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Mieczysław Fogg & Ork. dyr. Iwo Wesby - Nie może być inaczej? [It Can’t Be The Other Way/ When My Heart Is Silent And Asleep] Tango (Lidauer-Merlis), Syrena-Electro 1936 (Polish) NOTE: Here is another forgotten Polish pre-war tango. Mieczyslaw Fogg is as delightful as ever and a very good orchestra led by his friend Iwo Wesby - formerly conductor of the orchestra of the Qui Pro Quo theater in Warsaw and musical director of Syrena Records. Soon, the outbreak of World War II in Sept 1939 will put their friendship to a severe test. When Iwo...
Elfrieda Pakul, soprano & piano by A. Bernar – Prekrasnyi Mai (O schöner Mai! op. 375, Joh. Strauss II) Waltz from the Operetta „Prinz Methusalem”, Part 1, 2, Aprelevskij Zavod 1945 (Soviet Russia) NOTE: Elfrieda PAKUL (born Elfrīda Pakule in 1912 in Riga, Latvia - died 1991 in Riga?) - Latvian opera singer. She made her debut at the Latvian Opera and Ballet Theatre in Riga in 1938 and was under contract there until 1941. Due to the annexation of the independent Latvian state to the Stalinist empire during WW2, Pakule worked from 1944...
Anson WEEKS & His Hotel Mark Hopkins Orch. – Tear Drops, Fox-Trot (Davis-Johnson) with Vocal Refrain, Columbia 1929 (USA) NOTE: Anson WEEKS (1896-1969) was a pianist and leader of a popular West Coast dance orchestra from the late 1920s to the 1960s. Born in Oakland, CA, he formed his first dance band in 1924. In the turn of 1920/30 he became popular in San Francisco and LA and attracted many well-known artists, including top singers Art Wilson, Harriet Lee, Donald Novis, Bing Crosby and Tony Martin. His presence guaranteed packed halls at...
Brooke Johns & His Orchestra, dir. by Jack Shilkret – I Want A Pretty Girl, Fox-Trot from the musical comedy „Jack And Jill” (Otto Harbach – William Daley) with Vocal chorus, Victor 1923 (USA) NOTE: Brooke JOHNS (b. 1893 in Washington, DC – d. 1987 in Rockville, MD) Am erican banjo performer and dance band leader of the Jaz Age. His father was a grocerer, and Brooke served in the Navy during World War I. He then enjoyed success in vaudeville as banjo player and made some Victor recordings solo and as bandleader of his own band (sometimes...
Janusz POPŁAWSKI & Orkiestra Columbia pod dyr. Henryka Golda - W maleńkim domku (In A Tiny House) Tango z komedii muz. „Na Fali Eteru” (from the musical comedy On The Airvawes) (Fanny Gordon – Krzewiński, Brodziński), Columbia 1934 (Polish) NOTE: This entirely forgotten Polish tango was written in 1934 by the popular hit and musical comedy composer Fanny Gordon, author of such great Polish hits of the 1930s as the tangos 'Nietoperze' (The Bats), 'Skrwawione serce' (My Bleeding Hart) or the foxtrot 'Pod Samowarem' (U Samovara) which,...
Jack Shilkret’s Orch. - Roll’em Girls, Roll’em, Fox-Trot (Heath-Marr-Fletcher) & Vocals by Billy Murray, HMV 1925 (Recorded in USA, British pressing) NOTE: This is one of those songs from the early 1920s that are a manifesto for a new female style in fashion, mentality, etc. In this song, women's liberation is manifested by rolling down their socks and showing their bare knees on the streets (often the knees were hand-painted). However, the cover photo showing a group of flappers gathered around one rolling tobacco may suggest that...
Louis Armstrong & His Savoy Ballroom Five – I Can’t Give You Anything But Love, Fox-Trot from Blackbirds Of 1928 (Fields-McHugh) with vocal refrain (by L.Armstrong), Odeon 1929 (French product). Original recroding: Okeh 8669, May 03 1929, NYC. NOTE: The 1929 version of Louis Armstrong and His Savoy Ballroom Five consisted of: Louis Armstrong (trumpet; vocals), Zutty Singleton (drums), Dave Wilborn (banjo), Fred Robinson (trombone), Don Redman (alto sax), Earl Hines (piano). With the addition of Eddie Condon (banjo) and Lonnie Johnson...
