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Third Reich swing: Oskar Joost Tanz-Orch. - Von mir aus kann's regen, 1939

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Oskar Joost Tanz-Orchester mit Gesang: Lissy Bühler & Rudi Schuricke –  Von mir aus kann's regnen (It’s Fine With Me When It Rains), Grammophon 1939 (Germany)

NOTE: Oskar Joost’s band was one of the most distinguished German dance orchestras, active from the mid-late 1920s until the big-band era of the early 1940s. Born  in 1898 to a musical German family living in Alsace (France), Oskar started playing  violin in his chidhood. After attending high school in Leipzig, Germany and his voluntary participation in the First World War, Oskar earned his livelihood in agriculture, as a bank clerk. However, in 1924 he and his brother Ali, who played the drums, decided to start the new life as dance-band directors. The success of their performances was followed by engagement to the tournees throughout Germany and in Scandinavia. In 1929 the band billed as Oskar Joost Tanz-Orchester recorded its first disc for the Berlin department store brands,  and succeeded with a first commitment to the Eden-Hotel. It was followed by the recording contract with Electrola, in later years Oskar Joost’s band recorded extensively also for Crystal, Ultraphon, Telefunken and Grammophon / Polydor (1934-1941).  From 1933, Oskar Joost was member of the Nazi-Party and in January 1940, he was called up for military service. His orchestra was run by Rudi Juckeland, while Oskar served as company commander with the rank of lieutenant. In 1941 he was assigned from the Western Front to the Eastern Front, where severely wounded, he died in a hospital in 1941. 
The singers are: Rudi Schuricke, one of the most popular German crooners of the 1930s/40s partnerred by today almost entirely forgotten German Operetta singer, Lissy Bühler. The slideshow for this happy early Spring-rainy tune are, ofcourse, the vintage photographs of the streets of Berlin in the rain.

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