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"The Walkin' Blues ( Walk Right Out)", (567 kb), Fluffy Hunter, singing with the Jesse Powell Orchestra. Rec'd: New York, NY. (late 1951). In the band at the time were jazz stars Buck Clayton, J.J. Johnson, Cecil Payne, and Bill Doggett. Bandleader and saxophonist Jesse Powell later landed a spot as music director and house band leader at Jubilee/Josie Records, where his tenor sax was heard behind almost all the hits by 'The Cadillacs' vocal group. "Fluffy" also sang with the The Buddy Banks orchestra.
"Boggie Misteroso", (516 kb). Mary Lou Williams All-Stars.
"Humoresque", (536 kb). Mary Lou Williams Trio.
"Loveless Love", (479 kb). Katherine Handy
(married name: Katherine Handy Lewis). A very interesting recording. Katherine is W. C. Handy's daughter, and she is singing one of his biggest its. In addition, she sings the entire verse, -not just the chorus. The tune actually became popular as "Careless Love".
"Nuestro Heroe", (580 kb).
Orquesta Francisco Canaro, Recorded 1930 (Odeon)
"Take Care Of You, For Me", (594 kb). A delightful Valaida Snow vocal. (This writer thinks that she sings better than playing her saxophone.)
"Cigareets, Whuskey, and Wild Wild Women", (535 kb). Red Ingle and The Natural Seven, with Cinderella G. Stump vocalizing. Miss Stump was better known as Jo Stafford.
"Temptation", (550 kb).
Red Ingle and His Natural Seven, with Cinderella G. Stump singing.
"The Argentines,The Portuguese and The Greeks", (540 kb). The Duncan Sisters in the late 1920s.
"Swinging On The Famous Door", (612 kb), The Delta Four
"Wet It", (557 kb). 'Frankie "Half Pint" Jaxon and his Harlem Ham Fats'.
"Willie The Weeper", (436 kb). Frankie "Half Pint" Jaxon, singing and leading his Frankie Jaxon Orchestra.
"Tinker Polka", (589 kb). Played by the Baca Ceska group.... a "Texas-Czech" orchestra of the late 1920s and early 1930s
"West End Blues", (649 kb).
played by Joe "King" Oliver and his Orchestra backing blues singer Hazel Smith.
"West End Blues", (620 kb). And here's another - all instrumental- version of the same tune, - again played in 1928 by
"King" Oliver and His Creole Orchestra
"Hide Your Face", (587 kb). The Spade Cooley Orchestra.
"Swingin' The Devil's Dream", (513 kb). Spade Cooley Orchestra.
"All The Jive Is Gone", (513 kb).
Andy Kirk and His 12 Clouds of Joy.
"Life Gits Tee-Jus, Don't It", (553 kb) Carson Robison vocal (with Ukulele accompaniment).
"More and More Tee-Jus, Ain't It", (602 kb). Carson Robison vocal. This tune was recorded two years after his first version.
"Twilight In Turkey", (512 kb). This is version by
Ambrose and his Orchestra, that wonderful English orchestra
"Message From Mars", (534 kb). Ambrose and his Orchestra.
"Dance of The Potted Puppets", (378 kb). (1min 50 seconds.) Amrbose and His Orchestra.
"Serenade For A Wealthy Widow", (541 kb) Another English band, Reginald Foresythe Orchestra, who sadly are not too well recalled today. Still, this tune does display their techincal skill.
"Swinging On The Famous Door", (612 kb) A swinging instrumental by the Delta Four. The title refers to the name of one of the clubs on New York's famed 52nd Street.
"Get Your Juices At The Deuces,", (527 kb). Harry "The Hipster" Gibson tickling the ivories. "The Deuces" was another of the clubs on 52nd Street.
"Take Care Of Me, For You", (594 kb). Sung by Valaida Snow.
"You Clobbered Me", (296 kb). Spade Cooley Orchestra.
