100 years young this year! Marvellous!

Perfect rendition. We'd be lost without Max.

Sadly drummer Vincent Riewe (seen at 2:02) passed away at age 57 in March 2017. He was instrumental (nevermind the pun) in the rise of Max Raabe and the Palast Orchestra. May his soul rest in peace.

Absolutely perfect. I actually like the slightly-too-fast tempo, gives everything a carefree, funtime feel.

Max is the coolest man in the EU

My 5 year old loves this tune.

I love the way Max sings!

It's the exact replica of the version of Jack Hylton in 1928 just a little faster. It's absolutely wonderfull, he brings you back in the 30s!

Nice to see that this band can jazz things up ...those music makers are very talented

Unglaublich, eben die Krönung dieses Zeitalters. Bravo Max Raabe!

Swing Lives! Love Tom's dirty trumpet solo - yeah, man!!

Max Raabe es uno de mis cantantes Favoritos. Ojala algún día pueda ver su Orquesta en Vivo.

Great bands (like this) make sure that great music (like this) never dies!

With the saxes, splash cymbals, tuba, banjo, violin lead and scat breaks he sure creates a sound pretty darn close to original, perhaps even better than hearing it on a 78 with scratches, clicks, hisses, etc. And it's a little embarrasing that the country that originally composed and popularized great songs like this one never fostered a rebirth of such a fabulous presentation.

Ach dear Herr Raabe. How wundervoll. Machen'se weiter. Mein Opa väterlicherseits war in der; wie man heute sagen würde; Leipziger Szene gut vernetzt. Er kannte die Bohamiens und ausländischen Bürger , die jüdischen Mitbürger sowieso. Ich hoffe Ihre Musik hält die Erinnerung wach.

I saw this performances last night & fell in love with his music!

I am sick of people hijacking a thread to bombard the rest of the world with their blinkers-type of view - a view that nobody but themselves care about. Can't people simply enjoy things like good music without trying to produce themselves? Max Raabe and the Palast Orchestra play excellent music of a bygone era that you are hard pressed to find nowadays. I love it!

Best version EVER of this classic American song. His group is probably the best orchestral jazz troupe in history, a great song. But who is this gorgeous violist? I could look it up, but she just makes this band fabulous,

Wonderful, watching their concert right now on PBS.

Great stuff ... who could keep their feet still listening to this, or your head for that matter ... super fun.

This is wonderful stuff, I think I just found one of my new favorite bands.

Marlene Dietrich sang this song for her screen test for Die blaue Engel, and did a humorous version. Max also does a beautiful job. It's a treat to hear some real music again.

I'm in love. With every single member of this band.

Wow! Sounds just like the 1920s!

Outstanding!

gah I'm gonna see them live today! I'm so excited!

I doubt that they could have done a better version back in 1923!

Great musicians !!Greetings

¡Me muero del gustazoooo! ¡Qué preciosidad!

Aah back to the days of Jazz and dance bands wonderful..

Yeah I saw the show. Never heard of him either, now I'm hooked!

You're right young man. You are what you eat, do, wear, think, read, like or listen to. The whole world plunged itself into a whirl of bad taste and ignorance

Bei diesem Lied und "Avalon" muß ich immer auf meinem Stuhl rumhoppsen. Danke für's reinstellen.

What a great job of recreating the music, and particularly the mood.

SEÑORES MUSICOS!!!

My arms are flailing and my feet are high kicking to this one!

Extraordinario, el y su orquesta!

What smashing music - as always in the Max Raabe manner!

My bother just turned me on to this group. I simply LOVE it!

Du bist so gut!

Great!!!*****5 stars Thanks!!

DANKE😘

Bacchusland: you are 100% correct, he certainly embodies a throwback to an elegant era, including a superb performance from his orchestra. -Eric, USA

Heard him before...very good. Rosa Larsen

Excellent chanteur...qui chante parfaitement dans le style des années 20-30... mi ténor, mi haute-contre.

Excellent fox trot avec lequel Marlene Dietrich a passé en 1929 ses essais pour être engagée dans '' l'ange bleu ''par Josef von Sternberg . ici, excellente reconstitution musicale assez proche des interprétations de Paul Whiteman , à l'époque !.. Merci et bravo !

Es gefällt mir sehr!

Fantastic! Thanks

Fabulous

MAGNIFIQUE...ENCORE

Fabulous!

thornie123. I am so happy to hear that my teenagers are not the only ones positively influenced by this type of music. I agree with you 100%. Reading your comment is refreshing.

5 people are lost without her

Wow !!! This is superb ! Thanks for sharing.

Dietrich and Raabe!!!!!achhh was für Deutsche Vorbilde!!

Thank you so much for posting This is great!!

Thanks for the video! They are fantastic.

I'm seeing then at Carnigie Hall on March 4, I'm SOOO excited!!

maaan, now you are really cool! thanks for sharing this with us!!! ...

