{"id":1622,"date":"2015-05-28T19:44:38","date_gmt":"2015-05-29T00:44:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dismuke.org\/blog\/?p=1622"},"modified":"2015-05-28T19:44:38","modified_gmt":"2015-05-29T00:44:38","slug":"the-merry-macs-1940-1941","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/dismuke.org\/blog\/?p=1622","title":{"rendered":"The Merry Macs – 1940 & 1941"},"content":{"rendered":"

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“By-U By-O (The Lou’siana Lullaby)”
\nThe Merry Macs
\nSeptember 12, 1941 (Decca 4023 B mx DLA 2760)
\nBy U By O (The Lou’siana Lullaby)<\/a><\/p>\n

“Rose O’Day”
\nThe Merry Macs
\nSeptember 12, 1941 (Decca 4023 A mx DLA 2761)
\nRose O’Day<\/a><\/p>\n

“Isn’t That Just Like Love”
\nThe Merry Macs
\nOctober 30, 1940 (Decca 3483 A mx 68305)
\nIsn’t That Just Like Love<\/a><\/p>\n

“Do You Know Why?”
\nThe Merry Macs
\nOctober 30, 1940 (Decca 3483 A mx 68306)
\nDo You Know Why<\/a><\/p>\n

The Merry Macs<\/a> were a harmonic vocal group that was popular in the late ’30s and early ’40s – and whose recordings I, more often than not, tend to enjoy.<\/p>\n

The songs “Isn’t That Just Like Love” and “Do You Know Why?” both come from the 1940 Paramount film Love Thy Neighbor<\/em><\/a> in which The Merry Macs appeared along with Jack Benny, Fred Allen and Mary Martin.\u00a0 The film was essentially a motion picture extension of the long-running Jack Benny-Fred Allen radio feud.\u00a0 At the time The Merry Macs were regularly featured on Fred Allen’s CBS radio program.<\/p>\n

I picked these records up recently in a second-hand book store.\u00a0 They are not in the best of condition – though they still give an enjoyable performance.\u00a0 There is, however, a bit of distortion in a few of the louder passages.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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