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RED HOT CHICAGO

CHICAGO DANCE BANDS (1925-1929)


(Toast Time 4/19/00 - toasted by Dan Levinson from the collection of John Leifert)

  1. MAYBE (She'll Write Me - She'll Phone Me) (Turk - Snyder - Ahlert) ORIOLE ORCHESTRA (Dan Russo - Ted Fiorito, directors). Brunswick 2579 - A (3/4 - CH). Chicago, 1/16/24.
  2. COPENHAGEN (Davis) ORIOLE ORCHESTRA (As above). Brunswick 2752 - B (14017). Chicago, 10/18/24.
  3. THAT CERTAIN PARTY (Gus Kahn - Walter Donaldson). RUSSO AND FIORITO'S ORIOLE ORCHESTRA. Voc. Mark Fisher & chorus. Victor 19917 - A (34044 - 3). Chicago, 12/18/25.
  4. I "WANNA" GO WHERE YOU GO - DO WHAT YOU DO - THEN I'LL BE HAPPY (Clare - Brown - Friend). RUSSO AND FIORITO'S ORIOLE ORCHESTRA. Victor 19917 - B (34045 - 3). Chicago, 12/18/25.
  5. I'M THE MEDICINE MAN FOR THE BLUES (From the motion picture "Is Everybody Happy") (Clarke - Akst). DAN RUSSO AND HIS ORIOLE ORCHESTRA. Voc. Frank Sylvano. Brunswick 4490 (C - 3975). Chicago, 7/31/29.
  6. WOULDN'T IT BE WONDERFUL? (From the motion picture "Is Everybody Happy") (Clarke - Akst) DAN RUSSO AND HIS ORIOLE ORCHESTRA. Voc. Frank Sylvano. Brunswick 4490 (C - 4019). Chicago, 8/9/29.
  7. BECAUSE YOU SAID "I LOVE YOU" (Sanders - Grossman - Sizemore). DAN RUSSO AND HIS ORIOLE ORCHESTRA. Voc. Frank Sylvano. Brunswick 4502 (C - 3980). Chicago, 7/31/29.
  8. I'M WALKIN' ON AIR (William Tracey - Dan Dougherty). FRANKIE MASTERS AND HIS ORCHESTRA. Voc. Frankie Masters. Victor 21102 - B (40943 - 3). Chicago, 11/23/27.
  9. BUNGALOW OF DREAMS (Malie - Verges - Newman). FRANKIE MASTERS AND HIS ORCHESTRA. Voc. Frankie Masters. Victor 21102 - A (40944 - 4). Chicago, 11/23/27
  10. EVERYWHERE YOU GO (Shay - Goodwin - Fisher). FRANKIE MASTERS AND HIS ORCHESTRA. Voc. Frankie Masters. Victor 21217 - A (41343 - 3). Chicago, 12/6/27. (72 RPM!)
  11. MY DARLING (Grossman - Sizemore - Lombardo). FRANKIE MASTERS AND HIS ORCHESTRA. Voc. Frankie Masters. Victor 21565 - B (46061 - 2). Chicago, 7/5/28.
  12. DON'T CRY BABY (Cry Baby Don't Cry) (Gus Kahn - Ted Fiorito). FRANKIE MASTERS AND HIS ORCHESTRA. Voc. Frankie Masters. Victor 21602 - A (46417 - 2). Chicago, 7/17/28.
  13. IS IT GONNA BE LONG? (Till You Belong To Me) (Whiting - Cowan - Abbot). FRANKIE MASTERS AND HIS ORCHESTRA. Voc. Frankie Masters. Victor 21602 - B (46418 - 3). Chicago, 7/17/28. (Tracks 8 through 13 are the COMPLETE Frankie Masters on Victor !!)
  14. SUGAR FOOT STOMP (Joe Oliver - Louis Armstrong). FRED HAMM AND HIS ORCHESTRA (A Benson Organization). Victor 20023 - A (34039 - 4; unlisted take!). Chicago, 12/17/25.
  15. TRUE BLUE (Garland - Gillespie). FRED HAMM AND HIS COLLEGIANS. Voc. Frank Sylvano. Brunswick 4294 (C - 3007 - C). Chicago, 2/26/29.
  16. REMARKABLE GIRL (Creamer - Handman). FRED HAMM AND HIS ORCHESTRA. Voc. Dusty Rhodes. Brunswick 4689 (C - 4787 - ). Chicago, 12/13/29.
  17. WE LOVE US (Sanders - Moore). FRED HAMM AND HIS ORCHESTRA. Voc. Dusty Rhodes. Brunswick 4689 (C - 4788). Chicago, 12/13/29.
  18. MARY LOU (Lyman - Waggner - Robinson). PALMER HOUSE VICTORIANS Under Direction of Jules Herbuveaux. Voc. Frank Sylvano. Vocalion A15403 (E - 3447). "New York", 7/14/26. (Actually recorded in Chicago).
  19. SOMEONE IS LOSIN' SUSAN (Turk - Meyer). PALMER HOUSE VICTORIANS Under Direction of Jules Herbuveaux. Voc. Frank Sylvano. Vocalion B15403 (E - 3448). "New York" (actually Chicago), 7/14/26.
  20. WHERE THE WILD, WILD FLOWERS GROW (no c.c). JULES HERBUVEAUX' PALMER HOUSE VICTORIANS. Voc. Frank Sylvano. Brunswick 3557 - B (E –)
  21. HOUSE VICTORIANS Voc. Frank Sylvano. Brunswick 3557 - A (E - 23082). "New York" (actually Chicago), 5/4/27. (Hot clarinet break Tesch - like, but too brief to tell for sure)
  22. THERE'S A TRICK IN PICKIN' A CHICK - CHICK - CHICKEN (Tobias, Goetz & Robinson). AL HANDLER AND HIS HOTEL DAVIS ORCHESTRA. Voc. Frank Sylvano. Columbia 1047 - D (144313 - 1). Chicago, 6/10/27.
  23. MAGNOLIA (DeSylva, Brown and Henderson). AL HANDLER AND HIS HOTEL DAVIS ORCHESTRA. Voc. Eddie Clifford. Columbia 1047 - D (144320 - 1). Chicago, 6/12/27.
  24. WITHOUT YOU SWEETHEART (DeSylva, Brown and Henderson). GERALD MARKS AND HIS ORCHESTRA. Vocal Trio. Columbia 1343 - D (145814 - 2). Chicago, 3/19/28. (In a conversation with Mr. Marks in 1988, he revealed to me that a member of his sax section in 1928 was Spike Knoblauch, later known as Glen Gray!)
  25. WILL YOU BE SORRY? (Kahn and Kahn). EMERSON GILL & HIS BAMBOO GARDEN ORCH. Voc. Pinkey Hunter. Columbia 1396 - D (145842 - 3). Chicago, 3/27/28. (The style of arranging on this side bears a strong resemblance to Ted Weems' sides of the period; hence, arranged by Joe Haymes??)
  26. THAT'S WHAT I CALL KEEN (Fiorito and Kahn). EMERSON GILL & HIS BAMBOO GARDEN ORCH. Voc. Pinkey Hunter. Columbia 1396 - D (145843 - 3). Chicago, 3/27/28.
    TT = 79:52