1946 HITS ARCHIVE: Give Me The Simple Life - Benny Goodman (78 single version--Liza Morrow, vocal)

Give Me The Simple Life (Ruby-Bloom) by Benny Goodman & his Orchestra, vocal by Liza Morrow Recording under the name Kit Carson, vocalist Liza Morrow would enjoy some success in the mid-1950s with her recording of “Band Of Gold,” but in the ‘40s she is best-remembered for the few sides that she cut with the Benny Goodman band (see also “Symphony”). “Give Me The Simple Life” was a Rube Bloom-Harry Ruby tune featured in the 1946 films “The Dark Corner” and “Wake Up And Dream.” An alternate take version of this Goodman title has also been issued over the years, but here we have the commercially released single. THE 1946 HITS ARCHIVE - a collection of commercial recordings and songs that proved popular during the calendar year 1946 (some were recorded in 1945) via sales, sheet music, radio exposure, and juke box play.…plus some others that have gained increased recognition or have been shown to have had an impact during the decades that followed.