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Orkiestra pod dyr. M.Wasilenko [Dance Orchestra dir. by M.Wasilenko] - Czy pani mieszka sama? [Do You Live Alone, Madame?] Shimmy from theatre „Perskie Oko” (Karasiński-Willy), Efte Płyta 1925 (Polish; acoustic recording)
NOTE: This song was presented on stage of the Warsaw cabaret “Perskie Oko” in 1925 and immediately became a great hit, which until today has been often performed and recorded (Its position in polish song history very much alike “Ain’t She Sweet” or “Miss Annabelle Lee” in USA). Somewhat forgotten in the postwar communist Poland - as a “burgeois frivolity” - the song came back to life when the Stalinst era was over and two popular singers Olgierd Buczek and Jerzy Połomski recorded its new interpretations during the 1950/60s.
“Orkiestra Wasilenko” is completely unknown today. The bandleader’s Russian name suggests, he could have been a “white émigré” from Russia, who sought refugee in Warsaw after the Bolshevik revolution of 1917. See also the version recorded in 1925 by the Austrian Orkiestra Bohème www.youtube.co...
The interesting detail is the rare label: Efte Płyta (in English: Ef-Te Record) which released this recording. Efre Płyta was one of the ephemeral Polish record productions, which appeared in early-mid 1920s to live their short lives and to disappear, being unable to endure competition with the Syrena Records empire.