Artie Shaw "Day In, Day Out" vocal by Helen Forrest

Artie Shaw and his Orchestra: "Day In, Day Out" on a Bluebird disc.

Helen Forrest is the vocalist.

Day in - day out
That same old voodoo follows me about
That same old pounding in my heart, whenever I think of you
And baby I think of you

Day in and day out

Day out - day in
I needn't tell you how my days begin
When I awake I get up with a tingle

One possibility in view
That possibility of maybe seeing you
Come rain - come shine

I meet you and to me the day is fine
Then I kiss your lips, and the pounding becomes
An oceans roar, a thousand drums

Can't you see it's love, can there be any doubt
When there it is, day in - day out

Artie Shaw was born Arthur Jacob Arshawsky on May 23, 1910, in New York City's Lower East Side, the only child of Jewish immigrants from Russia and Austria. The family moved to New Haven, Connecticut.

Show business gave names to men at the top--Benny Goodman already was crowned "King of Swing." Artie Shaw became known as "King of the Clarinet."

Shaw as a bandleader scored his first big success in 1938 with Cole Porter's "Begin the Beguine." One price he paid for success is that he felt forced to play this monster hit at every appearance. Billie Holiday had joined and left the outfit before Shaw's name became a household one due to the success of "Begin the Beguine."

The press tried to create rivalry between Shaw and Goodman though the two men were friends, never rivals (the press would do the same 25 years later by creating a false rivalry between the Rolling Stones and the Beatles).

Shaw became frustrated with fans and the pressure of success. He walked off stage in 1939 during a gig in New York City (the Pennsylvania Hotel--November 18, 1939) and went to Mexico. Within months--March of 1940--Shaw resurfaced to fulfill contract obligations. He scored a hit with "Frenesi," a song he discovered in Mexico.

In 1941 Shaw married the daughter of Jerome Kern. Her name was Elizabeth Kern--the marriage did not last.

Shaw left the business again in 1951 though by this time the big band craze was over. He devoted himself to writing, even penning the autobiographical book The Trouble With Cinderella..

Shaw died on December 30, 2004, in his Newbury Park home from complications related to diabetes.

I like Shaw's recordings with Helen Forrest very much.

The singer Helen Forrest was born on April 12, 1917, in Atlantic City, New Jersey. She was born Helen Fogel and was raised without a father since Louis Fogel died of the Spanish influenza when Helen was an infant. Raised in an abusive household (it become a brothel!), she was eager to move out.

When Helen as a teen entered the world of show business, she was encouraged to change her last name since "Fogel" sounded too Jewish. Adopting the name "Forrest," she worked on radio and in clubs, finally spotted by Artie Shaw, who needed a replacement for Billie Holiday.

The first Artie Shaw disc to feature Helen Forrest was recorded on September 27, 1938: "You're A Sweet Little Headache."

She gained fame singing for Artie Shaw, her best record at that time being "All The Things You Are"--a perfect recording of a perfect song! But Shaw left the business on November 18, 1939, leaving Helen without a job.

She next worked for Benny Goodman, who was a difficult employer (he paid her less than Artie Shaw), and in later years Helen Forrest had nothing kind to say about Goodman though she recorded around 54 titles with the Goodman ensemble.

She then joined the Harry James band in 1941, and that ensemble enjoyed several wartime hits, the most successful in 1942 being "I Had the Craziest Dream" and "I Don't Want to Walk Without You." Forrest also dated James--her feelings for James were the opposite of her feelings for Benny Goodman! Forrest became more popular than ever, but Harry James made discs that were highly commercial, far from jazz--listeners today may speak of artistic decline for Helen Forrest.

By late 1943 she struck out on her own as a featured singer, no longer a singer attached to a big band, but she returned to bands for brief spells during the remainder of her life.

Helen Forrest died from congestive heart failure on July 11, 1999, in Woodland Hills, California, at the age of 82. Her final resting place is in Mount Sinai Memorial Park in Los Angeles..

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