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
MY FUTURE JUST PASSED INST HAR 1145-H 04/07/30 100383 WHITING-MARRIOTT
MY FUTURE JUST PASSED VOC LEW CONRAD COL 2187-D 04/07/30 150174 WHITING-MARRIOTT
WHOLE DARNED THING'S FOR YOU DON HOWARD COL 2177-D 04/09/30 150158 TURK-AHLERT
LEAVE IT THAT WAY LEW CONRAD COL 2177-D 04/07/30 150175 TURK-AHLERT
I'M IN THE MARKET FOR YOU DON HOWARD COL 2187-D 04/09/30 150192 MCCARTHY-HANLEY
WHEN IT'S SPRINGTIME IN THE ROCKIES TRIO COL 2206-D 05/15/30 150430 TAGGART
DANCING WITH TEARS IN MY EYES RUTH ETTING COL 2206-D 05/16/30 150438 DUBIN-BURKE
SHARING KATE SMITH HAR 1170-V 150447 COOTS-DAVIS
DANCING WITH TEARS IN MY EYES KATE SMITH HAR 1170-V 150448 DUBIN-BURKE
WITH MY GUITAR AND YOU SMITH BALLEW COL 2221-D 06/05/30 150568 HARRIS-HEYMAN-SNYDER
AROUND THE CORNER HELEN RICHARDS & RONDOLIERS COL 2221-D 06/05/30 150569 KAHN-KASSELL
SWINGIN' IN A HAMMOCK BEN SELVIN(FRANK AUBURN) IRVING KAUFMAN HAR 1182-H 06/06/30 100402 WENDLING-
SEYMOUR-O'FLYNN
I LOVE YOU SO MUCH BEN SELVIN(LLOYD KEATING) SCRAPPY LAMBERT VEL 2181 06/06/30 100403 KALMAR-RUBY
LO-LO BEN SELVIN?(FRANK AUBURN) IRVING KAUFMAN HAR 1182-H 06/06/30 100404 MONTGOMERY-
WARD-FEIST-JOHNSON
BETTY CO-ED BEN SELVIN(JOHNNY WALKER ROLLICKERS QUARTET COL 2247-D 07/03/30 150617 FOGARTY-
VALLEE
KITTY FROM KANSAS CITY BEN SELVIN(JOHNNY WALKER ROLLICKERS QUARTET COL 2247-D 07/03/30 150618 GREER-ROSE
I'M LEARNING A LOT FROM YOU PAUL SMALL? COL 2285-D 08/29/30 150749 FIELDS-MCHUGH
ONE MORE WALTZ PAUL SMALL? COL 2285-D 08/29/30 150750 FIELDS-MCHUGH
LOVING YOU SMITH BALLEW COL 2312-D 10/04/30 150859 SHAPIRO-YELLEN
JUST A LITTLE WHILE SMITH BALLEW COL 2312-D 10/04/30 150860 BERLIN
YOU'RE DRIVING ME CRAZY! BEN SELVIN(LLOYD KEATING JACK MILLER VEL 2251 12/18/30 151161 DONALDSON
I DON'T KNOW WHY BEN SELVIN (LLOYD KEATING VEL 10002 01/01/31 710007 TURK-AHLERT
LOVE LETTERS IN THE SAND BEN SELVIN(LLOYD KEATING) VEL 10002 01/01/31 710008 KENNY-KENNY-COOTS
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