting that the Peerless Quartet recorded this, one of their last records and few electrically recorded ones, as they had recorded so many of the big World War One hit songs at the time, they went out with one that seemed to sum up much of the returning veteran's feelings regarding what they had been through in that war. As we remember today the passing of those we knew who gave their lives to defend this country, this song remains a fitting tribute to those who were lost in one of the most senseless wars, yet perhaps most important in the way it reshaped the entire World and the Twentieth Century:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PloEiN1Zpec
Happy Memorial Day.
RICHARD M ROBERTS
It is fitting that the Peerless Quartet recorded this, one of their last records and few electrically recorded ones, as they had recorded so many of the big World War One hit songs at the time, they went out with one that seemed to sum up much of the returning veteran's feelings regarding what they had been through in that war. As we remember today the passing of those we knew who gave their lives to defend this country, this song remains a fitting tribute to those who were lost in one of the most senseless wars, yet perhaps most important in the way it reshaped the entire World and the Twentieth Century:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PloEiN1Zpec
Happy Memorial Day.
RICHARD M ROBERTS