ANNE
GREENE here. Music defines an age and I love the optimism of the 1920s. Along
with jazz, big bands were extremely popular. Happy-Go-Lucky characterized the
1920 songs. No previous decade in America had been so confidant.
The
Great War to end all wars had been won several years earlier. America enjoyed
prosperity like never before. Women had earned suffrage. Clothing and hair
styles grew freer for both men and women. Women had a choice of staying home or
choosing a career. Jobs were plentiful. The economy boomed. America entered the
Jazz Age.
The
phonograph record surpassed the sales of sheet music and piano rolls. Radio
moved from being an expensive novelty into a major piece of entertainment. By the
late 1920s movies went from silent to sound and created another medium for the
decade’s music. Prohibition and the opening of Speakeasys provided ample opportunities
for musicians.
Young
people went crazy for dances like the Charleston and the Black Bottom. The
swing debuted as another popular dance style. Record companies sold records in
huge numbers. Songs like Sweet Georgia
Brown, Dinah and Bye Bye Blackbird became instant hits.
See
if you recognize any of these songs: Yes Sir: That’s My Baby, If You Knew
Susie, Tea for Two, All Alone, Lady Be Good, Indian Love Call, Lady Be
Good, When My Sugar Walks Down The
Street, Moonlight and Roses, I’ll See You In My Dreams, Look For The Silver
Lining, Ain’t We Got Fun, Make Believe, All By Myself.
ANNE
GREENE delights in writing about wounded heroes and gutsy heroines. Her second
novel, a Scottish historical, Masquerade Marriage, won three
prestigious book awards. The sequel Marriage
By Arrangement released November, 2013.
A Texas Christmas Mystery also won
awards. Anne’s highest hope is that her stories transport the reader to awesome
new worlds and touch hearts to seek a deeper spiritual relationship with the
Lord Jesus. Anne makes her home in McKinney, Texas. Anne loves to talk with her
readers. Buy Anne’s books at http://www.Amazon.com. Visit http://www.anneswritingupdates.blogspot.com for information
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Some
of the 1920s songs you will recognize. I know none of you remember the music of
the 1920s, but perhaps your grandmothers sang these songs.
Some
of the more popular songs lasted through the 1940s. Songs like Honeysuckled Rose, Ain’t Misbahaving,
Stardust, The Man I Love, Blue Skies, and What Is This Thing Called Love.
Band
leaders like Paul Whiteman, Benny Goodman, and Glenn Miller started developing
the Big Band sound while playing in Jazz Dance Halls.
See
if you recognize any of these songs: Yes Sir: That’s My Baby, If You Knew
Susie, Tea for Two, All Alone, Lady Be Good, Indian Love Call, Lady Be
Good, When My Sugar Walks Down The
Street, Moonlight and Roses, I’ll See You In My Dreams, Look For The Silver
Lining, Ain’t We Got Fun, Make Believe, All By Myself.
Leave
a comment and tell me which songs your mother or grandmother sang around the
house. Did they tell you stories of dancing to the Big Band sound?
ANNE
GREENE delights in writing about wounded heroes and gutsy heroines. Her second
novel, a Scottish historical, Masquerade Marriage, won three
prestigious book awards. The sequel Marriage
By Arrangement released November, 2013.
A Texas Christmas Mystery also won
awards. Anne’s highest hope is that her stories transport the reader to awesome
new worlds and touch hearts to seek a deeper spiritual relationship with the
Lord Jesus. Anne makes her home in McKinney, Texas. Anne loves to talk with her
readers. Buy Anne’s books at http://www.Amazon.com. Visit http://www.anneswritingupdates.blogspot.com for information
on writing an award-winning novel. Talk with Anne on twitter at @TheAnneGreene.
View Anne’s books, travel pictures and art work at http://www.AnneGreeneAuthor.com.
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