Victor Salon Orchestra #3 Recorded 1926 - 1929 CD039C
The tracks on the previous discs have been all instrumental, but vocals made an appearance with the song "My Blue Heaven." Elliott Shaw of the Revelers fame takes the lead with Mayre Berne, Katherine O'Neale and Helena Lanvin. It seems that this was the only
recording by these vocalists, but they seem to have done a lot of singing as a group. I went on a quest to find out more about them.
Thanks to a member of the ARSC group, I was advised of a repository of newspaper articles from the twenties holding a wealth of information regarding Mayre Berne and mezzo soprano Helena Lanvin.
I believe Mayre (or Marye) to be born Marye Bernhofer in 1891 in Brandenburg Germany. A year later, her family moved to Milwaukee, Wisconsin. A move to Skagway, Alaska followed to join her aunts where they ran the New Home Restaurant and Boarding House. Marye was sent
to the Munich Conservatory in Germany in 1908 to study voice, and remained there, active in performing until 1915, when she returned to the USA. An extensive concert tour of the West Coast followed, from Alaska to California, with rave reviews of her operatic
performances. She married musician Ernest A. Ehler in 1930 and performed with him and a small ensemble in Alaska. A move to Seattle, Washington followed by the mid fifties. In 1925,a series of opera performances took place at Ebbets Field in New York, with a cast of
400 people, in an open air presentation of Cavallaria Rusticana where Helena Lanvin played Lola and a second opera, Faust, where she played a male role as Siebel. She also played the part of the High Priestess in Aida It's interesting that her name is a combination of
two fashion icons, Helena Rubenstein clothing and Jeanne Lanvin of cosmetics fame. For Brooklyn born Helena Lanvin, these performances served as her operatic debut, following her involvement in "club musicales" and singing in church. Katherine O'Neale was in the
chorus for the Circus Princess which opened at the Winter Garden Theatre in New York on April 25, 1927.
I have included tracks by the Victor Salon Group, and the Victor Concert Orchestra, on this disc which stylistically are similar to the Salon Orchestra in the era covered in this disc.
General Personnel: Del Staigers-Harry Shilkret-Hymie Farberman-Earl Oliver-Mike Mosiello-Tommy Dorsey-t/ Chuck Campbell-Sammy Lewis-tb Larry Abbott-Mike Ships-Sammy Feinsmith-Andy Sannella-cl-as/Pete Pumiglio-cl-as-bar/ Max Farley-cl-ts-f/ Joe Dubin-ts/ Benny
Posner Peter Eisenberg-Lou Raderman-Murray Kellner-vn/ Herb Borodkin-vc/ Frank Signorelli- Milt Rettenberg-Nat Shilkret-Frank Banta-p/ Francis J.Lupino-h Dick Maffei-bj/ Carl Kress-g/ Joe Tarto-bb/ Al Armor-Dick Cherwin-sb/ Joe Green-William H. Reitz-William Dorn-X-
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Victor Salon Orchestra #3 Recorded 1926 - 1929 CD039C
PIROUETTE VIC 20416 12/30/26 37196 FINCK
RENDEZVOUS-INTERMEZZO VIC 20430 01/11/27 37707 ALETTER-ROSE
LA CZARINE VIC 20430 01/11/27 37708 GANNE
ALOHA SUNSET LAND VIC 20556 03/01/27 30398 KAWELO
CHANSON BOHEMIENNE VIC 20556 03/01/27 30399 BOLDI
DAWN OF TOMORROW JOHNNY MARVIN-ED SMALLE-ELLIOT SHAW VIC 20659 05/09/27 38737 GRAVELLE-GREEN
RUSSIAN LULLABY VIC 20733 06/08/27 38796 BERLIN
JUST LIKE A BUTTERFLY VIC 20733 06/08/27 39229 DIXON-WOODS
KOL NEDREI VIC 35830 06/28/27 38093 TRADITIONAL
ELI,ELI VIC 35830 06/28/27 38094 SANDLER
CHARMAINE! VIC 20924 08/24/27 39108 RAPEE-POLLACK
ME AND MY SHADOW VIC 20924 09/14/27 39107 JOLSON-DREYER-ROSE
APACHE WALTZ VIC 21055 10/15/27 40184 OFFENBACH
MY BLUE HEAVEN ELLIOTT SHAW-MAYRE BERNE-KATHERINE O'NEALE-HELENA LANVIN VIC 35875 11/14/27 40569 DONALDSON-WHITING
MAN I LOVE VIC 35914 02/07/28 42418 GERSHWIN-GERSHWIN
GLOW WORM-TAKE 11 VICTOR CONCERT ORCHESTRA-SHILKRET LAMBERT MURPHY-LEWIS JAMES-ELLIOTT SHAW-W.GLENNVIC 35922 02/20/28 23776 ROBINSON-LINCKE
MANHATTAN SERENADE VIC 35914 03/01/28 43303 ALTER
SONNY BOY VICTOR SALON GROUP J.PARKER-F.LUTHER-P.DEWEY VIC 35945 10/16/28 47751 DE SYLVA-BROWN-HENDERSON-JOLSON
JEANNINE(I DREAM OF LILAC TIME) VICTOR SALON GROUP FRANK MUNN VIC 35945 10/22/28 47776 GILBERT-SHILKRET
DEEP NIGHT VIC 21928 03/27/29 49796 HENDERSON-VALLEE
IF I HAD YOU VIC 21928 03/27/29 49797 SHAPIRO-CAMPBELL-CONNELLY Available Options:
Compact Disc: Ship
