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Orkiestra pod dyr. Arcadi Flato, Refren: Chór Juranda (The Jurand’s Choir) – Nie płacz... [Don’t Cry / When All Is Ended] Tango (Front, Ferszko – Jerry) Odeon 1933 (Polish) NOTE: Arcadi FLATO was one of many Polish bandleaders of Jewish descent in his generation, such as Marek Weber, Fryderyk („Freddie”) Rich, Bronisław Kaper, Adolf ("Adi") Rosner, Paul Godwin (Pinkus Goldfajn), who were born and musically educated in Poland, but sought careers in the vibrant and modern music scene in nearby Berlin ("Freddie" Rich went all the way to New...
Piccadilly Dance Band – ‘Cause I Feel Low Down, Fox-Trot (Jo Trent – Peter Rose), Piccadilly 1928 (UK) NOTE: Some people think Piccadilly Dance Band is the pseudonym of Allan Selby & His Frascatians, others think Billy Cotton's London Savannah Band. Whoever hides under this pseudonym, he gives us a piece of really good music from the golden era of British dance bands. The photo show tries to maintain that high standard, featuring some of the more and less famous figures from the past, caught when they just happened to have a moment to feel...
Kapelle Ludwig Rüth - Liebe ist ein Geheimnis (Love Is A Mystery) Tango a.d. Tonfilm „Die englische Heirat” [from the Film „An English Wedding’] (Doelle – Amberg), Electrola 1934 (Germany) NOTE: This is one of the great German tangos of the interwar period, when Germany experienced its "tango heyday" (it never returned after World War II). Composed by Franz Doelle, who is remembered in song history as the composer of one of the greatest hits of all time, "Wenn die weisse Flieder wieder blüht" (When the white lilacs bloom again) - it was...
Lew Sylva & His Band (Harry Bidgood Studio Orch.) - There's a Cabin In the Pines, Fox-Trot (Hill) with Vocal Chorus, Rex 1933 (UK)NOTE: Lew Sylva is the nickname of Harry Bidgood's studio orchestra. Unfortunately, the vocals are uncredited. Bidgood was a pianist and prominent dance bandleader during the golden age of British dance bands. In the late 1920s, he began directing the house band for the famous Broadcast Twelve 8-inch records under his own name, as well as under various aliases, such as The New York Nightbirds, The Manhattan Melody...
Adam Aston & Ork. Henryka Golda – Ty, miłość i wiosna [You, Love and Spring] Tango (J. Petersburski – A. Włast) z rewii „Listek figowy” teatru Morskie Oko [from theatre Morskie Oko revue „The Fig Leaf”] Columbia 1932 (Polish) NOTE: This tango became a big hit in Poland in 1932. Composed by Polish "tango master" Jerzy Petersburski - composer of the world-famous tango Oh Donna Clara - and sung on stage of theatre Morskie Oko by debutant Tola Mankiewiczówna (formerly an operetta singer), it immediately became an evergreen, recorded and...
Earl Burtnett and His Los Angeles Biltmore Hotel Orchestra – Low Down Rhythm, Fox-Trot from the Hollywood Revue of 1929 (Klages-Greer) with Vocal Chorus by June Pursell, Brunswick 1929 (USA) NOTE: Earl BURTNETT (born in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 1896 - died in Chicago 1936) was an American bandleader, songwriter and pianist who early in his career published two songs that became hits: "Canadian Capers" (1915) and "Down Honolulu Way" (1916). In 1918 he joined Art Hickman's band, and Florenz Ziegfeld heard the group and presented it on...
Orkiestra Franciszka Związka (“Crazy Kiddies”) - Moje złote baby (My Golden Baby), Fokstrot z operetki “Kwiat Hawajów” (from Operette Die Blume Von Hawaii) (Paul Abraham-Walden), Refrain: Tadeusz Faliszewski, Syrena-Electro 1931 (Polish) NOTE: The Crazy Kiddies jazz orchestra was founded in 1929 in Gliwice (region of Silesia) by saxophonist Franciszek Związek. Among those who played in the orchestra were later well-known musicians: multi-instrumentalist Aleksander Halicki, pianist Stanisław Wojciechowski and guitarist Jan Ławrusiewicz. The...
Artur Ross & His Westerners – Diga Diga Doo, Fox-Trot from „Blackbirds of 1928” (McHugh-Fields) Vocal by Tom Frawley, Velvet Tone 1928 (USA) NOTE: Ben Selvin's famous dance orchestra used tons of nicknames in the Jazz Age, and Arthur Ross was one of them. This recording was made on an acoustic system because the Hormony label, of which Velver Tone was a subsidiary, long ignored the electrical recording until the late 1920s. The vocalist, "Tom Frawley," seems to be the familiar voice of Irving Kaufman: the tireless American refrainist of...
Cliquot Club Eskimos (Harry Reser’s Band) – I Wonder Who’s With You When I’m Not There, Fox-Trot (Monaco & Dixon), Vocal chorus by Tom Stacks, Columbia 1927 (USA) NOTE: Clicquot Club Eskimos was a popular musical radio program, first heard in 1923, with a dance orchestra led by banjo virtuoso Harry Reser. A popular ginger ale, Clicquot Club, was a major rival to Canada Dry. Clicquot was the name of the mascot Eskimo boy depicted in commercials and on the product. The program aired on WEAF from 1923 to 1926, and was moved to the NBC radio...
Jerzy S. Adamczewski - Ciemna dziś noc [Dark Is The Night] Pieśń/Tango [Tango chanson] (N.Bogoslovsky - J.Tuwim) Muza 1948 (Polish) NOTE: May 2023 marks the 78th anniversary of the end of World War II - the greatest catastrophe in the history of our civilization. This makes me go back to those days for a moment to remind on this channel of the music that was played in Poland at that time. This song is one of the most beautiful and captivating ever written during the war and about the war. It was composed by Soviet composer Nikita...
