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Roaring 1920s: Jimmy Joy & His Orchestra – From Monday On, Fox-Trot (Barris-Crosby) with Vocal chorus by Orville Andrews, Brunswick 1928 (USA) NOTE: James Monte Maloney (1902 - 1962) - American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist and dance bandleader known professionally as JIMMY JOY, famous for his ability to play two clarinets simultaneously. Jimmy Joy's orchestra never ranked among the top bands of the swing era, but gained fame as a popular regional band in Texas. Jimmy formed his band in the mid-1920s on the campus of the University of...

Zbigniew Rawicz – Morze [The Sea] Tango from Operetta „Panna Wodna” [The Water Maiden] (Tekst & muz. Jerzy Lawina –Świętochowski), Muza 1948 (Polish) NOTE: The Polish pre-war operetta "Panna Wodna" [The Water Maiden] whose biggest hit is the tango "Morze," was composed by Jerzy Lawina-Świętochowski just before the outbreak of World War 2 and pre-premiered in Warsaw on August 2, 1939. The play was a great success, despite the middle of the vacation season and the growing war atmosphere in Poland. However, the premiere scheduled after the...

Richard Tauber – Schöner Gigolo, Tango (Casucci-Brammer) u. Dajos Béla Künstler-Orchester, Odeon 1929 (Germany) NOTE: Here’s one more fabulous performance of the old European pop-song performed by exquisite artistic duet – the world famous Austrian tenor Ruchard Tauber accompanied by Dajos Béla Orchestra - one of the best German dance bands of the Roaring Twenties. See some more renditions of those two artists performing together, presented in this channel: „Sonny Boy” https://youtu.be/8htGcRb_PL8 , „Es gibt eine Frau die Dich niemals...

Harry Archer & His Orchestra - There Ain’t No Maybe In My Baby’s Eyes, Fox-Trot (Kahn, Egan – Donaldson) with Vocal Chorus, Brunswick 1926 (USA) NOTE: Harry Archer (born 1888 in Creston, Iowa - died 1960 in New York) is an American pianist, composer and dance orchestra leader. His band is best remembered for its hot jazzy dance recordings for Brunswick records through 1928. He is also known as the author of the hit songs and orchestration with Paul Whiteman's orchestra for the 1923/24 Broadway play "Little Jesse James."

Alfredo & His Band – Do Something, Fox-Trot from the Movie „Syncopation” (Bud Green – Sam H. Stept) with Vocal Chorus, Radio Edison Bell (UK 1930) NOTE:”Alfredo” was a British bandleader and violinist Alfred Gill who recorded in London under the name Alfredo And His Band, Alfredo's Band, Alfredo's Electron Band, Alfredo's New Princes Orchestra. In 1931 he formed a new dance band based on the tango repertoire and consisting of genuine Romanies. It was called Alfredo & His Gypsy Orchestra and gained considerable popularity in UK during the...

Ola Obarska & Orkiestra ”Odeon” - Na przedmieściu domek mały [A Small House In The Suburb] Walc (Suchocki / Nel) Odeon (Polish) Originally recorded by Odeon or Columbia in 1934; re-pressed by Odeon in 1945 NOTE: The first recording of this song by Ola Obarska in 1934 has not survived, and it is likely that she made it at Columbia's Warsaw branch, which closed down shortly thereafter (it could not withstand the competition of Syrena-Electro, whose records were much cheaper). The matrixes were sold off by Columbia to Warsaw's Odeon label,...

Jack Hylton & His Orchestra – The Kinkajou, Fox-Trot from the Film „Rio Rita” (McCarthy-Tierney), HMV 1929 (UK) NOTE: British band leader Jack Hylton - the king of the 1920s and 1930s Golden Era of British big bands, has already been posted many times on this and other channels. So I won't repeat myself, but just enjoy listening!

Abe Lyman’s California Orchestra – A New Kind Of Man (With a New Kind Of Love For Me) Fox-Trot (Clare-Flotow) Brunswick 1924 (USA) NOTE: Abe LYMAN (born Abraham Limon in 1897 in Chicago, Illinois - died 1957 in Beverly Hills, California) is an American jazz drummer and conductor of dance bands, most active on the West Coast, who led several orchestras from the 1920s to the 1940s. At the age of 14, Lyman played as a drummer in cinema bands in the Chicago area, until his brother Mike prompted him to move to the West Coast. In the early 1920s,...

Shine On, Harvest Moon, Fox-Trot (Jack Norworth – Nora Bayes) – Carter’s Orchestra with Vocal Chorus (by Allen McQuhae), Brunswick 1927 (USA) NOTE: This charming song from the early 1900s written by popular vaudeville couple Nora Bayes & Jack Norworth has lived to see several uploads on this channel, including Vernon Dalhart https://youtu.be/3TUC54R718o Kate Smith https://youtu.be/zVb-CYsEEzY or Hal Kemp's Orchestra https://youtu.be/Yk_AbXmo3uU Here we have a completely unknown band: some quite good Carter's Orchestra, of which I have no...

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....