BILLY COTTON AND HIS BAND
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| artist: | BILLY COTTON AND HIS BAND |
| label: | REX 9547 |
| release: | 1939, England, 10" 78rpm |
| A-side: | South Of The Border (Kennedy - Carr) |
| B-side: | Thanks For Everything |
| comment #1: | vocal: Alan Breeze |
| comment #2: | Billy Cotton & his Band (vocal: Alan Breeze) on Rex 9547 - recorded May 5, 1939. Irish songwriter Jimmy Kennedy (1902-1984) wrote the lyrics of the song "South Of The Border (Down Mexico Way)" in 1939 after having been inspired by a holiday postcard he received from his sister in Southern California to tell him that, 'today we've gone to Mexico, south of the border'. Despite the middle-American sound of the number, it was written by another British composer Michael Carr (real name Maurice Alfred Cohen; 1905-1968), and recorded first by that British entertainment establishment figure, Billy Cotton. |