Foolish Things

<p>Language <a href="https://archive.org/search.php?query=%28language%3Aeng+OR+language%3A%22English%22%29" rel="nofollow">English</a> Foolish Things - 1959 B3 - Jon Hammond neighbor &#39;Bob the Bass Player&#39; rang the bell at the end - <a href="https://www.facebook.com/STDupontOfficial/?__cft__%5B0%5D=AZWXS6xB_-Qmq_4QDv4vuHz-tiflTNJlbc1Lwp_7Ji1GZuKp_BlBh97B9sIyyVwFvBfqTWi0lT3sVtQvZwYxZU0rFpLrP0T1atncCINdAzqhtP9ACcXUQAkq30GWsihx--BMMJ48x1dqsEB7LIyvFWPhjnOUhQqALnigfIQ9TJohfA&__tn__=kK-R" rel="nofollow">S.T. Dupont</a> at top<br>#foolishness<br>#hammondb3 #stdupont <br>#JonHammond <br>The song was not an immediate success, and Keith Prowse, Maschwitz&#39;s agent, refused to publish it, releasing the copyright to Maschwitz himself – a stroke of luck for the lyricist. Writing in 1957, he claimed to have made £40,000 from the song. Despite being featured in Spread it Abroad, a London revue of 1936, it aroused no interest until the famous West Indian pianist and singer Leslie Hutchinson (&quot;Hutch&quot;) discovered it on top of a piano in Maschwitz&#39;s office at the BBC. &quot;Hutch&quot; liked it and recorded it, whereupon it became a great success and was recorded by musicians all over the world. This first recording by &quot;Hutch&quot; was by HMV in 1936. Popular versions in the USA in 1936 were by Benny Goodman, Teddy Wilson with Billie Holiday, Nat Brandywynne, Carroll Gibbons and Joe Sanders. Billie Holiday&#39;s rendering of the song with Teddy Wilson&#39;s orchestra was a favorite of Philip Larkin, who said, &quot;I have always thought the words were a little pseudo-poetic, but Billie sings them with such passionate conviction that I think they really become poetry.&quot; Holiday&#39;s version of the song peaked at No. 5 on the Billboard Pop Songs chart.Addeddate 2023-05-17 06:15:40Color colorIdentifier foolish-things</p>