If you've been paying attention, you'll know it's time to hear some recordings of the songs from 1938's "Sailing Along" starring Jessie Matthews!
Jessie cut the four main songs from the movie for British Decca backed by Peter Yorke and his Orchestra.
Here's the coupling of "Souvenir of Love" and "Trusting My Love":
And here's "Your Heart Skips a Beat" backed with "My River":
Sounds good!
Decca also had Sidney Lipton and his Grosvenor House Orchestra record "Souvenir of Love" and "Trusting My Luck" with the great Al Bowlly on vocals:
Al Bowlly was just a great singer. He's best-known for his many recordings with Ray Noble both in England and the U.S.
RCA had British bandleader Roy Fox record the same two songs (flipping them as the A and B sides) which they released in America on the Bluebird label:
To top it all off, RCA also had the musical director of "Sailing Along," Lou Levy, record all four songs on two sides on their British His Master's Voice label featuring vocalists Gerry Fitz Gerald and Eve Becke:
Lou Levy worked on a ton of British films including the Alfred Hitchcock classics "The 39 Steps" and "The Lady Vanishes."
Lots of good recordings of the "Sailing Along" songs!
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