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    Feb 19, 2008, 01:56 PM
    What song was Grandma singing?
    Hi-Hope all is well. Wanted to know the name and writer for the following song.

    I'M A FLAPPER BRAVE AND BOLD
    I WEAR MY STOCKINGS ROSE
    I EAT, I DRINK, I CHEW
    I WEAR MY HAIR BOB TOO
    I'M A FLAPPER BRAVE AND BOLD
    AND I'LL SEE YOU IN THE MOONLIGHT

    I can't quite make out all the words my Grandmother sang, but before she begins to sing she says that it's a song by Kate Smith. Any info would be greatly appreiciated. -John
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    Feb 19, 2008, 04:57 PM
    I think you are speaking of an age when bathtub gin, jazz, and Charleston came alive in a whole new way, A wild era yet romantic one. The 1920s, hope sprung fresh from the battlefields of Europe.

    The United States had been engaged in a major European war and had been on the winning side. The farm boys returned home, itching to live in the city. Flappers, as they were called, were bobbing their hair, rolling down their stockings, raising their hemlines and wearing makeup. Which was what made this era come alive, during these times and Charleston was the city to be in.

    I have one of these tapes my grandmother had passed down to me because of my love of music. I haven't listened to it much as it was her passion and love not mine. But boy did I enjoy watching her dance around the kitchen to this upbeat, sassy tone of music.

    I found some popular titles and their writers but I'm not sure if anyone of these are what you are looking for. It should however, get you started. I hope it helps.

    Crazy Rhythm
    Roger Wolfe Kahn & His Orchestra

    Black Bottom / Birth of the Blues
    Ohman and Arden & their orchestra

    Evening Star
    Irving Aaronson & His Commanders

    My Blue Heaven
    Gene Austin

    Yes, We Have No Bananas
    Great White Way Orchestra, Billy Murray vocal

    Roll ’em Girls, Roll ’em
    Billy Murray

    Speedboat Bill
    Ray Noble & the New Mayfair Dance Orchestra

    Crazy Words, Crazy Tune
    Irving Aaronson & His Commanders

    Chloe (Swamp Song)
    All Star Orchestra (vocal - Franklyn Baur)

    Doin’ the Raccoon
    George Olsen & his Music

    Bye Bye Blackbird
    George Olsen & his Music

    Put Away a Little Ray of Golden Sunshine
    George Olsen & his Music

    Ha-Cha-Cha
    Rudy Vallée & his Connecticut Yankees

    Urn Off Your Light, Mr. Moon Man
    Nora Bayes and Jack Norworth

    You’se a Viper
    “Stuff” Smith and his Onyx Club Boys (vocal by Jonah Jones)

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