Ben Selvin was one of the most prolific of the bands from the twenties and was the studio orchestra at Columbia. One musician that is relatively unknown is the sax player from Canada, Merle Johnston , a band leader that featured very progressive sax voicing in his arrangements. General Personnel - Fred Farrar-Harry Glantz-Earl Oliver-Hymie Farberman-Bob Effros-Tommy Gott-Leo MConville-Manny Klein-Bunny Berigan-t/Red Nichols-c/Ephraim Hannaford-Sammy Lewis-Lou Daly-Chuck Campbell-Tommy Dorsey-Charlie Butterfield-Jack Teagarden-tb/ Benny Goodman-cl/Andy Sannella-Jimmy Dorsey-cl-as/ Nathan Glantz-Lucien Smith-Merle Johnston-Louis Martin-as/Larry Abbott-as-comb/Joe Dubin-Hymie Woolfson-ts/Adrian Rollini-bsx/ Ben selvin-Al Duffy-Mac Ceppos-Sol Klein-Sam Shapiro-Joe Venuti-vn/ Charlie Magnante-pac/ Bernie Grauer-Irving Broadsky-Rube Bloom-Jack Russin-Frank Signorelli-p/Carl Kress-Dick MaDonough-Eddie Lang-g/Tommy Felline-bj-g/ John Cali-Tony Colucci-bj/Jack Hansen-Norman McPherson-Hank Stern-Joe Tarto-bb/Joe Tarto-Ward Lay-sb/ Milton Sands-Stan King-Gus Von Hallburg-d/Frank Clegg-x All these tracks were transferred with a special digital hi-definition process for smoother, clearer, fuller sound. ~Mickey Clark
Ben Selvin #5 CD306A
WEDDING OF THE PAINTED DOLL IRVING KAUFMAN VEL 1894-V 148195 FREED-BROWN
MY SIN JACK PALMER? COL 1800-D 04/09/29 148196 DE SYLVA-BROWN-HENDERSON
HONEY JACK PALMER? COL 1800-D 04/09/29 148197 SIMONS-GILLESPIE-WHITING
CHRISTINA INST COL 1817-D 04/22/29 148467 GOTTLER-MITCHELL-CONRAD
AM I BLUE? SMITH BALLEW COL 1900-D 07/25/29 148788 AKST-CLARKE
MY SONG OF THE NILE SMITH BALLEW COL 1900-D 07/25/29 148789 BRYAN-MEYER
I'VE WAITED A LIFETIME FOR YOU COL 1937-D 08/13/29 148869 EDWARDS
HOW AM I TO KNOW? BG-BENNY GOODMAN? COL 1937-D 08/13/29 148870 PARKER-KING
HOLLYWOOD REVUE OF 1929-SELECTIONS COL 1956-D 08/29/29 148950 FREED-BROWN
BROADWAY MELODY-SELECTIONS COL 1956-D 08/29/29 148951 FREED-BROWN
SUNNY SIDE UP SMITH BALLEW COL 1994-D 09/25/29 149049 DE SYLVA-BROWN-HENDERSON
LOVE (YOUR MAGIC SPELL) SMITH BALLEW COL 1994-D 09/25/29 149050 GOULDING-JANIS
SUNNY SIDE UP BEN SELVIN(RUDY MARLOW) INST VEL 2020 09/25/29 100322 DE SYLVA-BROWN-
HENDERSON
DANCE AWAY THE NIGHT BEN SELVIN(RUDY MARLOW) INST VEL 2020 09/25/29 100323 THOMPSON-STAMPER
MY LOVE PARADE BEN SELVIN(RUDY MARLOW) INST VEL 2027 10/02/29 100324 SCHERTZINGER-GREY
DREAM LOVER BEN SELVIN(RUDY MARLOW) INST VEL 2027 10/02/29 100325 SCHERTZINGER-GREY
ONLY LOVE IS REAL SMITH BALLEW COL 2014-D 10/23/29 149175 FREED-BROWN
WOMAN IN THE SHOE SMITH BALLEW COL 2014-D 10/23/29 149176 FREED-BROWN
PAINTING THE CLOUDS WITH SUNSHINE BEN SELVIN-KNICKERBOCKERS V COL 2018-D 10/26/29 149189 DUBIN-BURKE
I HAVE TO HAVE YOU ANNETTE HANSHAW DVA 3075 11/27/29 149646 WHITING-ROBIN
CHANT OF THE JUNGLE BEN SELVIN(HARMONIANS) KATE SMITH VEL 2069-V 11/29/29 149651 BROWN-FREED
THAT WONDERFUL SOMETHING KATE SMITH VEL 2069-V 11/29/29 149652 ALTER-GOODWIN
WHEN I'M LOOKING AT YOU INST VEL 2105 12/26/29 100355 GREY-STOTHART
ACROSS THE BREAKFAST TABLE BEN SELVIN(LLOYD KEATING) INST HAR 1145-H 03/03/30 100377
BERLIN
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