Happy As The Day is Long The 1933 Cotton Club Parade had an Arlen/Koehler rhythm song which was used to showcase the club bandleaders Cab Calloway and then Duke Ellington, This a rousing, take-no--prisoners jazz number artfully sung by Rebecca Kilgore, noted cabaret and standards stylist and a hot small group ensemble.
Arlen, as a teenager in Buffalo, led his own jazz ensemble as pianist, vocalist and arranger.
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