"You're The Top", (686 kb). Cole Porter, the composer, at the piano and vocalizing.
"Until Real Thing Comes Along", (532 kb). 'Julia Lee and her Boyfriends'
"Cocaine Habit Blues", (547 kb). Memphis Jug Band
"Somebody Else, Not Me", (585 kb)
"Pee Wee" Hunt vocal.. This is an updated musical version of the old Bert Williams vaudevillian monologue.
"Oh Death, Where Is Thy Sting?", (560 kb). Bert Williams (The great Black vaudevillian) monologue.
"Indiana Avenue Stomp", (637 kb). "Montana" Taylor piano solo.
"Kickin' The Gong Around", (672 kb). Cab Calloway's Cotton Club Orchestra
"Them There Eyes", (479 kb). A very young Billie Holiday singing.
"Killin' Jive", (579 kb). 'The Cats and Fiddle'.. They were a great 1930s group. "The Fiddle" in the group's name whimsically refers to the stand-up bass (a "Bull Fiddle"), and in Jazz parlance, each member of the group was a "hep cat". Their signature tune was "I Miss You So"
"We Cats Will Swing For You":, (359 kb) played by 'The Cats and Fiddle'
"Another Day":, (364 kb) played by 'The Cats and Fiddle'
"What It Takes To Bring You Back", (640 kb). 'Butterbeans and Susie' singing.
"Two Black Crows In Hades", (1148579 b). The act was called "Mack and Moran". Not a song, but a 5-1/2 minute 1920s vaudeville routine
"Witch Doctor", (509 kb). Ina Ray Hutton and Her Melodears, an 'all-girl' orchestra.
"For No Reason At All In C", (572 kb) Bix and Trumbauer. Bix plays piano, except for last 2 bars of the song.
"Dippermouth Blues", (468 kb) King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band.
"Slow River", ( 555kb) Bix with the Jean Goldkette Orch.
"Hot Lips", (550 kb) Bill Brown and his Brownies
"Walk Right In", (549 kb). Cannon's Jug Stompers
"720 In The Book", (587 kb) Jan Savitt and His Top Hatters. The opening measures of this hit tune displays the band's "Shuffle Rhythm" sound.
"Tuxedo Junction", (577 kb) A big hit of the Big Bands Era played by Jan Savitt and His Top Hatters.
"J'ai Deux Amours", (549 kb) Josephine Baker singing her signature song back in 1931 (rec'd: Paris, France). (music: Claude Vence, lyric: Georges Koger, Henri Varna )
"Tell Me Tonight", (578 kb) played by "Oscar Joost u.s. Orchester", from the famed Eden Hotel, in pre-Worled War II Berlin. One of the great dance bands in Germany, before Hitler's rise
"You Have Become So Terribly Blonde Lately", (545 kb). For more information, see Dol Dauber entry.
"Nebe na zemi (Heaven on Earth)", (552 kb) In 1936, the Dol Dauber Orchestra recorded (HMV) this tune by Czech composer Jaroslav Ježek, in Prague, Czechoslavia, The vocal chorus is not credited on the label.
"Song of the Wanderer", (428 kb) Arthur Briggs Orchestra in 1927. Al Bowlly vocal, and guitar solo too.
"What Have We Done", (500 kb) Syd Roy and His R.K.Oleans, with vocal by Ivor Moreton. Recorded May 9, 1933.
"You Darling You", (565 kb) The Gene Rodemich Orchestra playing this song composed by James Brockman in 1923.
"You Darling You":, (564 kb) This version played by the California Ramblers.
"Mexicali Rose", (526 kb) Sung by Gene Autry in 1935. ( m: Jack B. Tenney, w: Helen Stone)
"I Have Found A Honey", (619 kb) Light Crust Doughboys in 1936
"My Mary", (415 kb) played by W. "Pappy:" Lee O'Daniel and his Light Crust Doughboys in July 1934 featuring Leon Huff and Riley Puckett,
"A Thousand Goodnights", (568 kb) s - Milton Brown & his Brownies. Rec'd: March 1936.
