# | Title | Principal Artiste | Composers | Lyricist / Date written | Place | Date recorded | Matrix | Label&cat.no. | Additional Information |
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146 | A Bench In The Park | Harry Hudson's Melody Men | Milton Ager | Jack Yellen `30 | London | c. September 1930 | 12964-1-2 | EBW 5160 | Harry Hudson (director); Max Goldberg, Murray Dempsey (trumpets); Ben Oakley (trombone); Sid Phillips (clarinet, alto & baritone sax, arrangements); Ken Warner (soprano & alto sax); George Melachrino (clarinet, tenor-sax); Annunzio Mantovani and/or others (violins); Jean Pâques (piano); Bill Herbert (banjo); Bill Busby (tuba); Sam Webber (drums); Al Bowlly, Les Allen (vocals). Duet with Les Allen; both takes believed issued under the same catalogue number. |
Harry Hudson's Melody Men
Duet with Les Allen.
Take-1 top Take-2 bottom
A bench in the park, unromantic and plain
That bench in the park can be our lovers lane
The glimmering light of a lamp for a moon
A cold dreary night, but in our hearts there is June
A lone little bird in the branches above
Is plantively heard serenading his love
And what more do we need, you and I in the dark
A bench in the park