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1940

“Burlesque… Bellevue Morgue”

November 8, 2022
1940


“Take It Off The “E” String”; Peter Piper and his Orchestra; Cahn; Akst; Hit (7055); September 1943


PM, November 8, 1940, p.16

Burlesque… By Reginald Marsh

The Artist as Reporter

…Reginald Marsh [1898–1954], for this page, worked backstage at Harold Minsky’s [1915-1977] Gaiety, Broadway at 46th St…


PM, November 8, 1940, p.17

Bellevue Morgue By Frederick Castellon [1914–1971]

The artist-as-reporter in the house of death…

“The Camera Sees Some of the 50,000,000 Go To the Polls”

November 5, 2022
1940


“Vote for Mister Rhythm”; Chick Webb And His Orchestra; Ella Fitzgerald; Leo Robin; Ralph Rainger; Al Siegel; Decca (1032 B); 1936



PM, November 5, 1940, pp. 18-19 (Photos by David Eisendrath, William Brunk, Morris Gordon, John DeBiase)

The Camera Sees Some of the 50,000,000 Go To the Polls


“Vote For Mr. Boogie”; Buzz Connie; Jessie Mae Robinson; Coral (60004 B); 1948

“Lewhine”

November 4, 2022
1940


PM, November 4, 1940, p. 9

LEWIS W. HINE, 66, documentary photographer whose pictures of the Red Cross in the World War, sweatshops and sociological conditions brought him fame, at Dobbs Ferry Hospital. He was known professionally as Lewhine.


The New York Times, November 4, 1940

Lewis H. Hine

Photographer Whose Pictures Showed Conditions in Factories

“…the guy is as fabulous as the stories he penned.”

November 2, 2022
1940, PM


“Day Dream”; Johnny Hodges and Orchestra (An Ellington Unit); Billy Strayhorn; Duke Ellington’ Bluebird (B-11021-A); Publication date: November 2, 1940



PM, November 1, p. 12 (Unidentified photographer)

Mark Hellinger


“That’s the Blues Old Man”; Johnny Hodges and Orchestra; Johnny Hodges; Irving Mills; Bluebird (B-11117-A); Publication date: November 2, 1940

“Stick ‘Em Up!”

August 23, 2022
1940, PM


“The Line Is Busy”; Excelsior Music; Star (Orig.); Publication date: 1940-08-23


PM, August 23, 1940, Exclusive Photo by Weegee

Masked, Armed Bandits Rob Manhattan Mail Train

Mail Clerk Brooks Hall waiting for police to saw away handcuffs clamped on by bandits.


“Mail Order Woman”; Jack Dupree; Dupree; Burkes; King (4938); 1955


Rome, NY, August 24, 1940

Train Robbers Shackle Mail Clerk

Brooks Hall (center) railway mail clerk on a New York Central train held up by six gunmen at the Marble Hill station in New York City, was shackled to an iron post in the mail car, along with his companion. The robbers escaped with a mail pouch which they apparently thought carried money shipments but which postal authorities said carried nothing of value.


“Kaycee On My Mind”; Pete Johnson; Dave Dexter; Decca (3384 B); August 23, 1940


Albany, August 24, 1940 (Associated Press Photo)

Shackled by Train Robbers


“Blues On The Down Beat”; Pete Johnson; Decca (3384A), August 23, 1940

“Heat-Wave Nocturne in Downtown New York”

August 4, 2022
1940, Naked City


“Heat Wave”; Ethel Waters; Berlin; Columbia (2826-D); 1933


Weegee, Herald Tribune, August 4, 1940

Heat-Wave Nocturne in Downtown New York


Weegee, “Naked City,” 1945


“Heat Wave”; Marilyn Monroe; 20th Century-Fox Orchestra and Chorus; Irving Berlin; RCA Victor (20-6033); 1955

“…dominated by the underworld…”

May 28, 2022
1940, Murder Inc.


“Dusk”; Duke Ellington and his Famous Orchestra; Duke Ellington; O. Hardwicke; B. Webster; J. Hodges; B. Bigard; H. Carney; C. Williams; R. Stewart; W. Jones; L. Brown; J. Nanton; J. Tizol; F. Guy; J. Blanton; S. Greer; Victor (20-1534-A); Publication date: May 28, 1940


“Six Lessons From Madame La Zonga”; Dick Stabile and his Orchestra; Shirley Gay; Newman; Monaco; Vocalion (5593); Publication date: May 28, 1940


“A Portrait of Bert Williams”; Duke Ellington and his Famous Orchestra; O. Hardwick; H. Carney; J. Hodges; A. Bigard; B. Webster; R. Stewart; C. Williams; W. Jones; J. Nanton; J. Tizol; L. Brown; Duke Ellington; J. Blanton; F. Guy; S. Greer; RCA Victor (26644-A); Publication date: May 28, 1940


The New York Times, May 28, 1940

TWO LEPKE AIDES FACE COURT TODAY

Strauss and Capone Accused With Racketeer and 3 Others of First-Degree Murder

The New York Times, May 28, 1940

[By the end of May 1940 the “Brooklyn murder syndicate” (Murder, Inc.), was dying, due in part to a few murders with “corroboration,” … and Duke Ellington and his Orchestra were creating great music…]


“Bojangles”; Duke Ellington and his Famous Orchestra; O. Hardwick; H. Carney; J. Hodges; A. Bigard; B. Webster; R. Stewart; C. Williams; W. Jones; J. Nanton; J. Tizol; L. Brown; Duke Ellington; J. Blanton; F. Guy; S. Greer; RCA Victor (26644-B); Publication date: May 28, 1940

“…packages all over Brooklyn.”

