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<h1 id="firstHeading" class="firstHeading mw-first-heading"><span class="mw-page-title-main">The Varsity Drag</span></h1>
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<div id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content mw-content-ltr" lang="de" dir="ltr"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="de" dir="ltr"><p><b>The Varsity Drag</b> ist ein Popsong, den <a href="Ray_Henderson" title="Ray Henderson">Ray Henderson</a> (Musik), <a href="Buddy_DeSylva" title="Buddy DeSylva">Buddy DeSylva</a> und <a href="Lew_Brown" title="Lew Brown">Lew Brown</a> (Text) verfassten und 1927 veröffentlichten.<sup id="cite_ref-tyler_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tyler-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Hintergrund">Hintergrund</h2></div>
<p>Das <a href="Songwriter" class="mw-redirect" title="Songwriter">Songwriter</a>-Team Henderson, DeSylva und Brown schrieb den Song <i>Varsity Drag</i> für das Musical <i><a href="Good_News_(Musical)" title="Good News (Musical)">Good News</a></i>, aus dem auch der Song <i><a href="The_Best_Things_in_Life_Are_Free" title="The Best Things in Life Are Free">The Best Things in Life Are Free</a></i> stammte.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Die Uraufführung des Musicals fand am 6. September 1927 im Chanin’s 46th Street Theatre (dem heutigen Richard Rodgers Theatre) in New York statt. In der Show war <i>The Varsity Drag</i> als Schlussnummer mit einer <a href="Charleston_(Tanz)" title="Charleston (Tanz)">Charleston</a>-ähnlichen Tanzchoreographie ausgeführt worden;<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Die Nummer kam in dem Musical zum Einsatz, als Zelma O’Neal den anderen Studenten sagte: <i>Let the professors worry about their dusty old books, we'll make Tait famous for the Varsity Drag</i>. Im Liedtext heißt es, dass auf dem <a href="College" title="College">College</a> Büffeln nicht alles sei – man müsse auch Tanzen lernen. Darauf wird im Refrain des Lieds ein neuer Tanz, <i>The Varsity Drag</i> vorgestellt, der mit den Zeilen beginnt:<sup id="cite_ref-tyler_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tyler-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<dl><dd><dl><dd><i>Down with the heels, up on the toes,</i></dd>
<dd><i>Stay after school, see how it goes.</i></dd>
<dd><i>That’s the way to do the Varsity Drag</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-tyler_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tyler-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd></dl></dd></dl>
<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Erste_Aufnahmen_und_spätere_Coverversionen"><span id="Erste_Aufnahmen_und_sp.C3.A4tere_Coverversionen"></span>Erste Aufnahmen und spätere Coverversionen</h2></div>
<p>Zu den Musikern, die den Song ab 1928 erfolgreich coverten, gehörten die Orchester von <a href="George_Olsen" title="George Olsen">George Olsen</a> mit dem Sänger <a href="Fran_Frey" title="Fran Frey">Fran Frey</a> (#4; <a href="Victor_Records" class="mw-redirect" title="Victor Records">Victor</a> 20875) und Cass Hagan (<a href="Columbia_Records" title="Columbia Records">Columbia</a>, mit <a href="Red_Nichols" title="Red Nichols">Red Nichols</a>). Weitere Aufnahmen entstanden 1927/28 mit Zelma O’Neal (Brunswick 3864), der Original American Jazz Band, <a href="The_Revelers" title="The Revelers">The Revelers</a>, Frank Black Orchestra (Brunswick),<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Ernie Golden and His Hotel McAlpin Orchestra (Diamond 52109), <a href="Sam_Lanin" title="Sam Lanin">Sam Lanin</a> (<a href="Okeh_Records" title="Okeh Records">OKeh</a> bzw. <a href="Banner_Records" title="Banner Records">Banner</a>), Johnny Ringer (<a href="Gennett_Records" title="Gennett Records">Gennett</a>), <a href="Abe_Lyman" title="Abe Lyman">Abe Lyman</a> (<a href="Brunswick_Records" title="Brunswick Records">Brunswick</a>), Edna Fischer (Victor 21384) und <a href="Ruth_Etting" title="Ruth Etting">Ruth Etting</a> (Columbia 1237D), in London von <a href="Jack_Hylton" title="Jack Hylton">Jack Hylton</a>, Turner Layton (Columbia), Ciro’s Club Dance Band und in Berlin von <a href="Julian_Fuhs" title="Julian Fuhs">Julian Fuhs</a> (Beka) und <a href="Ben_Berlin" title="Ben Berlin">Ben Berlin</a> (Grammophon).