By Albert
It's the birthday of Albert Von Tilzer. The name may not ring a bell, but he was a Tin Pan Alley composer of some repute. His most performed song is, easily. "Take Me Out To The Ball Game." But my favorite is a novelty number known as "Oh By Jingo!"
It was written in 1919, but I think the best version was done years later by Spike Jones:
And I guess it makes sense that Bertie Wooster was a fan:
posted by LAGuy @ 12:05 AM
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HvfhObm14Oc
Never leave out Bowie.
I've linked the song to the post title, though it's not too closely related.
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