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  • “I’m Gonna Clap My Hands” – Mound City Blue Blowers (1936)

    “I’m Gonna Clap My Hands” – Mound City Blue Blowers (1936)

    The last recording session of Red McKenzie’s Mound City Blue Blowers, which started putting records out in 1924.

    Here we find Bunny Berigan livening things up on the catchy “I’m Gonna Clap My Hands”.

    Recorded in New York, New York on February 17, 1936.
    Released as Champion 40103

    Credits:
    Red McKenzie, comb
    Bunny Berigan – trumpet
    Forrest Crawford – clarinet, tenor sax
    Dave Barbour – guitar
    Pete Peterson – string bass
    Dave Tough – drums
    Billy Wilson – vocals