"All American Girl" (1932)

As we move into 1932, we run into another one of those fickle co-eds, this one the "All American Girl" of said song title!

George Olsen returns with his Music and vocalist Fran Frey with this popular version on Victor Records:

I feel like I'm always picking on George Olsen, but his records, while kind of fun at times, just seem so old-fashioned, even by 1932 standards!

And I think by this point, I've lost track of hoe many times "Boolah! Boolah!" has been incorporated into an arrangement to give it the old college feel!

Dripping with early 1930s flavor is this version of "All American Girl" by the old maestro, Ben Bernie on Brunswick Records:

He's a fascinating character in that while you hear impersonations of him from back in the day, he's so exaggerated to begun with that you can't really parody him. Yowzah!

Next up is this snappy instrumental take by the All Star Collegians:

I can't dig up too much info on the All Star Collegians, but apparently it's Smith Ballew's recording group and Bunny Berigan is on trumpet!

There are some versions of the sheet music that show Richard Arlen and Gloria Stuart as a tie-in to the 1932 Universal picture "The All American," but I don't believe there's really a connection!