Shanghai Honeymoon, 1926

Aaahh, how lovely – Shanghai Honeymoon, a minor hit of 1926 with words and music by William l Shockley, Charles J Hausman and Lester Melrose and with the tagline, “The First Original Melody in Years”. The singers, pictured in the moon, are Esther and Cecil Ward, who both happened to be adept on the Hawaiian guitar and were big on the American radio bran dance circuit.

Esther and Cecil with their Hawaiian guitars