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Cass Hagan and His Park Central Hotel OrchestraVarsity Drag (1927)

If you want one of the major theme songs of the 1920's this is it and very well recorded.


This audio is part of the collection: 78 RPMs & Cylinder Recordings

Artist/Composer: Cass Hagan and His Park Central Hotel Orchestra
Date: 1927-00-00 00:00:00
Source: http://www.edisonnj.org/menlopark
Label / Recorded by: Menlo Park
Keywords: Oldtime

Creative Commons license: Public Domain

Notes

Digital recording from a Columbia Graphaphone disc made at Menlo Park.
To find out more visit Menlo Park

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Reviewer: Sean McHenry - - March 20, 2008
Subject: Used in Blazing Saddles
This was also used, with new text in the famous Mel Brooks film Blazing Saddles. It shows up near the end with Dom Deluise as a director doing a big MGM like picture on another backlot where Blazing Saddles was being shot.

Sean

Reviewer: DaybyDay - - March 14, 2007
Subject: Heard this song someplace...
I don't know if this will help, but, I think I heard this song in a Fred Astare movie.

Reviewer: Spuzz - - July 2, 2005
Subject: Where have I heard this from?
OK, this is driving me nuts, I KNOW I've heard this song before, but I am not sure where. In any case, this has a great beginning, Not too sure if it's the band, the production team or what, anyways, after a great dixieland intro, it goes into the main chorus..
Here is the drag, see how it goes,
Down on the heels, up on the toes,
That's the way to do the Varsity Drag,
Do-dee-odle-oh-do!
Arrrgh! When I heard that, I was like, I've HEARD this before.. Now I can't place where..

Reviewer: mumkin - - June 2, 2005
Subject: not bad
I prefer the George Olsen version recorded in the same year, personally. Nice harmonies in this one, and definite texture.