For Day 23 of our Countdown to Christmas, we have a swinging 1939 arrangement of an older song that's popular during the holiday season - "March of the Toys" from composer Victor Herbert!
Here's said swinging arrangement by Dean Kincaid and payed by Tommy Dorsey and his band on Victor:
The song originated in the 1903 operetta "Babes in Toyland" and was recorded back in 1911 by Victor Herbert himself (as the label insists!), also on Victor:
Those old acoustic recordings have their charms, but are kind of like history lessons to me. But I can listen to Tommy Dorsey all day!
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