Smith Ballew's real name was Sykes Ballew. Born in 1902 in Palestine, Texas, he went to college at Austin College and the University of Texas. In his twenties, he was singing on the radio and had started his recording career - the earlist I have of him is the Meyer Davis Orchestra from 1928. He was quite prolific and had a recording career on Brunswick, Columbia, Velvet Tone and Harmony (Columbia's budget labels) Victor, and the ARC family of labels in the early thirties. 'Sweetheart We Need Each Other' was issued on at least 13 labels - many were proprietory labels for department stores. An unsual Victor labelled 'Smith Ballew And His Orchestra' was the only tile issued by Victor under his name. A second title recorded at the same session was 'Have A Little Faith In Me' but was unissued. Some of the records of his own band were labeled 'Jack Blue and His Texans' and 'Buddy Blue' These tracks were transferred with a special digital hi-definition process for smoother, clearer sound. ~ Mickey Clark
HANG ON TO ME SAM LANIN(IPANA TROUBADOURS) COL 1920-D 07/25/29 148851 GREER-KLAGES
EVERYONE KNOWS NATHAN GLANTZ(LLOYD HALL) CRN 81135 07/26/29 8873 LOVE
CHANT OF THE JUNGLE ROY SMECK IMP 2227 07/29/29 1708 FREED-BROWN
MY SONG OF THE NILE ROY SMECK REG 8842 07/29/29 8888 BRYAN-MEYER
SWEETHEART,WE NEED EACH OTHER FRED RICH IMP 2194 08/20/29 9009 MCCARTHY-TIERNEY
SAME OLD MOON,SAME OLD JUNE SMITH BALLEW AND HIS ORCHESTRA VIC 22147 09/06/29 56124 FRIEND
BOTTOMS UP TED WALLACE AND HIS CAMPUS BOYS COL 1970-D 09/10/29 148988 FRIEND-WHITE
BIGGER AND BETTER THAN EVER TED WALLACE AND HIS CAMPUS BOYS SMITH BALLEW & COL 1970-D 09/10/29 148989 FRIEND-WHITE
LOVE AIN'T NOTHING BUT THE BLUES FRANKIE TRUMBAUER ORCHESTRA OK 41301 09/18/29 402963 GOODWIN-ALTER
HOW AM I TO KNOW? FRANKIE TRUMBAUER PAR R618 09/18/29 402964 PARKER-KING
SUNNY SIDE UP BEN SELVIN AND HIS ORCHESTRA COL 1994-D 09/25/29 149049 DE SYLVA-BROWN-HENDERSON
LOVE (YOUR MAGIC SPELL) BEN SELVIN AND HIS ORCHESTRA COL 1994-D 09/25/29 149050 GOULDING-JANIS
ONLY LOVE IS REAL BEN SELVIN AND HIS ORCHESTRA COL 2014-D 10/23/29 149175 FREED-BROWN
WOMAN IN THE SHOE BEN SELVIN AND HIS ORCHESTRA COL 2014-D 10/23/29 149176 FREED-BROWN
LOVE MADE A GYPSY OUT OF ME BOSTONIANS ROM 1132 11/15/29 9147 PHILLIPS-DA COSTA-ZIMMERMAN
I'M FOLLOWING YOU ADRIAN SCHUBERT(HOLLYWOOD DANCE O) IMP 2264 11/26/29 9187 DREYER-MACDONALD
I'M A DREAMER,AREN'T WE ALL? ROY SMECK IMP 2227 01/16/30 1707 DE SYLVA-BROWN-HENDERSON
STEIN SONG TED WALLACE AND HIS CAMPUS BOYS COL 2151-D 04/14/30 150088 COLCORD-FENSTED
TELLING IT TO THE DAISIES TED WALLACE AND HIS CAMPUS BOYS COL 2151-D 04/14/30 150089 YOUNG-WARREN
JUST LIKE IN A STORY BOOK SAM LANIN IMP 2283 04/23/30 9638 MCCARTHY-HANLEY
I'M IN THE MARKET FOR YOU SAM LANIN CRN 81360 04/23/30 9639 MCCARTHY-HANLEY
COLLEGE CAMPUS TED WALLACE (CAMPUS BOYS) DNO 181407 05/26/30 9762 GASKILL
DANCING WITH TEARS IN MY EYES DIXIE MARIMBA PLAYERS DOM 181388 05/26/30 9764 DUBIN-BURKE
WITH MY GUITAR AND YOU BEN SELVIN AND HIS ORCHESTRA COL 2221-D 06/05/30 150568 HARRIS-HEYMAN-SNYDER
HITTIN' THE BOTTLE TED WALLACE AND HIS CAMPUS BOYS COL 2254-D 07/10/30 150643 ARLEN-KOELER
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