Irving Berlin

“In a few months, or a year at the outside, swing music will be forgotten by everybody except a few orchestras. You can notice the swing back to musical sanity everywhere. A year ago, most of the music on the air was swing, but now there’s a better balance. The sweet stuff’s coming back, with emphasis on melody.” – Irving Berlin in 1939.

Source: Columnist Paul Harrison

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