1931 HITS ARCHIVE: As Time Goes By - Jacques Renard (Frank Munn, vocal)

Only a moderate song hit when it first appeared in 1931, but when the throngs of “Casablanca” fans eagerly visited record stores in 1943 to purchase a copy of “As Time Goes By,” their choices were limited to only reissues of this and the 1931 Rudy Vallee version due to the ongoing strike against the record companies by the musicians union (aka The Recording Ban). No new recordings featuring union musicians were being made in early 1943, so the two “old” versions achieved much greater sales success than they had twelve years earlier.

Transferred from 78rpm: Brunswick (reissue) 6205 - As Time Goes By (Hupfeld) by Jacques Renard & his Orchestra, vocal by Frank Munn, recorded in NYC October 17, 1931

THE 1931 HITS ARCHIVE - here in one place, a good-quality library of original-release-version best-sellers and songs that made an impact that were either released or enjoyed a major chunk of their popularity within the calendar year 1931 (some were recorded in 1930). .
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