George M. Cohan, Jr. and the Guild Choristers – Mary's a Grand Old Name, 1948

RCA Victor 20-3168. Music and lyrics by George M. Cohan. Orchestra conducted by Thomas Lender Jones. Written for the Broadway show Forty-Five Minutes from Broadway (1906).

[jackbuckley]

Delightful rendition. The son, George, Jr., as demonstrated here, seems to have had quite a pleasant, if not great voice, but perfectly-suited to this particular-song. Nice to hear it sung in a non-operatic way, this is simpler, more truly American-sounding. There's something about the melody of this song, especially with the background male-chorus, sparingly-used, that kind of chokes me up--in other versions, too, even the more-operatic-ones, such as from the famous Cagney film. Perhaps it's simply the pure-Americana of the song. My only regret is that there aren't a few more lyrics--always slightly disappointing when lyrics, catchy as they may be, have to be repeated over-&-over. This, though, is a fine version!

[martinpatrick]

The son of George M Cohan, George M Cohan Jr. doing his famous fathers songs.wonder if he followed his father in show business?
He sounds like his famous father.

[annelong]

My maternal grandfather was George M's cousin. So I'm his cousin, removed once by marriage.

[Buggy-suoy]

No wonder George wanted Jimmy Cagney to play him they almost sound alike.