Buds won't Bud--------- Catchy, Clever Arlen/Harburg Ditty
This is a Two for One Arlen offering since he first wrote the song and then sings it in his unique swinging manner that Will Friedwald described as " He swings with an abandon I can't imagine coming from any other white band singer of the era
( the 1930's) other than Bing Crosby and Cliff Edwards." On numerous occasions, people thought that the singer they were listening to was black, so comfortable was Arlen with the prevailing jazz and blues idioms.
Harburg's lyrics were more in the saucy and clever style of Cole Porter and Lorenz Hart and they effortlessly match Arlen's own zippy melody.
Only Arlen, Hoagy Carmichael and Johnny Mercer among the great songwriters could effectively sing their own material. If you've ever heard Cole Porter , Irving Berlin or Richard Rodgers sing or play the piano you will know what I mean.
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