Just an Expression, You Know

Welcome once again to everyone’s favorite radio quiz show guessing game,

It’s Just an Expression, You Know!

The figure of speech we’ll be celebrating today is the Simile, which involves the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind. Two members of the studio audience have been randomly selected to act as contestants, and they will be required to guess the missing word in a simile of our choice. Then, our 78 RPM musicians will give us their corresponding musical similes.

1 - Clean as a Whistle - Frank Barton with Tom Coakley and his Palace Hotel Orchestra – 1933

2 - You're as Pretty as a Picture - Carmene Calhoun with Henry King And His Orchestra - 1938

3 - Blue as a Heart Ache - Tex Williams And His Western Caravan - 1948

4 - Busy as a Bee - Helen Forrest with Benny Goodman and his Orchestra – 1939

5 - Fresh as a Daisy - Marion, Jack and Tex with Glenn Miller and his Orchestra - 1940

6 - Fresh as a Daisy - Harry Babbitt with Kay Kyser and his Orchestra – 1940

7 - High as a Georgia Pine - Roosevelt Sykes and his Original Honeydrippers - 1947

8 - I'm as Free as a Breeze - Sam Nichols with his Melody Rangers – 1947

9 - Pretty as a Queen - Hal "Lone Pine" and his Mountaineers – 1953

10 - Pretty as a Butterfly - Charles P. Lowe – 1910

11 - Right as the Rain - Jimmy Saunders with Charlie Spivak and his Orchestra – 1944

12 - Loose as a Goose - Cecil Gant – 1946

13 - Soft as Spring - Helen Forrest with Benny Goodman and his Orchestra - 1941

14 - Sharp as a Tack - Harry James and his Orchestra – 1941

15 - Snug as a Bug in a Rug - Bon Bon with Jan Savitt And His Tophatters – 1939

16 - Stubborn as a Mule - Margie Day with The Griffin Brothers – 1951

17 - Sweet as a Song - Larry Cotton with Horace Heidt and his Brigadiers – 1937

18 – The Wizard of Oz, starring Judy Garland – Luz Radio Theater – 1950

19 - Snug as a Bug in a Rug - Tony Pastor with Artie Shaw and his Orchestra – 1939

20 - Sweet as a Song - Louis Armstrong and His Orchestra - 1938