1st RECORDING OF: I Don’t Want To Set The World On Fire - Harlan Leonard (1940--Myra Taylor, vocal)

Yep! The first recording of this popular tune was a real swinger, not the ballad-tempo love song that would eventually catch on a year-and-a-half later to spend four weeks atop the “Your Hit Parade” radio survey. The leading 1941 recordings of the song were by Horace Heidt The Ink Spots and Tommy Tucker CD audio, the 78rpm single was issued on Bluebird B-10919 - I Don’t Want To Set The World On Fire (Durham-Seiler-Marcus-Benjamin) by Harlan Leonard and his Rockets, vocal by Myra Taylor, arranged by Eddie Durham, recorded in NYC March 11, 1940 For hundreds of other ‘originals,’ please visit the fascinating playlist “FIRST RECORDING OF THE SONG…” (click here: )