78 RPM - Glenn Miller - Knit One, Purl Two / Lullaby Of The Rain - Victor - USA

78 RPM Record

Artist:	Glenn Miller
Label:	Victor
Country:	USA
Catalogue:	27894
Date:	5 Jun 1942
Format:	10"
Collection:	I Own It I Want It
Community:	6 Own
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Track	Artist	Title	Composer	Rating
A	Glenn Miller	Knit One, Purl Two	Flossy Frills, Ben Lorre	Rate
B	Glenn Miller	Lullaby Of The Rain	Barbs Furman, Lou Ricca	Rate

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Glenn Miller and his Orchestra
A side: Edited by Glenn Miller. Vocal refrain by Marion Hutton and The Modernaires.
B side: Vocal refrain by Ray Eberle.

Both recorded Hollywood, CA, May 20, 1942.

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xiphophilos 6th Sep 2019		"Knit One, Purl Two" may be the only song ever that boasts a cartoon character as co-writer. Flossy Frills was a fashionable society dame who had a cartoon strip devoted to her adventures in the "American Weekly", the Sunday edition of the Hearst-owned newspaper, "The American Standard." In 1942, Randolph Hearst decided that Flossy needed to contribute to the war effort by joining a knitting club and making sweaters and scarves for American soldiers. It was hoped that this would inspire Flossy Frills Women's Clubs contributing to the war effort all over the country. In the comic strip, Flossy decides her club needs an inspirational theme song and visits Glenn Miller to ask for his help in writing this song. Apparently, Hearst commissioned Ben Lorre to write the song and the Glenn Miller band to record it. Despite Marion Hutton's efforts, though, neither the song nor the Flossy Frill clubs really caught on.



xiphophilos 1st Apr 2018		A side: Knit one, purl two. This sweater, my darling, 's for you. While vigil you're keeping through rain and storm This sweater will keep you warm. Purl two, knit one. Our trials I know have begun. And while you are fighting each battle through, My darling, my heart's with you. I just left the cot where our little Todd In sleep was smiling He must have dreamed of you... Doo doo doo doo. Knit one, purl two, My darling, whenever I'm blue, It's comfort to know that when he's a man He ll be glad that his Dad came through. Knit one, purl two.



xiphophilos 1st Apr 2018		B side: