 | Coon-Sanders Nighthawks - After You've Gone This excellent orchestra, till today not represented on the site, was active in the 20's till 1932, when one of both founders, Carleton A. Coon, suddenly died from a jaw abcess. This song was recorded for Victor on December 19th, 1929. Vocals by Joe L. Sanders and Carleton A. Coon. |
 | Fred Elizalde - Nobody's Sweetheart Now Fred Elizalde piano solo of Nobody's Sweetheart Now on Decca recorded in 1932. Elizalde (1907-1979) was born in the Philippines to a wealthy family. He spent much time playing and recording in Europe and wrote some very interesting material. |
 | Edwin McEnelly's Orchestra - My Sunday Girl Although almost forgotten now, Edwin J. McEnelly was very popular in the 1910's and 1920's. He formed his first band in Milford, Massachusetts in 1902. In the years that followed, McEnelly's "Singing" Orchestra became a local favorite and traveled throughout New England. By 1917, the band regularly played at Riverside Park in Springfield, Massachusetts. In the early 1920s, McEnelly's Orchestra broadcast regularly. Between 1925 and 1929, the band recorded twenty-one sides for Victor. With the onset of the Great Depression, McEnelly's recording career ended, but he continued to lead his band until failing health forced him to retire in 1942. In his later years, McEnelly worked as a violin teacher and piano tuner until his death in 1958. This wonderful selection was recorded for Victor on April 1st, 1927. Besides vocalist Frederick L. Wade and several unknown instrumentists, the band's personnel included F. Carle at the piano, W. Kauppi on cornet, W.C. Kihulein and H. Greene on trombone as well as E. J. McEnelly and C. Farrell on violin. |
 | Ross Deluxe Syncopaters - Believe Me, Dear This almost forgotten orchestra was active in the late twenties in Miami till 1928, they year when the group was disbanded. Members included: A. Ross, leader, piano and vocals; R. Cloud, alto saxophone; E. Cooper, trombone; E. Evans, tenor saxophone and vocals; R. Fulbright, tuba; E Hall, alto saxophone and clarinet; M. Herbert, trumpet; F. Houston, drums and vocals; R. "Cookie" Mason, trumpet and vocals; M. Miller, vocals; C. Tower, banjo and vocals. This great selection was recorded for Victor on August 22nd, 1927. |
 | "Crazy Rhythm" ('Whispering' Jack Smith, 1928) "Whispering" Jack Smith embraced the new microphones and recording advances of the 1920's with a unique, elegant, impeccably enunciated style. His treatment of this Irving Caesar/Joseph Meyer/Roger Wolfe Hahn standard from the lost musical "Here's Howe" merits a perch in the YouTube aviary. Jack's ably assisted here by Carroll Gibbons and the boys in the New Mayfair Dance Orchestra. CRAZY RHYTHM Crazy rhythm, here's the doorway I'll go my way, you'll go your way Crazy rhythm, from now on we're through. Here is where we have a showdown I'm too high-hat, you're too low-down Crazy rhythm, here's goodbye to you! They say that when a high-brow meets a low-brow Walking along Broadway Soon the high-brow he has no brow Ain't it a shame? And you're to blame! What's the use of Prohibition? You produce the same condition, Crazy rhythm, I've gone crazy too! I feel like the Emperor Nero when Rome was a very hot town. Father Knickerbocker, you'll have to forgive me, I play while your city burns down. Through all its night life I fiddle away, It's not the right life, but think of the pay! Some day I will bid it goodbye, I'll put my fiddle away and I'll say: Crazy rhythm, here's the doorway I'll go my way, you'll go your way Crazy rhythm, from now on we're through. Here is where we have a showdown I'm too high-hat, you're too low-down Crazy rhythm, here's goodbye to you! They say that when a high-brow meets a low-brow Walking along Broadway Soon the high-brow he has no brow Ain't it a shame? And you're to blame! What's the use of Prohibition? You produce the same condition, Crazy rhythm, I've gone crazy too! |
 | Crazy Rhythm by The Dixie Daisies Released on the Dominion label in 1928. http://www.myspace.com/78_man |
 | The Balls - Crazy Rhythm 2008 The Balls performing Crazy Rhythm at Club Liberte 24-02-2008 |
 | California-Here I Come-California Ramblers Col 67-D 1924 Adrian Rollini played bass sax with this wonderful band from the twenties-along with the Dorsey Brothers and others-recording prolifically from 1922 on.From CD268 at http://mcproductions.shawbiz.ca |
 | THE AL BOWLLY STORY - PART 3 In July 1928, Al was given an offer to join Fred Elizalde's Band at the Savoy Hotel, London. London was where Al longed to be, and he jumped at the chance. ''Just Imagine'' was the first British recording Al made with Fred Elizalde's Music on 25th July, 1928, for Brunswick. He also featured on the reverse side which was ''Wherever You Are'' and on ''After My Laughter Came Tears'' which, sadly, was never issued. Al Went on to record ''I'm Sorry, Sally'' ''If I Had You'' and ''Misery Farm'' with Fred Elizalde, and ''Sometimes'' with Van Phillips in this same year. The photograph shows The Elizalde Band. Al is on the back row, fourth from the left, and Fred Elizalde is standing in the centre on the front row. In part 4, I'll explain why Al was down on his luck in 1929. |
 | King Mutt and His Tennessee Thumpers - Shake Your Shimmy This is another of those obscure bands that only made a few sides (more precisely all on February 12th, 1929!). I couldn't even determine who is King Mutt, since the orchestra's only known members were George James (alto saxophone), Frank Melrose (piano, featured on the photograph) and Tommy Taylor (drums). Besides those members, several musicians - including the vocalist - could not be identified. Nevertheless, what we hear on this Supertone record is smashing, an incredibly hot shimmy dance rhythm, possibly a direct predecessor of rock 'n roll. |
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