December 2001
December 27, 2001
This week's Hit of the Week is brought
to you by:
(From 1928 ad)
When A Blonde Makes
Up Her Mind
Jack Kaufman, vocal
1928
(Romeo 627 mx 3042)Here's a fun novelty record.
Not only are the lyrics mildly amusing, the "hot" jazz band accompaniment
is outstanding. Jack Kaufman was the brother of Irving
Kaufman, one of the most recorded vocalists of the 1910s and 1920s.
December 20, 2001
This week's Hit of the Week is brought
to you by:
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(From 1930 ad)
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When I Meet
My Sunshine
(In The Moonshine
Tonight)
Ralph Haines, vocal
1930
(Romeo 1260-B mx 19396)
Here's a song that I occasionally
catch myself whistling. The lyrics are nothing special - but overall,
I think this recording has a certain old fashioned charm.
Ralph Haines was a recording pseudonym
used by Scrappy Lambert, a very prolific vocalist on records in the late
1920s and early 1930s, who has been featured several times on this site.
December 13, 2001
This week's Hit of the Week is brought
to you by:
(ad image courtesy Friends of the
Book-Cadillac - www.book-cadillac.org)
In the Roaring '20s, Detroit
was the crown jewel of America's industrial might. The Book-Cadillac
Hotel - one of the largest in the world - was its most elegant hotel.
The hotel's ballroom was home to the legendary Jean Goldkette orchestra
which featured Bix Beiderbecke and other jazz greats. The 1970s,
however, were especially rough on Detroit and the city went into a serious
decline from which it has yet to recover. Today, the Book-Cadillac
stands vacant, its once opulent interior looted and destroyed by vandals.
The quasi-governmental body that now controls the building is seriously
considering tearing it down. A group called the Friends of the Book-Cadillac
has been formed to find a way to redevelop the hotel and return it to its
former grandeur. The group has a very interesting website
with lots of photographs documenting both the Book-Cadillac's glory days
and the sad ruin that this once proud building has become.
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Painting
The Clouds With Sunshine
Cliff Roberts and His Orchestra
Smith Ballew and chorus, vocal
1929
(Cameo 9260 mx 4054)
Painting The
Clouds With Sunshine
Eddie Peabody, banjo and vocal
1929
(Oriole 1744-A mx 2577)
Here is a rather catchy song
that, judging by the number of different artists who recorded it, was very
popular in 1929. It comes from the Warner Brothers picture Gold
Diggers of Broadway which was one of the first movie musicals to be
filmed in color. I featured two versions of another famous song from
the film, "Tip Toe Through The Tulips" in this section's July 26 update.
The Cliff Roberts selection comes
from the flip side of the same record that I featured in last week's update.
I am pretty sure that the "Cliff Roberts" orchestra was a recording pseudonym
and not the name of an actual band. Smith Ballew recorded at least
one other version of this song with his own orchestra on the Okeh label.
The Eddie Peabody recording is one
that , despite having been in my collection for a while now, I only recently
listened to for the first time. What a nice surprise - lots of 1920s
pep. Peabody, known as the "King of the Banjo" was one of the 20th
century's most famous banjo players. He continued performing right
up until the day of his death in 1970.
December 6, 2001
This week's Hit of the Week is brought
to you by:
(From 1929 ad)
Loving You
Al Alberts and His Orchestra
Jack Kaufman, vocal
1929
(Cameo 9260 mx 3994)
Here is a forgotten but rather
catchy song. I am particularly fond of some of the "hot" jazz passages
that follow the vocal.
"Al Alberts" was a recording pseudonym
for Adrian Schubert's Dance Orchestra.
Pictured below is the label from
the record. The Cameo Record Corporation, founded in 1922,
was a major independent record company. Cameo also manufactured Romeo
Records, a prominent dime store label. In 1928, Cameo acquired Pathé
Records, which also owned the Perfect label. One year later, Cameo
merged with The Plaza Music Company to form the American Record Corporation,
the history of which was briefly discussed in this section's November 1,
2001 update.
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