"Osage Stomp - Bob Wills & his Texas Playboys", (556 kb) - Bob Wills & his Texas Playboys in 1935
"Alexander's Rag Time Band", (531 kb) - Bob Wills & his Texas Playboys
"Under The Double Eagle ", (513 kb). Bill Boyd & his Cowboy Ramblers. Rec'd: 1935 He began recordng for RCA/Bluebird in 1932.
"Cool Cool Water", (508 kb) recorded 1948 by the Sons of the Pioneers. Another of their big hits.
"Tumbling Tumbleweeds", (596 kb) recorded August 8, 1934 for Decca by the "Sons of the Pioneers". One of their biggest hits. Composed by Bob Nolan.
"Bubbles In My Beer", (437kb) Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys. written by Bob, Cindy Walker and Tommy Duncan, charted in Jan. 1948, peaked to #4.
"Take Me Back To Tulsa", (524 kb) , Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys
"The Convict and the Rose", (526 kb) recorded Nov. 28,1938. by Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys (the "A" side of the instrumental "San Antonio Rose" below)
"San Antonio Rose", (475 kb) one of the Top Hits of 1939. The original instrumental version recorded here in Dallas, Nov. 28,1938, by Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys. ('B" side of above.)
"Fascinating Rhythm", (524 kb) sung by Clifford ("Ukulele Ike") in 1925.
AUDIO: "My Little Grass Shack In Kealakekua Hawaii", (502 kb)
"Cakewalking' Babies from Home", (594 kb). Clarence Williams Blue Five playing with Clarence Williams on piano, singer Eva Taylor (who became Clarence's wife), Louis Armstrong on cornet, trombonist Charlie Irvis, Buddy Christian on banjo, and Sidney Bechet on soprano sax.
"What This Country Needs Is Foo", (570 kb). Elissse Cooper singing, ca. 1942. ( Please see our August 22 Calendar for more information on this talented singer. )
"Jump Jump's Here", (528 kb) . Elissse Cooper singing, ca. 1942. with the Eddie DeLange Orchestra.
"1942 Ben Bernie Radio Show Except", (4.8 Mb) sponsored by Wrigley's Chewing Gum. .Bernie opens with a commercial for Wrigley's Spearmint Chewing Gum, then the song "We're All In It Now", he then introduces Elisse Cooper " the Pixie from Dixie" singing "That Soldier of Mine", - Bernie delivers a "World War II commercial for the "U.S. Employment Service", and then sings "Tillie The Toiler" , followed by his goodbye spiel"
"I'm Cuckoo Over You", (489 kb) The Benny Krueger Orchestra . (Brunswick. Rec'd: Nov. 1921)
"Sunday", (550 kb): The Jean Goldkette Orchestra, with Bix Beiderbecke on cornet, and vocal by the 'Keller Sisters and Lynch'. (song: Ned Miller-Chester Cohn-Jules Stein-Benny Krueger) (Victor 20273-B)
"You Darling You", (664 kb): The California Ramblers in 1923. ( Columbia 81270-2)
"The Girl Friend", (600 kb): The California Ramblers playing this lovely Rodgers and Hart tune.
"The Bees Knees", (623 kb): Played by the California Ramblers.
"Strangers In The Night", (515 kb): Frank Sinatra's big hit.
"Blue": (400 kb) 'Mc'Murray's California Thumpers' playing this lovely tune ( A very big hit at the time.)
"Haunting Blues": (419 kb) played by the Cameo Dance Orchestra in 1923. Recorded: Cameo # 243, New York, NY, USA. 1923 ( The original version of this tune was composed by trumpeter Henry Busse and Walter Hirsch, and arranged by the great Frede Grofe.)
"Snuggled On Your Shoulder (Cuddled In Your Arms)": (415 kb) sung by Sylvia Froos. (Conposers: Joe Young / Carmen Lombardo)
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