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Foxtrot "Mausie" - The Radio Syncopators, 1931

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Channel: 240252 · 2015 · Music

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The Radio Syncopators – Mausie, Fox Trot from the Operetta “Victoria and Her Hussar” (Paul Abraham – Harry Graham), Eclipse 1931 (UK)

NOTE: “Mausie” was an Austro/Hungarian hit written by a Hungarian composer Paul Abraham for his Operetta “Viktoria und Ihr Husar”, which was staged in Budapest in 1930 and soon after its successful premiere, it had performances in Leipzig and in Vienna. In September 1931 an English adaptation was presented in the Palace Theatre in London, to became – similarly to other Operettas composed by Paul Abraham (e.g. The Ball in Savoy or Die Blume von Hawaii) - a worldwide blockbuster thereafter. Songs from that Operetta, such as “Pardon, Madame”, “Meine Mama war aus Jokohama”, „Ja, so ein Mädel, ungarisches Mädel” or „Mausie” are still remembered and often performed in various countries as the Golden gems of European Operetta. 

Alas, not  much is known about English performers of that hit, recorded by Eclipse in such a unforgetable, bravura rendition. The name “Radio Syncopators” sounds like a popular nick used by many dance bands in that time and I am not able to identify the right one. 

The photoshow for this crazy song are some crazy people doing crazy things of the yesteryear.

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