Production information
Complete title: Sifflez en travaillant – Fox-trot (Whistle While You Work) & La tyrolienne des nains – One-step (The Silly Song)
Album produced by Gramophone – La voix de son maître
Record production number: K-8129
Recording date: 1938
Release date: 1938
Country of production: France
Country of distribution: France
Format: monophonic
Orchestra conducted by Jean Vaissade
Composed by Frank Churchill, Leigh Harline, Larry Morey, and Paul J. Smith
French lyrics by Marcel Ventura and Alfred A. Fatio
Artists
Accordion: Jean Vaissade
Singer: Roger’s
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HMV’s accordion take on Snow White
Once again, the accordion—then the signature instrument of the musette style—takes center stage in this 1938 recording by Jean Vaissade and his musette ensemble. The refrains of “Whistle While You Work” (matrix OLA 2562) and “The Dwarfs’ Yodel Song” (matrix OLA 2564) are sung in French by Roger’s.
The first track is fairly close to what Maurice Alexander was recording around the same time, though with more vocal presence. As for “The Dwarfs’ Yodel Song,” this version includes three of the eight verses published in sheet music at the time. Roger’s performs the first two, then jumps directly to the fourth.
Given how similar the orchestration is, it is possible that Jean Vaissade—though uncredited—was also responsible for the shortened version of “The Dwarfs’ Yodel Song” found on the Coucou children’s records.
Track listing
- Sifflez en travaillant – Fox-trot (Whistle While You Work) [2:49]
- La tyrolienne des nains – One-step (The Silly Song) [3:00]
