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Song of the South: New York
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“In today’s environment, ‘Song of the South’ probably doesn’t have a lot of meaning, especially to the younger audiences,” said James Pappas, associate professor of African-American Studies at the University of New York at Buffalo. “Older audiences probably would have more of a connection with the stereotypes, which were considered harmless at the time.”
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Most of the rest of the songs, original and traditional, (13) are performed in blackface to illustrate the progress of Emmett's minstrel career. Emmett/ Crosby croons "The Last Rose of Summer," "She's from Missouri," "A Horse That Knows His Way Back Home," a reprise of "Sunday, Monday, or Always," and "Dixie" in blackface make-up on the minstrel stage. Out of blackface, he sings "If You Please" to his wife Jean during their sojourn in New York. In addition, there are minstrel production numbers of various sizes that involve groups ranging from Emmett's initial troupe of four (Crosby, Billy De Wolfe, Lynne Overman, and Eddie Foy, Jr.) to forty (the Virginia Minstrels). As this list of musical performances suggests, race plays an important part in Dixie.
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Ruth Warrick, who played Sally in Song Of The South, was born on June 29, 1915 in St Joseph Missouri. In 1937, Warrick won a contest to become an ambassador for Kansas City and traveled to New York to present a live turkey to Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia.
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The disc takes its title from the song "Música Para Final de Século," a semi-rap that suggests that the world isn’t coming to an end at the turn of the century, that in fact it’s an opportunity for a new beginning. One of Careqa’s themes is urban space: “Manhattan Tan Tan” is a percussive mantra for a large metropolis, while “A Cor de Nova York” (The Color of New York) is a wistful rock love ballad traipsing around cities of the world. Another recurring motif is nature: “Eclipse em Meia-Lua” (Half-Moon Eclipse) is a lovely ballad arranged for string quartet, guitar, and percussion, while “São Solidão” (Saint Solitude) could fool you into believing that it’s música nordestina, as would “Temporal” (Storm). And there are some surprises. “Vou Sair [as Comprinhas]” (I’m Going Shopping) is a peppy samba with humorous lyrics and a vocal delivery that recalls João Bosco in his heyday.
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Northerners, Emmett among them... declared that the "Dixie Land" of the song was actually in the North. One common story, still cited today, claimed that Dixie was a Manhattan slave owner who had sent his slaves south just before New York's 1827 banning of slavery. The stories had little effect; for most Americans "Dixie" was synonymous with the South.[77]
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