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- ↑ Sentimental Journey: Intimate Portraits of America's Great ... Marvin E. Paymer, Don E. Post - 1999 1881907090- Page 75 " -greatest entertainers of the twenties, Al Jolson and Sophie Tucker. This song, usually simply known as "Cecilia", was his big first big hit. He went on to compose others, among them "Me and My Shadow" and "Back In Your Own Backyard". In 1940, "Cecilia" enjoyed a revival with a Vocalion recording by Dick Jurgens and his Orchestra, with vocal by Ronnie Kemper. The music of the refrain is almost a parody of itself, juxtaposing staccato and legato: dotted notes (quarters and eighths) and sustained whole notes."
- ↑ Whitburn, Joel (1986). Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890-1954 . Wisconsin, USA: Record Research Inc. p. 191. ISBN 0-89820-083-0.
- ↑ Billboard - 19 Apr 1947 CECILIA Dick Jurgens Ork (Ronnie Kemper) (I WON'T) Columbia 37342
- ↑ Billboard - 26 Apr. 1947 "Copyright on the old Dick Jurgens' sensation is held by Saul Bernstein's music pubs, ABC-Bourne-Bogat. ...Cecilia, it seems, was written by not only Herman Ruby but also Dave Dreyer, professional manager of the Irving Berlin firm. Ever since disk jockey Robert Q. Lewis started local gongs beating for Cecilia, tradesters have been wondering .... with Cecilia pointing for heavy action anew — Columbia is reissuing Jurgens' platter, Mercury has been out for a while with Harry Cool's a la original version, Louis Prima is due on Majestic and Decca may re-release Whispering Jack Smith's wax rendition..."
- ↑ Billboard - 10 May 1947 CECILIA , . . , Dick Jurgens with vocal by Bonnie Kemper Columbia 37342 Here's a musical gal who has been around for a long time. But with "Heartaches," for one, Indicating that the time is ripe for revivals, there is a good chance that the ..."
- ↑ Billboard - 14 Feb 1948 - Page 30 CECILIA Rose Murphy Majestic 1213 beat on the umpteenth revival of this Ruby-Dreyer oldie gives it a solid send-off.
- ↑ Billboard - 17 feb 1962 - Page 24 Philips PHS 600-006 (Stereo & Monaural) — A troubadour in the vanishing tradition, Frankie Vaughan always throws ... In this group, he socks across with particular effectiveness such old- timers as "Let Me Sing and I'm Happy," "Cecilia," .."
- ↑ http://unclefloyd.com/store/index.php?act=viewProd&productId=28 [ dead link ]
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