Glad Rag Doll

Glad Rag Doll

Glad Rag Doll is a 1928 song composed by Milton Ager with lyrics by Jack Yellen and Dan Dougherty. It was Ager and Yellen’s first movie theme song, written for the motion picture of the same name (released in 1929) starring Dolores Costello. [ Shana Alexander, "", New York: Doubleday, 1995, p. 109 ]

Early important recordings of the song include those by:

* Ted Lewis and His Band (1928) [ [http://www.redhotjazz.com/tlband.html] Ted Lewis and His Band, RedHotJazz.com ]
* Arthur Briggs and His Boys (1929) [ [http://www.redhotjazz.com/briggsboys.html] Arthur Briggs and His Boys, RedHotJazz.com ]
* Earl "Fatha" Hines (1929) [ [http://www.redhotjazz.com/hines.html] Earl Hines, RedHotJazz.com ]
* Tommy Dorsey
* Ruth Etting

Additional later recordings include those by:

* Johnnie Ray (1954) [ [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:3bfyxqr5ldfe] Johnnie Ray, AllMusic.com ]
* Kay Starr (1955) [ [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:jpfpxqt5ldae] Kay Starr, AllMusic.com ]
* Barbara Cook (1975) [ [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:hxfyxquhld6e] Barbara Cook, AllMusic.com ]
* Joyce Moody (2007) [ [http://www.sixpenceinc.com/subpage6.html] Joyce Moody, Sixpence, Inc. ]

Pianist Dagmar Nordstrom created an early piano roll of the song for Steinway in the 1920s.

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