Sunrise Serenade: Powerhouse (Happy Birthday Raymond Scott!)

Today's Sunrise Serenade popped into my head as soon as I realized the date.  On September 10, 1908, Raymond Scott was born in Brooklyn as Harry Warnow.  Scott was a musician, band leader, composer and inventor, whose work is familar to millions of people, even though most do not know his name.  In the late 1930's and early 1940's, Scott composed a series of unusual musical pieces that caught the ear of Carl Stalling, head of music for Warner Brothers animation.  Stalling convinced WB to buy the rights to over 20 Scott compositions, and the rest is history, as that music became the soundtrack for the golden age of Warner Bros. cartoons from the mid-1940's into the 1950's.  One of the most recognized pieces was this morning's Sunrise Serenade, which also serves as the theme music for the Swing Shift Shuffle:  "Powerhouse."  Click on the song title to hear and see a YouTube video of Raymond Scott's Quintette performing the piece on a 1955 TV show.