¡¡preciosa orquesta de mx raabe!!!!!! genial artista, cuando por españa? estamos con muchas ganas de veros

Happy fun jazz. TY.Candy.

If more people listened to this type music there would be less hate and crime in the world. Glenn Miller etc, its all wonderful. Instead of songs about hate and murder and drugs, this music was fun and you could have a good time listening to it. im only 17 years old and i LOVE this kind of music.

@chkjns I just LOVE THIS GUY!!! He`s just AWESOME, And is helping to keep these WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL, songs alive! Thank You chkins for sharing this weit Me.

super!!!!!

Fun music, where has all the fun music gone? I seriously hate the modern stuff they call music these days...

My only criticism of the too-fast tempo is that it really doesn't get the lyrics a chance to shine. One thing about popular song from that period is that the lyrics are just as brilliant as the music, if not moreso. It's poetry, and needs to be savored. Although Sinatra was much later than this group's period (he really didn't come into his own until well into the 1940s), it's something "Ol Blue Eyes understood very well. Lyricists like Lorenz Hart, Cole Porter, Ira Gershwin, Buddy Da Silva, Al Dubin, Johnny Mercer - they hardly exist anymore. This is an amazing group and I think they are top-notch at what they do, but if I could make one suggestion, it would be slow the tempo down to the point that the singer can actually tell the story. There is a wonderful verse: "I'm not a poet - how well I know it - I've never been a raver... "But when I look at you - I rave a bit, it's true.." "I'm lost without you - can't live without you - you give my life it's flavor..." You can look up the rest for yourself, but the rhyme scheme is nothing short of brilliant - and Buddy Da Sylva and Lew Henderson were only two of so many brilliant lyricists of that time period. If that isn't poetry worthy of Willy Shakes, I don't know what is that's been written in the last 100 years or so.

Me too! Max Raabe

I'm a new fan!

Great posting Thumbs up my friend Claude

Gotta like the 1930s Art deco,Tuxedoed, cabaret sound & look.

I agree completely!!!!

here here!

omg, he is very cute!!!

Yo también pregunto ¿este genio todavía existe??existe PALAST Orchestra? ?? Tiene la edad de uno de mis hijos aquí en ARGENTINA! !! Alguna vez andará por Argentina? ??👍👍👍💓💓💓💓👏👏👏👏👏

@Bobchai Her name is Hanne Berger. She left the band in 2007 :-( Now her place is taken by another beautiful violist Cecilia Crisafulli

@thornie123 Hei brother in mind! YOU ARE SOOOOOOOOOOO RIGHT!!!!!!!! Thank you and welcome to our small "club" and go on with your way of thinking. God bless you. Jo from Germany

ohhh i'm in Heaven...

he´s at cool cat and i´m glad that he and the rest is coming till sweden!!!

J'aime que se soit en Français ou dans d'autres langue, j'en ais que foutre des années 30 !

@thornie123 This is true talent. Being able to play a real instrument and putting it all together, with class that lets people forget about their problems and the worlds problems (even if only for a little while) i mean what is not to love about that?

great recording

👏👏👏👍

Meraviglia

@ralphrita1 - I agree. Max is superb, as always - and this tune showcases the orchestra so well. Hard to beat this version of a wonderful old standard.

The Second coolest cat in town

i like the speed and whimsical tune! i just wish he'd be able to perform in the phil :^c

@wissing4 they arent alone thankfully. and hopefully there are many more teens like us out there that enjoy real music.

The arrangement is virtually the same as the Jack Hylton original BUT as little faster and better for it. This must be the best recording of the song,ever! Now where do I go and see the band live? - preferably without the rain!

cool

Why isn't this not on Spotify now? :(

He was mentioned on David Letterman show in USA tonight by a guest, and David hadn't heard of him, and hopes to get him on the show. We'll just have to see about that.

@dcbusch1 Me too Detroit. This guy is great!

@Perktube1 They do dress up. I saw him in Oakland, California, in February 2010. I dressed in my 20s gangster suit. And, many men and women dressed in period costume for the concert.

Ausgezeichnet.

haha im 16 and this is my favorite genre

Su ingles es perfecto por esta cancion, pero no sabia que cantaba ingles tambien! Se escucha como un cantante tipico de esa epoca, pero en el sentido de los mejor de esa epoca/ His English is perfect for this song, but I was not aware that he sang in English as well! He sounds like a typical singer from that era, but in the better sense of the word typical. Das ist schön:-)

Is there any live shows in Britain like this ?

@Woelfin001 A year ago, another KZfaq user asked if he was British. To answer his question, I stated that he is, "very clearly German." No offense intended at all. And you are correct, his performances are absolutely perfect. I listen to his music frequently.

@thornie123 "tap your foot and smile ..........." I do and all other fellows with sensible heart will do! Best wishes to you

der schlagzeuger ist cool drauf . wie der immer kugt