Hit-Of-The-Week Orchestra dir. by Bert Hirsch - Overnight, fox-trot (Billy Rose & Charlotte Kent – Louis Alter) from „Sweet And Low” with Vocal chorus (unknown singer), Hit-Of-The –Week 1931, USA NOTE: Hit of the Week was an American record label founded in 1930 that sold inexpensive discs recorded on the thin flexible substance Durium instead of the usual shellac. Each week, a new edition was released containing a current popular song. Unlike other labels, these were sold at newsstands. Previous editions could be purchased by mail order....
Wipin’ the Pan – Fox-Trot (Robison-Shilkret-Baer) – The High Hatters dir. by Leonard Joy, with Vocal chorus, Victor 1928 (USA) NOTE: The High Hatters were, in 1928-31, the Victor label's house band led by Leonard Joy (who was the supervisor of the Victor label's recording sessions from 1927-43). The High Hatters were hired to produce a series of popular dance hits of the time, and they did an excellent job. Leonard Joy's arrangements are hot, simple and firmly rooted in the dance style of the late 1920s. Perhaps that's why they were ousted...
Johnny Johnson & His Statler Pennsylvanians – Sunbeams, Fox-Trot from the film „Loves of an Actress” (J.K. Brennan – Karl Hajos) with ocal refrain, Victor 1928 (USA) NOTE: Johnny JOHNSON (Malcolm Johnson b. 1902 in Washington, Indiana) was American pianist, organist, dance bandleader. He started up as pianist in Harry Yerkes’ orchestra. In 1922 he formed his own dance band with a group of solid musicians, including Jack Teagarden, Red Nichols. His band was moderately successful and in 1926 Johnny Johnson joined Ben Bernie’s orchestra as a...
Chór Dana – Panna Anna [Wheezy Anna’s Wedding Day] Fokstrot (Sarony-Starski), Syrena-Electro 1933 (Polish) NOTE: The group Chór Dana, known internationally as "Polish Revelers" or "Polish Comedian Harmonists," presents a Polish bravura version of the European hit "Wheezy Anna's Wedding Day" written by British composer Leslie Sarony in 1933. It was presented on the stage of the musical theater "Rex", which took the place of the main Warsaw revue "Morskie Oko", after its demise in 1932.
George Olsen & His Music - Where Were You - Where Was I? Fox-Trot freom the Comedy "Billie" (G.Cohan) Voc. refr. by Fran Frey, Victor 1928 (USA) NOTE: Great orchestra, excellent vocalist, beautiful melody. What more can you ask for when it comes to Roaring Twenties madness? Enjoy!
Ray Miller & His Orchestra – No! Fox-Trot (Gay-Whiting) Brunswick 1926 (USA) NOTE: Ray MILLER (b. 1896 in Reading, Pennsylvania - d. 1974) American bandleader who was popular in the 1920s. In 1916 Ray Miller worked as a singing waiter at Casino Gardens in Chicago, where he befriended musicians from the Original Dixieland Jazz Band (ODJB). He followed them to New York, where he formed the Black and White Melody Boys dance orchestra. For a brief period, the band performed in vaudeville and various musical productions before Ray Miller formed...
Coon – Sanders Orchestra – After You’ve Gone, Fox-Trot (Creamer-Layton) with Vocal refrain by C.A. Coon & J.L. Sanders, Victor 1929 (USA) NOTE: The Coon-Snders Orchestra, billed also as the Coon-Sanders Nighthawks Orchestra, was formed in the early 1920s by Carleton Coon and Joe Sanders shortly becoming one of America's top dance/jazz orchestras during the climax years of the Jazz Age. Carleton Coon was born in Lexington, Missouri, but moved with his family to Kansas City as a young child. Sanders was born in Parsons, Kansas, and grew up in...
Roaring Twenties: Alfredo’s Band – Sing, Fox-Trot from „Lady Luck” (Rodgers) with Ocal Choruj, Edison Bell Winner, 1927 (UK) NOTE: Alfredo (né Alfred Gill) -British bandleader and violinist of the years 1920/30s. In the early 20th century he was touring the halls as Alfredo, the Vagabond Violinist. Between 1922 -25 he was a member of Jack Hylton's band to form in 1925 a 9-piece band of his own, that played for about 2 years at the fashionable New Princes Restaurant in London. He recorded for Edison Bell from 1925 until 1930. During these...
Adam Aston & Orkiestra pod dyr. Iwo Wesby’ego – Chciałbym zakochać się [I’d Like To Fall In Love/ And To Be Everything For Someone] Tango (W. Krupiński - A. Włast) Syrena-Electro 1936 (Polish) NOTE: This is a really nice tango composition by Wiktor Krupiński - a lesser-known pre-war Polish composer of hits, not belonging to the potentates of the pre-war Polish pop music market: such as Jerzy Petersburski, Henryk Wars, Henryk & Adam Gold, Zygmunt Karasiński, Szymon Kataszek or Zygmunt Wiehler. However, he also wrote some really beautiful...
Paul Ash & His Orchestra - I Ain’t That Kind Of A Baby, Fox-Trot (Fain – Kahal & Britt) Vocal chorus Paul Small, Columbia 1927 (USA) NOTE: Paul ASH (1891, Germany — 1958, New York) was a German / American orchestra leader, composer, vaudeville personality, and recording artist, who at the age of one, moved to America with his parents. His band became very popular recoding for Brunswick and for Columbia in the 1920s through 1930s. In 1928 he performed a three week engagement in New York City at the Paramount Theatre with a young Ginger...