<sup id="cite_ref-lord_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-lord-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Der Song fand auch Verwendung in den Filmversionen des Musicals <i>Good News</i> von 1930 und 1947, ferner im Filmmusical <i>You're My Everything</i> (1949). Er wurde vom <a href="American_Film_Institute" title="American Film Institute">American Film Institute</a> für die Liste der Besten Songs aller Zeiten nominiert.<sup id="cite_ref-tyler_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tyler-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</p><p>Der Diskograf <a href="Tom_Lord" title="Tom Lord">Tom Lord</a> listet im Bereich des <a href="Jazz" title="Jazz">Jazz</a> insgesamt 76 (Stand 2016) <a href="Coverversion" title="Coverversion">Coverversionen</a>, ab 1929 u. a. von <a href="Jean_Wiener" title="Jean Wiener">Jean Wiener</a>/Clément Doucet, <a href="Benny_Goodman" title="Benny Goodman">Benny Goodman</a>, <a href="Patti_Page" title="Patti Page">Patti Page</a>, <a href="Gerry_Mulligan" title="Gerry Mulligan">Gerry Mulligan</a>, <a href="Stan_Getz" title="Stan Getz">Stan Getz</a>/<a href="Bob_Brookmeyer" title="Bob Brookmeyer">Bob Brookmeyer</a>, <a href="Les_Elgart" title="Les Elgart">Les Elgart</a>, <a href="Gene_Harris" title="Gene Harris">Gene Harris</a>, <a href="Wally_Rose_(Musiker)" title="Wally Rose (Musiker)">Wally Rose</a>/<a href="Clancy_Hayes" title="Clancy Hayes">Clancy Hayes</a>, Russell Jones, Jess Sutton/<a href="Marty_Grosz" title="Marty Grosz">Marty Grosz</a>, <a href="Anita_O%E2%80%99Day" title="Anita O’Day">Anita O’Day</a>, <a href="Jean_Goldkette" title="Jean Goldkette">Jean Goldkette</a>, <a href="Billy_May" title="Billy May">Billy May</a>, <a href="Teresa_Brewer" title="Teresa Brewer">Teresa Brewer</a> & <a href="The_World%E2%80%99s_Greatest_Jazz_Band" title="The World’s Greatest Jazz Band">The World’s Greatest Jazz Band</a> und dem <a href="Pasadena_Roof_Orchestra" title="Pasadena Roof Orchestra">Pasadena Roof Orchestra</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-lord_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-lord-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Auch <a href="Lou_Gold_%26_His_Orchestra" title="Lou Gold & His Orchestra">Lou Gold & His Orchestra</a>, <a href="Beatrice_Kay" title="Beatrice Kay">Beatrice Kay</a>, <a href="Spike_Jones" title="Spike Jones">Spike Jones</a> and His City Slickers, <a href="The_Crew-Cuts" title="The Crew-Cuts">The Crew-Cuts</a>, <a href="Sid_Ramin" title="Sid Ramin">Sid Ramin</a> und <a href="Tito_Puente" title="Tito Puente">Tito Puente</a> coverten den Song.
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Anmerkungen_und_Einzelnachweise">Anmerkungen und Einzelnachweise</h2></div>
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<li id="cite_note-tyler-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">↑ <sup><a href="#cite_ref-tyler_1-0">a</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-tyler_1-1">b</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-tyler_1-2">c</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-tyler_1-3">d</a></sup></span> <span class="reference-text">Don Tyler: <i>Hit Songs, 1900–1955: American Popular Music of the Pre-Rock Era</i>. Jefferson, North Carolina & London, McFarland, 2007, S. 148</span>
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<li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-2">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">Fünf Songs aus der Show waren erfolgreich, der Titelsong, <i>Lucky in Love, Just Imagine, The Best Things in Life Are Free</i> und <i>The Varsity Drag</i>. Vgl. Gerald Martin Bordman, Richard Norton <i>American Musical Theatre: A Chronicle</i> 2010, S. 483.</span>
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<li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-3">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">James Ciment: <i>Encyclopedia of the Jazz Age: From the End of World War I to the Great Crash</i>. Routledge 2015.</span>
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<li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-4">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">Frank Black war musikalischer Leiter am New Yorker Century Theater, dan Bandleader bei NBC Radio.</span>
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<li id="cite_note-lord-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">↑ <sup><a href="#cite_ref-lord_5-0">a</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-lord_5-1">b</a></sup></span> <span class="reference-text">Tom Lord: <i>Jazz discography</i> (online)</span>
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