- Glad Rag Doll
Glad Rag Doll is a 1928 song composed by
Milton Ager with lyrics byJack Yellen andDan Dougherty . It was Ager and Yellen’s first movie theme song, written for the motion picture of the same name (released in 1929) starringDolores Costello . [ Shana Alexander, "", New York: Doubleday, 1995, p. 109 ]Early important recordings of the song include those by:
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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 EttingAdditional 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 earlypiano roll of the song for Steinway in the 1920s.References
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