Pianist Edythe Baker plays her arrangement of Ann Ronnell's Willow Weep for Me on a 1933 Decca phonograph recording. The song was dedicated by Ronnell to George Gershwin, and Baker makes sly allusions to Gershwin's An American in Paris, as well as brief quotes from Gershwin's own 1926 performance of his tune, The Half of It Dearie, Blues where he accompanies Fred Astaire as captured on a Columbia 78 phonograph recording.
Edythe Baker (1899-1971) is remembered today for her 75 known piano rolls, but she was also a very active stage performer during the 1920s on Broadway and on the London stage. After her marriage in 1928 to British aristocrat, Gerard D'Erlanger, she retired from active performance, but made a series of recordings for British Decca from 1931-33. Willow Weep for Me was the final selection she recorded. Subsequently, she vanished from active participation in the musical scene.
Transfer from the original 1933 Decca flat disk phonograph recording was done by Scott Hull of Masterdisk.
