Christmas Countdown - Day 14 - "Roses in December" (1937)

Day 14 of our Christmas Countdown brings us another seasonal song from 1937, "Roses in December" from the RKO picture "The Life of the Party" starring Gene Raymond and Harriet Hilliard along with a very RKO cast!

As we know, in addition to her movies, Harriet was the vocalist with the band of her husband, Ozzie Nelson.

As such, she recorded the song with Ozzie for Bluebird:

Harriet's vocals seem very distinctive to me. She sings like she talks or something, so you know it's her!

Another version of "Roses in December" was recorded by Bunny Berigan on Victor with vocalist Ruth Bradley:

Bunny's trumpet always delivers the goods!

For some reason, Dick Powell also recorded the song on Decca:

I don't think Dick recorded very many songs from movies in which he didn't star!

For one more version of "Roses in December," let's go across the pond to London's Piccadilly Hotel with Maurice Winnick and his Sweet Music on British Decca:

The vocalist is Vera Lynn, very early in her long career, but already sounding great!