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VOLUME 18, NUMBER 1 2 A
JANUARY - FEBRUARY, 1943
7243
AUTOMATIC AGE, $1.00 per year. Published bi-monthly by Automatic Age, Inc., 4416 Elston Av
second class matter August 10, 1926, at the Post Office at Chicago, 111., under the Act of March
Bartenders Select
Ten Most Popular Records
And now the b a r t e n d e r s
have entered the field w i t h
their “ten best” list. Joining
radio editors, film reviewers
and fashion experts, the Bar
tenders Union of Philadelphia,
Local No. 115, announce what
they consider the ten best rec
ords played on the coin ma
chines during 1942.
Glenn Miller’s “Kalamazoo”
tops the list as the most popu
lar record, the bartenders’ poll
reveals, according to Harry
Ames, secretary, and Harry
Taggart, business agent, of
Local 115. Spike Jones’ “Der
Fuehrer’s Face”, rated the best
laugh-getter, took second place
and Alvino Rey’s “Strip Polka”
as the best burlesque disc, was
third.
The bartenders were also
asked to select the record they
like best to hear at home, when
relaxing with their families.
Jeanette MacDonald’s Victor
record of “Ave Maria” was al
most a unanimous selection.
Here’s the complete list:
Best P o p u la r B a n d R e c o r d :
G le n
M ille r 's
" K
a l a m
a z o
o
'
Best L a u g h - G e tte r R e c o r d :
S p ik e J o n e s '
" D
e r
F u e h r e r ' s
F a c e
"
Best B u r le s q u e R e c o r d :
A lv in o R ey 's " S
t r i p
P o l k a "
logical people to make a ten
best list of records”.
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Best V o c a l R e c o r d :
D in a h
S h o r e 's
Best J it t e r b u g
S h e p F ie ld 's
" D
e a r l y
B e l o v e d "
R ecord:
" T h e
J e r s e y
B o u n c e "
Best P a tr io tic R e c o r d :
B a rr y W o o d 's
" E v ' r y b o d y ,
E v ' r y
P a y d a y "
Best S e n t im e n t a l R e c o r d :
T o m m y D o rse y 's
" T h e r e
A r e
S u c h
T h i n g s
"
Best C o m ic D a n c e R e c o r d :
F r e d d y M a r t in 's " /
G
o f
Best M ilit a r y M a r c h
S o u s a 's
" S t a r s
a n d
e t
t h e
t h e
N
e c k
C h i c k e n
"
R ec ord:
S t r i p e s
F o r e v e r "
R e c o r d B a r te n d e r s
P la y M o s t a t
Hom e:
J e a n e t t e M a c D o n a l d 's
"A v e
M
a r i a
"
A m e s pointed out t h a t
“There’s a T a v e r n in Our
Town” and “B e e r B a r r e l
Polka” written for or inspired
by the good fellowship of the
“Pub”, do not represent the
favorite recordings of the typi
cal bartender.
“What our boys like was ob
vious enough”, said Ames, “af
ter we had thought to ask them.
No one hears more p o p u l a r
music— good, bad and indiffer
ent— than the man behind the
bar. So we figured we were the
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