Steve Black texted us just before 4:30 the other day. His text read: “Here’s hoping you have the best 4:30 PM ever!” It was indeed at least one of the best 4:30 PMs ever. We were listening to a couple of Peggy Lee 45s, “One More Ride on the Merry-go-Round” and “Sans Souci” and I told him so. Steve must have gone to YouTube to listen to the songs because he texted us back a comment that someone had left under the video of Sans Souci (above).
“Thank you, You Tube…..Purchased a 45 record of this song when I was 11 years old for 49 cents. left it on a bus and never got to play it.. Now I can hear it any time I want……Brady; Buffalo, NY. Purchased at Sattlers “998”” @wloriganbrady
Steve thought these ingredients, with a little fleshing out, would make a great movie. The song, with lyrics by Peggy Lee, came out in 1952 and Brady says he bought it at Sattler’s in nearby Buffalo. Sattlers was a department store in the very center of the Polonia section of Buffalo.
My copy is pretty clean. I might have William Brady’s record. Rob Weinert-Kendt has a post on this song, a tribute to its brilliance, and he includes a demo version that really knocked me out. Would have made a killer b side and would certainly be featured in the movie.
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