May 24, 2022
1940


“Heavy Traffic on Canal Street”; New Friends of Rhythm; Alan Shulman; Sylvan Shulman; Harry Glickman; Louis Klevman; Harry Patent; Tony Colucci; Laura Newell; Buster Bailey; Paganini; Victor (26647-A); Publication date: May 24, 1940


“No Name Jive”; Gene Krupa and his Orchestra; Wagner; Columbia (35508); May 21, 1940


“Six Lessons from Madame La Zonga”; Gene Krupa and his Orchestra; Irene Davis; Newman; Monaco; Columbia (35508); May 21, 1940


“You Think of Everything”; Del Courtney and his Orchestra; Joe Martin; Rose; McCarthy; Van Heusen; Okeh (5608); Publication date: May 24, 1940


“Hong Kong Blues (Blues de Hong Kong)”; Tommy Dorsey and his Orchestra; “Skeets” Herfurt; Hoagy Carmichael; Deane Kincaide; Victor (26636-B); May 23, 1940


“All This And Heaven Too”; Del Courtney and his Orchestra; Sherman Hayes; De Lange; Van Heusen; Okeh (5608); Publication date: May 24, 1940


The New York Times, May 24, 1940

TWO IN MURDER RING QUICKLY CONVICTED

Maione and Abbandando Are Found Guilty by Kings Jury, Must Go to the Chair

LEPKE INDICTED IN 2 CASES

Racketeer Accused in O’Dwyer Inquiry of Slayings by the Brooklyn ‘Syndicate’

…witness was Abe Reles… and poured into the record a four-hour account of shootings, stabbings and strangulations unparalleled in the annals of modern gangland history…

The New York Times, May 24, 1940


“King George VI’s Empire Day Address”, 05/24/1940; Columbia Broadcasting System, inc.; Publication date: May 24, 1940

“The Colors of a Nation at Peace on Another Armistice Day”

November 11, 2021
1940


“Magic Carpet”; Eddie Durham And His Band; Eddie Durham; Decca (8529 B); November 11, 1940



PM, November 11, 1940, p. 8 (Robert Moses’s Super-Roads)


“Fare Thee Honey Fare Thee Well”; Eddie Durham And His Band; Lem Johnson; Alston; Decca (8529 A); November 11, 1940


PM, November 11, 1940, p. 8 (Frank Lloyd Wright at MoMA)

Bomb-Prof City.. Wright Has It


“You Didn’t Steal That Kiss”; Orrin Tucker and his Orchestra; Bonnie Baker; Owens; Columbia (35914); November 11, 1940


PM, November 11, 1940, p. 19, (photo by Gene Badger)

The Colors of a Nation at Peace on Another Armistice Day


“PINEY BROWN BLUES”; JOE TURNER And His Fly Cats; Oran “Hot Lips” Page; Pete Johnson; John Collins; Abe Bolar; A. G. Godley; Joe Turner; Decca (18121 B); November 11, 1940


PM, November 11, 1940, p. 2


“627 STOMP”; PETE JOHNSON’S BAND; Don Stovall; Don Byas; Eddie Barefield; Oran “Hot Lips” Page; Pete Johnson; John Collins; Abe Bolar; A. G. Godley; Dave Dexter; Decca (18121 A); November 11, 1940

“Irving (‘Puggy’) Feinstein is…”

October 2, 2021
1940


“Life Is but a Dream”; THE HARPTONES; WILLIE WINIFIELD; Cita; Paradise (P-101-A); 1955



Life, September 30, 1940 (Weegee, [Weegee and Puggy], September 1939, “N.Y. Daily News – Acme, Int.”)

Irving (“Puggy”) Feinstein is the charred corpse under the carpet in the picture above…
Life, September 30, 1940


“Life Is a Beautiful Thing”; Evelyn Knight; Perry Botkin And The Rhythmaires; Jay Livingston; Ray Evans; Decca (27874); 1951


“Life Can Be Beautiful”; Harry James and his Orchestra; Marion Morgan; Adamson; McHugh; Columbia (37156); 1946


“Life Is a Wonderful Thing”; Sophie Tucker; Maurada; Montgomery; Shapiro; Mercury (5901); 1952


“Life Is Fine”; JIMMIE LUNCEFORD And His Orchestra; James Young; Decca (4289 A); December 22, 1941


The New York Times, September 17, 1940


“Life Is So Peculiar”; LOUIS ARMSTRONG and LOUIS JORDAN And His Tympany Five; James Van Heusen; Johnny Burke; Decca (27212); 1950


Life, September 30, 1940

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“Laughing At Life”; BILLIE HOLIDAY; N. & C. Kenny; C. & B. Todd; Okeh (5719); 1940