Ted Lewis & His Band - Columbia 157-D (1924)

Personnel might be close to the following:

Walter Kahn, Dave Klein c / Harry Raderman tb / Ted Lewis cl, as, ldr / Dick Reynolds p / Vic Carpenter bj / Harry Barth bb / John Lucas d.

Recorded in New York on May 24 & June 5, 1924.


Cootie Williams & His Orchestra - Mercury 8083 (1947)

Not sure about the "Plastic Not To Be Sold" printed on the label...doesn't look to be a DJ copy...an experimental thing?

Cootie Williams t, dir / Bob Merrill t / Rupert Cole as / Bill 'Weasel' Parker ts / Arnold Jarvis p / Mundell Lowe g / Leonard 'Heavy' Swain sb / Sylvester 'Vess' Payne d.

Recorded in New York on December 27, 1947.


Roger Wolfe Kahn & His Orchestra / Nat Shilkret & The Victor Orchestra - Victor 20599 (1927)

Sometimes I'm Happy: Tommy Gott, Leo McConville t / Miff Mole tb / Alfie Evans cl, as, bar / Arnold Brilhart cl, as, f, o / Harold Sturr cl, ts, f / Joe Venuti vn / Herb Borodkin vc / Irving Brodsky p / Eddie Lang g / Arthur Campbell bb / Vic Berton d / Frankly Baur v.

Recorded in New York on April 14, 1927.

Hallelujah!: Nat Shilkret dir / 2 t / Chuck Campbell, Sam Lewis ? tb / Andy Sanella ?, Larry Abbott ?, Sammy Feinsmith cl, as / Max Farley or Wlater Livingston cl, ts / Lou Raderman, Muray Kellner vn / Jack Shilkret, Mitt Rettenberg p / bj / Joe Green d / Franklyn Baur v.

Recorded in New York on April 14, 1927.



University Dance Orchestra / Paul Bolgnese & His Orchestra - Radiex - 8109 (1926)

Both sides are by Grey Gull studio bands.


Benny Goodman & His Orchestra - Victor 26170 (1939)

From wikipedia…

In 1936, Ziggy Elman joined the Benny Goodman orchestra as a trumpet player. His 1939 composition And the Angels Sing, with lyrics by Johnny Mercer, (originally recorded in December 1938 by his own band as an instrumental, Frailach In Swing) became the number one song in the nation.

In 1956, he was asked to recreate his famous frailach solo along with the original vocalist Martha Tilton for the movie, The Benny Goodman Story, but was unable to, his technique having since withered away. Elman appeared performing it in the film, but another trumpeter, Manny Klein, played the solo on the soundtrack. This song is arguably his longest-lasting musical legacy, since it has appeared in films up to 1997 and was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1987.

Benny Goodman cl, dir / Irving Goodman, Ziggy Elman, Gordon Griffin t / Red Ballard, Vernon Brown tb / Hymie Schertzer, Noni Bernardi as / Arthur Rollini, Jerry Jerome ts / Jess Stacy p / Ben Heller g / Harry Goodman sb / Buddy Schutz d. Martha Tilton v.

Recorded in New York on February 1, 1939.


Louis Armstrong & His Hot Five / Seven - Okeh 8519 (1927)

Rust has both sides listed as by the "Hot Seven" but the label here is printed as "Hot Five" on Weary Blues. Chronological Classics' and Columbia/Legacy's liner notes both reinforce Rust's publication.

Was this a simple misprint by Okeh?

Louis Armstrong t / John Thomas tb / Johnny Dodds cl / Lil Armstrong p, v / Johnny St. Cyr bj / Peter Briggs bb / Warren Baby Dodds d.

Weary Blues recorded in Chicago on May 11, 1927.

That's When I'll Come Back To You recorded in Chicago on May 14, 1927.


Gene Krupa & His Orchestra - Columbia 35423 (1940)

Gene Krupa d, dir / Corky Cornelius, Torg Halten, Shorty Sherock t /Al Jordan, Sid Brantley, Floyd O'Brien tb / Bob Snyder, Clint Neagley as / Sam Musiker, Sam Donahue ts / Tony d'Amore p / Ray Biondi g / Biddy Bastien sb.

Recorded in New York on March 8, 1940.


Ray Noble & His Orchestra (Al Bowlly) - Victor 25016 (1931)

Recorded in London on February 19, 1931.


George Alexander - Silvertone 3351 (1906)

Here we have what looks to have been a Columbia recording originally from 1906 and pressed later on Sears Roebuck? Silvertone label.

From the Library of Congress website...

George Alexander was the nom du disque of baritone Clifford Alexander Wiley (1867–1913), a recitalist who began recording for Zonophone Records in 1902. He recorded copiously for the Columbia and Zonophone record companies in addition to recording a handful of titles for the Victor Talking Machine Company. His robust sonority and precise diction made him a natural for the acoustical recording process.

From wikipedia...

The Battle Hymn of the Republic is a hymn by American writer Julia Ward Howe using the music from the song "John Brown's Body". Howe's more famous lyrics were written in November 1861 and first published in The Atlantic Monthly in February 1862. The song links the judgment of the wicked at the end of time (New Testament) with the American Civil War. Since that time it has become an extremely popular and well-known American patriotic song.