Ben Selvin Orchestra #3 Recorded 1927 - 1928 CD305a

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

1. THE CALINDA COL 1123-D 09/02/27 144623 HUPFELD
2. I LOVE NO ONE BUT YOU LEWIS JAMES COL 1135-D 09/14/27 144672 PHIL SPITALNY
3. YOU ONLY WANT ME WHEN YOU'RE LONESOME LEWIS JAMES COL 1136-D 09/14/27 144671 TILLMAN-SEIFERT
4. AFTER I'VE CALLED YOU (CAVALIERS)FRANK HARRIS COL 1136-D 09/24/27 144795 LITTLE-GROSSMAN
5. WHERE IS MY MEYER? (EDDIE THOMAS'COLLEGIANS) JACK KAUFMAN COL 1180-D 09/27/27 144599 GILBERT-PROFES-ROTTER-STRANSKY
6. C'EST VOUS (COLUMBIANS) OSCAR GROGAN COL 1156-D 10/10/27 144842 GREENBERG-SILVER-RICHMAN
7. ARE YOU LONESOME TONIGHT? OSCAR GROGAN COL 1156-D 10/10/27 144843 TURK-HANDMAN
8. AMONG MY SOUVENIRS COL 1188-D 10/24/27 144899 LESLIE-NICHOLLS
9. THINKING OF YOU (BROADWAY NITELITES)FRANKLYN BAUR COL 1164-D 10/25/27 144904 RUBY-KALMAR
10. UP IN THE CLOUDS (BROADWAY NITELITES)FRANKLYN BAUR COL 1164-D 10/25/27 144905 RUBY-KALMAR
11. ROSE OF MONTEREY BILLY DAY COL 1214-D 11/02/27 144947 MORET-GAY
12. MAYBE YOU'LL BE THE ONE TO CARE VAUGHN DE LEATH COL 1214-D 11/02/27 14948 MCCIERNAN
13. I STILL LOVE YOU SCRAPPY LAMBERT COL 1301-D 01/21/28 145550 AGER-YELLEN
14. RAMONA JAMES MELTON COL 1337-D 03/31/28 145895 GILBERT-WAYNE
15. IN MY BOUQUET OF MEMORIES JAMES MELTON COL 1337-D 03/31/28 145896 LEWIS-YOUNG-AKST
16. ROSETTE SEGER ELLIS COL 1431-D 05/28/28 146360 NEWMAN-LOMBARDO
17. I CAN'T GIVE YOU ANYTHING BUT LOVE VAUGHN DE LEATH COL 1424-D 06/01/28 146380 FIELDS-MCHUGH
18. I MUST HAVE THAT MAN VAUGHN DE LEATH COL 1424-D 06/01/28 146381 FIELDS-MCHUGH
19. I'M WALKING BETWEEN THE RAINDROPS COL 1661-D 06/20/28 146758 GORDON-RICH-ABRAHAMS
20. AWAY FROM YOU COL 1462-D 06/27/28 146552 VERGES-MALIE-KOEHLER
21. DON'T KEEP ME IN THE DARK,BRIGHT EYES COL 1462-D 06/27/28 146589 WENDLING-BRYAN
22. DREAM HOUSE COL 1490-D 07/06/28 146506 COWAN-FOXE
23. DON'T WAIT TILL THE LIGHTS ARE LOW COL 1486-D 07/13/28 146632 LOMBARDO-JOHNSON
24. JUST IMAGINE COL 1490-D 07/20/28 146759 DE SYLVA-BROWN-HENDERSON

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