Lenzberg's Riverside Orchestra – Ma! (He’s Making Eyes At Me) Fox-Trot (Clare – Conrad) with Vocal Chorus by Arthur Hall, Puritan 1922 After a break of a few days, I am back on my channel with new uploads! Easter is behind us, but as the octave of Easter is still going on, I'm sending my best Easter wishes to all my channel visitors and long-time friends! NOTE: In the early jazz era in New York, the B. F. Keith Circuit's 'New' Riverside Theatre' located on the corner of Broadway and 96th St. was one of the finest vaudeville...
Ignacy FRIEDMAN, fortepian – Preludjum Des-dur (“Deszczowe”) Fr. Chopin [Prelude Des Flat “Rainy”] Columbia late 1920s. (Polish) NOTE: Ignacy FRIEDMAN (b. in 1882 Kraków, Poland - d. 1948 in Sydney, Australia) - Polish piano virtuoso, a great name in the history of Polish pianism, especially in the interpretation of Chopin. He was born in Podgórze (today the suburb of Kraków) the son of a violinist and a clarinetist of a theatre orchestra, who became his first teacher. He then studied under Professor Flora Grzywińska in Kraków, and...
1928: Ada SARI, Polish Soprano – Variazoni (W. Mozart) & Orchestra cond. by Prof. Carl Alwin, Recorded by HMV in Wien, Austria NOTE: Ada SARI (born Jadwiga Szayer in 1886 in Wadowice near Kraków - died 1968 in Ciechocinek near Bydgoszcz). – Polish coloratura soprano and a great name in the history of European opera singing. When she was three years old, her father, a well-known lawyer, moved with his family to historic Stary Sącz in the Rzeszów region, where he was mayor of the town for 17 years. This enabled his talented daughter to...
Percival MACKEY’s Band & Vocal Chorus - While The Sahara Sleeps, Fox-Trot (Stamper – Nicholls) Columbia 1926 (UK) NOTE: Thomas Percival Montague MACKEY (b. in London 1894 – d. in London 1950) - British pianist, composer and bandleader. He is particularly known for his work as a composer and musical director for films during the 1930s and 1940s. Mackey was born as one of seven children of music publisher Thomas Mackey. He learned to play piano at a young age, and when he was 14 he toured as a pianist with a travelling show of...
Chór Warsa (Wars’ Choir) & accordion and piano (by Henryk Wars) – O Santa Lucia! Tango (Stransky-Włast) z rewii teatru Morskie Oko „Przez dziurkę od klucza” (From theatre Morskie Oko revue Through A Keyhole), Syrena-Electro 1932 (Polish) NOTE: Chór WARSA (The Wars’ Choir) - a Polish quartet of revellers, which was founded in 1931 by one of Poland's leading composers of popular music and jazz pianist Henryk Wars. It gained great popularity due to its high artistic level and because it featured well-known singers Tadeusz Faliszewski and Adam...
Dans Orkester "Efim Schachmeister" (Efim Schachmeister mit s. Jazz-Symphonie) – Dinah, Fox-Trot (Harry Akst), Polyphon 1925 (Recorded in Berlin; Danish pressing) NOTE: Chaim („Efim”) SCHACHMEISTER (b. 1894 in Kiev, Russian Empire – d. 1944 in Buenos Aires, Argentina). In age of 16 he was sent to the Stern Conservatory in Berlin to accomplish his musical education. In 1915, as a violinist, he joined the Popescu Tanz-Orchester, of which he soon became director. After a period of ragtime dance music, Schachmeister moved to the "jazz train"...
