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Does anyone have any idea what on earth the girl's singing about on this track
I think I've accurately transcribed the words -
'Some Like It Hot' by Gene Krupa
Long ago swung the young gorilla
Through the trees. Was a killer diller
Ever since, thanks to that gorilla
Some like it hot
Later on fiddled Mister Nero
Down in Rome he was quite a hero
Ever since, thanks to Mister Nero
Some like it hot
When the rooster first went 'peck, peck'
The community bent his neck
But did rhythm perish with him?
No no no no I should say not
Everywhere you can find survivors
Nowadays people call them jivers
Thanks to those senders and arrivers
Some like it hot
I think I've accurately transcribed the words -
'Some Like It Hot' by Gene Krupa
Long ago swung the young gorilla
Through the trees. Was a killer diller
Ever since, thanks to that gorilla
Some like it hot
Later on fiddled Mister Nero
Down in Rome he was quite a hero
Ever since, thanks to Mister Nero
Some like it hot
When the rooster first went 'peck, peck'
The community bent his neck
But did rhythm perish with him?
No no no no I should say not
Everywhere you can find survivors
Nowadays people call them jivers
Thanks to those senders and arrivers
Some like it hot
This is just a guess: there is a 1938 movie called Some Like It Hot (not the Billy Wilder one with Marilyn Monroe) starring Bob Hope (and here is the kicker) - there is an appearance by Gene Krupa (playing himself). Allmusic.com lists the song in question as being from 1938 . . . So my guess is that the song was written for the movie . . . But it's just a guess.
Edited to say: the movie was reissued as Rhythm Romance
Edited to say: the movie was reissued as Rhythm Romance
Emperor Nero seems to be a popular reference in lyrics of the time -
Rhythm Saved The World by Bunny Berigan
At the battle of Bunker Hill
All the men were tired until
The Drum and Fife gave them new life
And rhythm saved the world
And in France not so long ago
All the men were feeling low
The drummer man struck up the band
And rhythm saved the world
You'll find music where ever history's concerned
Nero fiddled while Rome was being burned
If the truth you're looking for
You'll find music won each war
Drum and Fife gave them new life
Drummer man struck up the band
A trumpet blow beat Jericho
And rhythm saved the world
Rhythm Saved The World by Bunny Berigan
At the battle of Bunker Hill
All the men were tired until
The Drum and Fife gave them new life
And rhythm saved the world
And in France not so long ago
All the men were feeling low
The drummer man struck up the band
And rhythm saved the world
You'll find music where ever history's concerned
Nero fiddled while Rome was being burned
If the truth you're looking for
You'll find music won each war
Drum and Fife gave them new life
Drummer man struck up the band
A trumpet blow beat Jericho
And rhythm saved the world
I just watched "Rhythm Romance" with Bob Hope and Gene Krupa:
Rhythm Romance is the television title for the 1939 Bob Hope comedy Some Like It Hot (the change was made to avoid confusion with the 1959 Billy Wilder film of the same name).
The song, "Some Like It Hot", was written by Gene Krupa, Remo Biondi and Frank Loesser, so says the credits. So my guess is, it was written for the movie, which was a remake of a 1934 film called "Shoot the Works".
Basically the movie starts off on a carnival midway with Krupa and orchestra performing "Some Like It Hot" (but without the female vocalist - she comes later in the movie). Krupa and the boys want to get the 'sweet' band out of the Paradise Pavilion and get themselves (the hot band) in there to play for dancers.
I know, way more information than anyone needs . . . .
Rhythm Romance is the television title for the 1939 Bob Hope comedy Some Like It Hot (the change was made to avoid confusion with the 1959 Billy Wilder film of the same name).
The song, "Some Like It Hot", was written by Gene Krupa, Remo Biondi and Frank Loesser, so says the credits. So my guess is, it was written for the movie, which was a remake of a 1934 film called "Shoot the Works".
Basically the movie starts off on a carnival midway with Krupa and orchestra performing "Some Like It Hot" (but without the female vocalist - she comes later in the movie). Krupa and the boys want to get the 'sweet' band out of the Paradise Pavilion and get themselves (the hot band) in there to play for dancers.
I know, way more information than anyone needs . . . .
I looked for SLIHot for years. It never seemed to run on TV in NY or LA. It finally came out on VHS. It's a bit of a misfire. Bob Hope comedies from this era are usually really funny, but not this one. Krupa and orch save the film and even GK doesnt get enough screen time.
So many elusive big band movies....so little time.
So many elusive big band movies....so little time.
Will big bands ever come back?
Here it is on Amazon, looks as though it's on VHS only at the moment ...Eyeball wrote:I looked for SLIHot for years. It never seemed to run on TV in NY or LA. It finally came out on VHS. It's a bit of a misfire. Bob Hope comedies from this era are usually really funny, but not this one. Krupa and orch save the film and even GK doesnt get enough screen time.
So many elusive big band movies....so little time.
http://www.amazon.com/Gene-Krupa-Orches ... 0783230028
I searched for Youtube clips of 'Some Like It Hot/Rhythm Romance' without success, but I did come across this great one of Gene Krupa's band playing 'Drum Boogie' from the 1941 film "Ball of Fire"