Topic: Song: Oh! Mo'nah (Canary)

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Limbabwe @ 2008-11-12 17:54:05 GMT

Ted Weems & His Orchestra were probably not the first to record 'Oh! Monah. If I'm correct (the genuine evidence is hard to find) the song was first recorded by:

Artist: Roy Fox And His Band

Title: Oh Monah!

Year: 1931

Label: Decca

Format: ?

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A question: Wasn't 'Oh Monah!" originally a Negro spiritual ? (see second link below)

Links:

www.jazzhouse.org/gone/lastpost2.php3?edit=920541698

www.oldies.com/artist-biography/Nat-Gonella-and-His-Georgians.html

www.jazzking.cwc.net/nat.htm

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Limbabwe @ 2008-11-12 19:29:59 GMT

Link:

www.poparchives.com.au/feature.php?id=122

According to the information supplied here, the original version was indeed by Ted Weems & His Orchestra, but the song was released in 1931. No info on label, etc. though.

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Canary @ 2008-11-29 17:05:21 GMT

Corrected.

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Bastien @ 2012-04-05 19:33:44 GMT

Maybe we should Roy Fox's version as well... do you have the cat number?

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Limbabwe @ 2012-04-27 02:53:19 GMT

The Roy Fox cover

Song Title: Oh' Mo'nah ( Oh! Mo'nah )

Artist: Roy Fox And His Band ( Roy Fox )

Label: Decca

Cat. #: F.2763

Released: 1932

Format: 10', 78 rpm, Shellac

Remarks:

Recorded at The Monseigneur Restaurant, London on December 30, 1931.

Vocals by Nat Gonella (uncredited) ( Nat Gonella )

The B-side of the record was 'If I Didn't Have You' sung by Al Bowlly (also uncredited).

Links:

http://tinyurl.com/cz3lh6p

http://rateyourmusic.com/release/single/roy_fox/oh_monah___if_i_didnt_have_you/

(starts at around 1:35)

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Roy Fox And His Band - Oh' Monah.jpg

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Roy Fox And His Band - Oh' Monah (Singe Cover).jpg

Roy Fox And His Band - Oh' Monah (Singe Cover).jpg

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Canary @ 2012-04-27 12:47:36 GMT

Added the Roy Fox cover.

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Limbabwe @ 2012-04-27 13:35:28 GMT

Hi Canary,

Thanks for adding !

I'd like to suggest one tiny correction; Shouldn't the song title of the Roy Fox version be Oh' Mo'nah instead of 'Oh! Mo'nah'?

Also see the single cover and attachment.

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Canary @ 2012-04-29 10:14:02 GMT

Adjusted.

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