"A Pretty Co-Ed Has Gone to My Head" (1941)

We dip into 1941 with one more college song before Halloween takes over!

Here's Tony Pastor and his Orchestra on Bluebird with Johnny McAfee singing "A Pretty Co-Ed Has Gone to My Head":

That's a lot of fun! The co-ed in questions seems less fickle than "Betty Co-Ed" and her ilk!

It's interesting that Tony Pastor has alto saxist Johnny McAfee sing the vocal, as Tony himself usually did the vocals on novelty songs as he had done with Artie Shaw's band earlier. But Johnny, who was more likely to sing ballads handles the song quite well!

For another version, we get a rare-for-1941 non-band record!

Here's radio star Barry Wood of "Your Hit Parade" (and the Wood Nymph)s on Victor:

I like the arrangement and the "Wood Nymphs" on this record, but the material doesn't really fit Barry Wood himself, who was more of  ballad singer.

Barry was a Yale man, though, and got to sip a soda with Dorothy Lamour!

I had a lot of fun digging up these college songs and hope you enjoyed them!