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“Strangers In The Dark” “Happy Birthday To Love” <\/p>\n While Ozzie Nelson<\/a> is best remembered for his long-running radio and television program The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet<\/em>,<\/a> \u00a0during the 1930s and early 1940s \u00a0Nelson was the leader of a popular dance band.<\/p>\n Both of the songs on this record are\u00a0from\u00a0Aquacade<\/em><\/a>, a music, dance and swimming show\u00a0produced by Billy Rose<\/a>\u00a0and first performed at the 1937 Great Lakes Exposition<\/a>. Later Aquacade<\/em>\u00a0was staged at the 1939 New York World’s Fair<\/a>.<\/p>\n A bit of trivia about vocalist Shirley Lloyd – according to bandleader Charlie Barnett’s<\/a> autobiography she and\u00a0Barnett were very briefly married. \u00a0Lloyd, Barnett as well as Artie Shaw<\/a> and Claude Thornhill <\/a>were at New York’s\u00a0Onyx Club<\/a>\u00a0one evening\u00a0and all had too much to drink. \u00a0Barnett managed to convince Lloyd that they ought to elope so the group went to Armonk, New York where a 4 AM marriage ceremony was performed by a reluctant justice of the peace. \u00a0By the time everybody sobered up Barnett and Lloyd both realized that they had made what Barnett later described as “a serious error” and the marriage was quickly annulled without having been consummated.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" “Strangers In The Dark” Ozzie Nelson And His Orchestra; Shirley Lloyd, vocal 1937 (Bluebird B 7037 A) Strangers In The Dark “Happy Birthday To Love” Ozzie Nelson And His Orchestra; Ozzie Nelson, vocal 1937 (Bluebird B 7037 B) Happy … Continue reading
\nOzzie Nelson And His Orchestra; Shirley Lloyd, vocal
\n1937 (Bluebird B 7037 A)
\nStrangers In The Dark<\/a><\/p>\n
\nOzzie Nelson And His Orchestra; Ozzie Nelson, vocal
\n1937 (Bluebird B 7037 B)
\nHappy Birthday To Love<\/a><\/p>\n