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Here's another one. Name-dropping time: The songwriter Gus Edwards was the great-uncle of one of my best friends, Evan Edwards. He also wrote "In My Merry Oldsmobile" and the beautiful "School Days." Evan was a great conservative Republican New Yorker who went by the name NYC GOP Man on FR.

By the Light of the Silvery Moon.

182 posted on 12/07/2018 5:00:06 PM PST by firebrand
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Here's a clip from the movie about Gus Edwards. Bing Crosby singing "School Days."
183 posted on 12/07/2018 5:14:33 PM PST by firebrand
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To: firebrand

bump that!


184 posted on 12/09/2018 2:02:21 AM PST by BTerclinger (MAGA)
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To: firebrand
Here's another one. Name-dropping time: The songwriter Gus Edwards was the great-uncle of one of my best friends, Evan Edwards. He also wrote "In My Merry Oldsmobile" and the beautiful "School Days." Evan was a great conservative Republican New Yorker who went by the name NYC GOP Man on FR.

I'm not sure Gus C. Edwards is the same Gus Edwards, but this tune is among my top 100 favorites, and it's thrilling to think that it may have an FR connection.

Alabama Stomp--Gus C. Edwards & His Orchestra (1926)

187 posted on 12/12/2018 9:31:27 AM PST by Fiji Hill
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