Roger Wolfe Kahn & His Orchestra – Where The Wild Wild Flowers Grow, Fox-Trot (Nixon-Woods) Victor 1932 (USA) NOTE: Roger Wolfe KAHN (1908-1962) was a talented and somewhat whimsical and eccentric American dance band leader of the Jazz Age. He was the son of banker Otto Kahn, who emigrated to the United States from Germany in the late 19th century. Roger, however, betrayed his father's profession and began to learn to play several instruments. He formed his own orchestra at a young age, and thanks to his family's wealth was able to hire...
Harry Archer & His Orchestra – Thinking Of You, Fox-Trot from „The 5 O’Clock Girl” (Kalmar-Ruby) with Vocal Chorus, Brunswick 1927 (Rec. in USA, pressed in GB) NOTE: Harry ARCHER (born 1888 in Creston, Iowa - died 1960 in New York) was an American dance band leader and composer in the 1920s and 1930s. His best-known hit was 'I Love You' from the 1923 Broadway musical 'Little Jessie James' https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5akujPUe3dQ Harry Archer learned music at home from his mother, then played trombone at the Michigan Military Academy and...
Tadeusz FALISZEWSKI (aka Jan Pobóg) & Orkiestra - Żebyś ty mnie zrozumiała [If You’d Understand Me / The Whole World Would Be Ours]. Tango z teatru „Nowa Scena” (from the revue theatre The New Stage) Muz. M. Wróblewski / Słowa: Nel), Melodja-Electro 1934 (Polish) NOTE: Some confusion is associated wich this song, for its title contains a linguistic error, with regard to the phrase "ŻEBYŚ ty mnie zrozumiała/ cały świat byłby nasz”. The correct Polish (in context of the refrain) ought to be "GDYBYŚ ty mnie zrozumiała/ cały świat byłby...
Tanz-Orchester Dajos Béla mit Gesang: Paul O’Montis – Tanzt du auch so gern wie ich? (Do you like dancing as much as I do?) Tango (Rosen-Schwabach) Odeon 1932 (German) NOTE: Paul O'MONTIS (né Paul Wendel 1894, in Budapest, Hungary-died 1940 in Sachsenhausen, Germany). --. Hungarian-Jewish actor and singer who performed in Budapest in the early 1920s to become a cabaret star in Berlin during the Weimar Republic, appearing in many major revues, including the Scala and Wintergarten. Discovered in 1926 by German composer and pianist Friedrich...
The Night Club Orchestra (Harry Reser’s Orchestra) – Flamin’ Mamie, Fox-Trot (Rose & Whiteman), Vocal chorus by Tom Stacks, Harmony 1926 (USA) NOTE: The Night Club Orchestra was one of the nicknames used by Harry Reser's band in the 1920s. Among the myriad of other aliases, the best remembered are The Cliquot Club Eskimos, The Seven Little Polar Bears, Six Jumping Jacks, The Tennessee Tooters or The Jazz Pilots. In later years, this remarkable American dance bandleader and banjo virtuoso became a classic in the world popular & jazz music...
Jack Payne & His BBC Dance Orchestra – My Baby Just Cares For Me, Fox-Trot from „Whoopee” (Kahn & Donaldson) with Vocal Trio, Columbia 1930 (UK) NOTE: Jack PAYNE is one of the big names of the Golden Era of British Big Bands (late 1920s to 1930s), including such bandleaders as Jack Hylton, Lew Stone, Harry Roy, Bert Ambrose, Jack Jackson, Billy Cotton, Carroll Gibbons and dozens of others. Born in 1899 in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, Jack Payne was interested in flying and joined the Officer Training Corps school. In the army, he was...
Tanz-Orchester Dajos Béla mit Gesang: Paul O’Montis – Tanzt du auch so gern wie ich? (Do you like dancing as much as I do?) Tango (Rosen-Schwabach) Odeon 1932 (German) NOTE: Paul O’MONTIS (né Paul Wendel 1894, in Budapest, Hungary – d. 1940 in Sachsenhausen, Germany) --. A Hungarian-Jewish actor and singer who performed in Budapest in the early 1920s to become a kabaret star in Berlin during the Weimar Republic, appearing in many major revues, including the Scala and Wintergarten. Discovered in 1926 by composer and pianist Friedrich...