Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra Peggy Healey vocal from Victor record #24400 recorded 9/11/1933.Whiteman's Orchestra recording was used in the 1973 Oscar-winning film Paper Moon. The song also featured in and lent its name to the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode "It's Only a Paper Moon", being performed in that episode by James Darren.Music by Harold Arlen, lyrics by E.Y. Harburg and Billy Rose.Lyrics:Say, it's only a paper moonSailing over a cardboard seaBut it wouldn't be make-believeIf you believed in meYes, it's only a canvas skyHanging over a muslin treeBut it wouldn't be make-believeIf you believed in meWithout your loveIt's a honky tonk paradeWithout your loveIt's a melody played in a penny arcadeIt's a Barnum and Bailey worldJust as phony as it can beBut it wouldn't be make-believeIf you believed in meSay, it's only a paper moonSailing over a cardboard seaBut it wouldn't be make-believeIf you believed in meYes, it's only a canvas skyHanging over a muslin treeBut it wouldn't be make-believeIf you believed in meWithout your loveIt's a honky-tonk paradeWithout your loveIt's a melody played in a penny arcadeIt's a Barnum and Bailey worldJust as phony as it can beBut it wouldn't be make-believeIf you believed in meIt's phony it's plain to seeHow happy I would beIf you believed in me.On The Air - Rudy Vallée 1933Before TV, before the internet, radio brought the world into our living rooms. We would set around the radio and be entertained and informed. It was, in a way, a loss of innocence when TV was introduced. Even though the golden days of radio are gone, we can still enjoy through records and recorded transcriptions those memories.Rudy Vallée and his Connecticut Yankees on Bluebird B-7406When The Curtain Comes Down - Ted Lewis 1928Ted Lewis and His Band Recorded in NYC on December 11, 1928 Columbia record 1709-D (147417).Ted Lewis, master showman, was sometimes referred to as the ‘King of Jazz,’, he was also billed as 'Mr Entertainment,' 'The High-Hat Tragedian of Song,' and 'The Medicine Man for Your Blues,' but he liked to refer to himself as the 'Dispenser of Happiness.' His trademarks were a battered top hat, languid but expressive hand motions, and the catch-phrase "Is Everybody Happy?". Lewis toured in vaudeville in act of Rose, Young and Friedman, later teamed with Eddie Lewis, billed as Lewis & Lewis. It was at that time that Theodore Leopold Friedman took the professional name Ted Lewis. Read more at: http://ptablues.blogspot.mx/2015/05/ted-lewis.htmlYou Don't Like It - Not Much › Gene Morgan & His Loew's State Theatre Orchestra 1927Pseudonym for Sam Lanin recorded July 5, 1927Dardanella - Paul Whiteman 1928Paul Whiteman and His OrchestraFrom Victor record 25238Recorded February 9, 1928For more on Paul Whiteman go to;http://ptablues.blogspot.mx/2014/09/paul-whiteman-selection.htmlLet's Misbehave - Ben Bernie 1927Ben Bernie and His Hotel Roosevelt OrchestraSong by Cole Porter on Brunswick record 3761Recorded December 23, 1927For more on Ben Bernie go to;http://ptablues.blogspot.mx/2014/12/ben-bernie.html