Oskar Joost und sein Orchester Eden-Hotel, Berlin <br /><br />"Heut' bin ich gut aufgelegt" <br /><br />1932<br /><br />This is the instrumental version. <br /><br />Oskar Joost and his orchestra give a jazzy rendition of "Heut' bin ich gut aufgelegt."<br /><br />Don't confuse this with a vocal version recorded by this same ensemble. Joost recorded a vocal version with the singer Kurt Mühlhardt. <br /><br />Song written by Walter Jurmann (music), Bronislaw Kaper (words), and Fritz Rotter (words).<br /><br />"Heut' bin ich gut aufgelegt" means "Today I'm feeling great."<br /><br />This upbeat song is from the 1932 movie "Ein toller Einfall" (A mad Idea) starring Willy Fritsch, Dorothea Wieck, and Rosy Barsony. <br /><br />Walter Jurmann later composed songs such as "San Francisco."<br /><br />He scored movies such as "Mutiny on the Bounty" (the 1935 version--the 1962 version was scored by Kaper).<br /><br />"Heut' bin ich gut aufgelegt" <br /><br />Oskar Joost und sein Orchester<br /><br />April 1932<br /><br />Recorded in Berlin as the Weimar Republic was coming to an end.