Chocolate Dandies - Vocalion 1646 (1931)

Here we, arguably, have the first recordings by the Mills Blue Rhythm Band.

Many claim this one was the first but still others say that they were not recorded by the same outfit.

Wardell Jones, Shelton Hemphill, Ed Anderson t / Harry White, Henry Hicks tb / Crawford Wethington cl, as, bar / Ted McCord cl, ts / Edgar Hayes p, a / Benny James bj / Hayes Alvis sb / Willie Lynch d / Dick Robertson v.

Recorded in New York on January 30, 1931.

The Wabash Dance Orchestra - Duophone 4001 (1928)

Here we have a still 19 year old Gene Krupa just nine short months after making his debut recording.

Red Nichols t, a, dir / Manny Klein t / Miff Mole tb / Arnold Brilhart, ? Jimmy Crossan cl, as / Fud Livingston cl, ts / Kurt Dieterle, ? Murray Kellner vn / Arthur Schutt p / Perry Botkin bj, g / ? Hank Stern bb / Gene Krupa d / Dick Robertson, Charles Small v.

Recorded in New York on September 11, 1928.

Ben Pollack & His Orchestra / Joe Morgan & His Palais D'Or Orchestra - Oriole 2208 (1931)

Ben Pollack dir / Charlie Spivak, Sterling Bose t / Jack Teagarden tb, v / Benny Goodman, Gil Rodin cl, as / Eddie Miller cl, ts / Al Beller vn / Gil Bowers p / Nappy Lamare g / Harry Goodman bb, sb / Ray Bauduc d,

Recorded in New York on January 21, 1931.

Take 3

Instrumentation & personnel unknown, Dick Robertson v.

Recorded in January 27, 1931.

King Carter & His Royal Orchestra - Columbia 2439 (1931)

Here is my second acquisition of a King Carter & His Royal Orchestra 78. Mills Blue Rhythm Band released three records (all in 1931) under this pseudonym. (Here's the first one I found)

Wardell Jones, Shelton Hemphill, Ed Anderson t / Harry White, Henry Hicks tb / Charlie Himes cl, as / Ted McCord, Castor McCord cl, ts / Edgar Hayes p / Benny James bj / Hayes Alvis sb, bb / Willie Lynch d / Dick Robertson (as Dick Rogers) v.

Recorded in New York on March 23, 1931.

Red Nichols & His Five Pennies - Brunswick 4510 (1929)

Red Nichols, Tommy Thunen, John Egan t / Jack Teagarden, Glenn Miller, Herb Taylor tb / Jimmy Dorsey, Pee Wee Russell cl / Fud Livingston ts, a / Irving Brodsky p / Tommy Felline bj / Henry Whiteman, Maurice Goffin v / Jack Hansen bb / George Beebe d / Scrappy Lambert, Dick Robertson v.

Recorded in New York on September 6, 1929.

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