Zing! Went the Strings of my heart

Here is the first song to start with: "Zing! Went the Strings of my heart", a Quickstep by James Manley.



The oldest recording I know is by Lew Stone & his Monseigneur Band, waxed in 1932:





After a lot of similar versions, eg. by Jack Hylton and Henry Hall, it was recorded in 1943 by Judy Garland:





After several sides by Pearl Bailey, Helen O'Conell and others, it was again discovered by the Doo-Wop-Bands of the 50s, like the Demensions, The Skyliners or The Satintones. As an example here the version of the Coasters:



In the 60s we only hear this song in some Swing-revivals, like by Frank Sinatra ...



But in the 70s, it came back: DISCO-TIME! The Trammps covered it - probably not from the 30s version, but from the 50s, like their "Sixty Minute Man":





The last appearance of this timeless tune I heared back in the 80s, what again tells me: music ended when the 90s came up. This is by The Smoking Popes, a band of which I never heard before and never after ...



Enjoy!