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1934 Jack Jackson - Play To Me, Gipsy! (Sam Costa, vocal)


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Jimmy Kennedy’s English-language lyric is set to the popular 1931 tango “Cikánka” (aka “Oh Black Gypsy” and “Du schwarzer Zigeuner”) by Czech composer-musician Karel Vacek.

Jack Jackson led a popular British band during the ‘30s and early ‘40s but achieved a longer lasting fame performing as a disc jockey on the BBC until 1977.

From 78rpm Victor 24594 - Play To Me, Gipsy! (Kennedy-Vacek) by Jack Jackson & His Orchestra, vocal by Sam Costa, recorded in London January 16, 1934


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