Flappers, Vamps And Sweet Young Things

Various Artists (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 20, 1994)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Asv Living Era
• ASIN: B000001HF8
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #129,025 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. I'm Gonna Meet My Sweetie Now - Jane Green

2. Am I Blue? - Libby Holman

3. Dangerous Nan McGrew - Helen Kane

4. Maybe, Who Knows? - Kate Smith

5. Do Do Do - Gertrude Lawrence

6. The Blues Have Got Me - Marion Harris

7. A New Kind Of Man, With A New Kind Of Love For Me - Blossom Seeley

8. Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone - Mildred Hunt

9. I'll Get By, As Long As I Have You - Aileen Stanley

10. Why Am I So Romantic? - Lilian Roth

11. You Wouldn't Fool Me, Would You? - Annette Hanshaw

12. If Your Kisses Can't Hold The Man You Love - Sophie Tucker

13. Red Hot Moma - The Brox Sisters

14. Moanin' Low - Lee Morse

15. It All Belongs To Me - Ruth Etting

16. Blues In My Heart - Greta Keller

17. Do Something - Zelma O'Neal

18. You Remind Me Of A Naughty Springtime Cuckoo - Helen Morgan

19. Red Hot Henry Brown - Margaret Young

20. Ya Gotta Know How To Love - Esther Walker

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

25 of 27 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Life is a Bowl Full of Cherries, March 2, 2001

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This review is from: Flappers, Vamps And Sweet Young Things (Audio CD)

How can anyone NOT love this sort of historical music? What some of these reviewers who complain about the "squeaky" voices, background noise, and unintentionally funny lyrics misunderstand is that this sort of music MUST be placed in the cultural context of the era in which is was meant to be heard.

These sorts of songs and singers emerged after the entire world was recovering from the horrors and brutality of World War I--a war in which an entire generation (20 million) of young men was killed. These people wanted fun, fun, fun: "Four Wheels, No Brakes" and "Hey Chicken, Here's Your Roost"! The age of youth and consumer culture hit the scene and the United States hasn't looked back! After all, this was the era in which "dating" emerged. Previously, people engaged in courting on front porches. But now, young people's romantic activities moved from the front steps to the back seat!

So maybe the sound is raw, the singers do squeak, and the lyrics seem nothing more than "cute." But this music certainly can't be labeled old-fashioned and in no way is it "innocent." This music is a testament to the times; these songs and singers' styles are historical cultural documents. Have fun with it like the co-eds, flappers, flivvers, and racoon-coated ukulele-toting collegiates did! Our times aren't so very different from theirs.

~~23 Skidoo~~

19 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Historic Sounds, January 23, 2004

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Paul Yohe (Uniontown, Pa. United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Flappers, Vamps And Sweet Young Things (Audio CD)

If you are here reading this you have been doing some home work. I bought this a few weeks ago and it is very good if your into the twenties. This cd has led me to seek out full cd's by some of these artists. My personal favorites are Ruth Etting,Annette Hanshaw and Libby Holman. The cd is well done the sound quality is very good. I was starved for new music and this is all new to me. Fun stuff.

18 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The Cat's Pajamas, December 19, 2005

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J. C Clark "eanna" (Overland Park, KS United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Flappers, Vamps And Sweet Young Things (Audio CD)

If not for a few clunkers and the weak notes this would be a certain 5 Star collection. You will hear voices unheard elsewhere, songs previously unknown, singers later famous at the beginning of their careers, and vocalists in performances you'll be shocked at. We know that young people have been behaving badly since the beginning of time, but this is the first time they really flaunted it, and the new medium of recorded sound made it easier to join in on the fun. This is jaunty, daring, snappy, well-performed, sophisticated and amazing well-remastered stuff.

I'll keep it brief. For the price, a winner! Enjoy, and be a bit startled at how "hot" the music was waaaay back then! The contemporary musicians may use more graphic language, but they have no monopoly on heat.