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1946 Sammy Kaye - I Used To Work In Chicago (with vocal chorus)

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‘Clean’ version of the humorous drinking song which is more commonly performed with alternate lyrics (see the song’s Wikipedia page). Here’s a recording from Oscar Brand’s “Bawdy Songs” collection:    • I Used to Work in Chicago   Transferred from 78rpm RCA Victor 20-2037 - I Used To Work In Chicago (Larry Vincent-Sunny Skylar) by Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye with vocal refrain, recorded in NYC October 16, 1946 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The three* MusicProf channels are home to The HITS ARCHIVES, YouTube’s most comprehensive collection of U.S. ‘popular music’ recordings from 1925 thru 1976. Discover thousands of original hit versions, conveniently arranged in year-by-year playlists and sorted alphabetically in your choice of either song title or artist name. Simply visit this channel’s home page (here:    / @the78prof72   ), scroll down the rows of playlist categories, choos …...more
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1946 Sammy Kaye - I Used To Work In Chicago (with vocal chorus)
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2023Jun 3
‘Clean’ version of the humorous drinking song which is more commonly performed with alternate lyrics (see the song’s Wikipedia page). Here’s a recording from Oscar Brand’s “Bawdy Songs” collection:    • I Used to Work in Chicago   Transferred from 78rpm RCA Victor 20-2037 - I Used To Work In Chicago (Larry Vincent-Sunny Skylar) by Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye with vocal refrain, recorded in NYC October 16, 1946 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The three* MusicProf channels are home to The HITS ARCHIVES, YouTube’s most comprehensive collection of U.S. ‘popular music’ recordings from 1925 thru 1976. Discover thousands of original hit versions, conveniently arranged in year-by-year playlists and sorted alphabetically in your choice of either song title or artist name. Simply visit this channel’s home page (here:    / @the78prof72   ), scroll down the rows of playlist categories, choose a favorite year, click on “view full playlist,” and then pick out the songs that you want to hear. Enjoy the music!
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