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. He seems to have been a magnet for talent - frequently the sidemen heard with him are the likes of Mickey Bloom, Jack Purvis, Manny Klein, Jack Teagarden, Pete Pumiglio,Babe Russin,Bruce Yantis,Bobby Van Eps,Carl Kress, Dick McDonough, Tommy and Jimmy Dorsey, Ward Lay,Stan King and many more. Ted Wallace and His Campus Boys were frequent collaborators in the late twenties and they produced many fine records. Sam Lanin and Harry Reser also featured him on vocals. 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
WHEN SUMMER IS GONE MEYER DAVIS ORCHESTRA BR 4134 10/20/28 28372 WILHITE-HARRISON
HAPPY DAYS AND LONELY NIGHTS MEYER DAVIS ORCHESTRA BR 4134 10/20/28 28370 ROSE-FISHER
ONE KISS HAL KEMP BR 4216 01/21/29 29141 HAMMERSTEIN-ROMBERG
LOUISE BEN POLLACK'S PARK CENTRAL ORCH. VIC 21941 03/01/29 50905 ROBIN-WHITING
WAIT TILL YOU SEE "MA CHERIE" BEN POLLACK'S PARK CENTRAL ORCH. VIC 21941 03/01/29 50906 ROBIN-WHITING
MEAN TO ME TED WALLACE AND HIS CAMPUS BOYS COL 1756-D 03/06/29 148032 TURK-AHLERT
ONE THAT I LOVE LOVES ME TED WALLACE AND HIS CAMPUS BOYS COL 1756-D 03/06/29 148033 TURK-AHLERT
LADY OF THE MORNING ANDY SANNELLA AND HIS ALL STAR TRIO COL 1804-D 04/08/29 148187 MESSENHEIMER-BURTON
PERFUME OF ROSES ANDY SANNELLA AND HIS ALL STAR TRIO COL 1804-D 04/08/29 148188 DONOVAN-WESTPHAL-LEWIS
HUGGABLE,KISSABLE YOU JACK BLUE'S TEXANS APX 8955 04/19/29 8701 BIBO
VAGABOND LOVER HARRY RESER IMP 2167 05/01/29 1620 VALLEE-ZIMMERMAN
JERICHO TED WALLACE AND HIS CAMPUS BOYS COL 1833-D 05/08/29 148483 ROBIN-MEYER
I'VE GOT A FEELING I'M FALLING TED WALLACE AND HIS CAMPUS BOYS COL 1833-D 05/08/29 148484 ROSE-LINK-WALLER
PAINTING THE CLOUDS WITH SUNSHINE TED WALLACE AND HIS CAMPUS BOYS CRN 81164 06/13/29 8809 DUBIN-BURKE
TIP-TOE THRU THE TULIPS WITH ME TED WALLACE(ED LLOYD AND HIS CQ 7388 06/13/29 8811 DUBIN-BURKE
YOUR MOTHER AND MINE TED WALLACE(ED LLOYD) IMP 2151 06/13/29 8812 GOODWIN-EDWARDS
JUST ONE MORE WALTZ WITH YOU NATHAN GLANTZ(RENDEZVOUS CAFE CRN 81164 06/13/29 8872 BLANK-HEISE-THOMS
JUST ONE MORE WALTZ WITH YOU SWEETHEART ERNEST CARL'S ORCHESTRA ROM 1109 07/17/29 4002 BLANK-HEISE-THOMS identical
JUNIOR SMITH BALLEW(BUDDY BLUE'S TEXANS) IMP 2151 06/21/29 8828 DONALDSON
DO WHAT YOU DO! SAM LANIN(IPANA TROUBADOURS) COL 1903-D 07/09/29 148736 GERSWIN-GERSHWIN-KAHN
LIZA(ALL THE CLOUDS WILL ROLL AWAY) SAM LANIN(IPANA TROUBADOURS) COL 1903-D 07/09/29 148737 GERSHWIN-GERSHWIN-KAHN
MOONLIGHT MARCH TED WALLACE AND HIS CAMPUS BOYS COL 1908-D 07/17/29 148818 NEWMAN-LOMBARDO
SWEETNESS TED WALLACE AND HIS CAMPUS BOYS COL 1908-D 07/17/29 148819 LOMBARDO-COHN-MILLER
AM I BLUE? BEN SELVIN COL 1900-D 07/25/29 148788 AKST-CLARKE
MY SONG OF THE NILE BEN SELVIN COL 1900-D 07/25/29 148789 BRYAN-MEYER
JUST YOU-JUST ME SAM LANIN(IPANA TROUBADOURS) COL 1920-D 07/25/29 148850 KLAGES-GREER Available Options:
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