01 Prairie
blues (Ellis) -6 Vi 19755A v
02 Sentimental blues (Ellis) -1 Vi 19755B v
03 I'll think of you (Kahn-Lyman-Schonberger) 145414-2 Co 1239D e+
04 Girl of my dreams (Clapp) 145439-1 Co 1239D e
05 Beautiful (Shay-Gillespie) 145441-2 Co 1290D e-
06 Where in the world (Is there someone for me) (Lewis-Marks-Gill-Lombardo)
145442-3 Co 1290D e
07 I still love you (Ager-Yellen) 146394-3 Co 1453D v-
08 Memories of France (Robinson-Dubin) 146570-2 Co 1453D v-
09 If I can't have you (Donaldson) with OKeh Novelty Orch. 400605A
OK 41047 v
10 Chloe (Song of the swamp) (Kahn-Moret) 400671A OK 41047 v
11 I can't give you anything but love (Fields-McHugh) 400769A
OK 41077 v+
12 Don't keep me in the dark bright eyes (Brynn-Wendling) 400770D OK
41077 v+
13 Dream house (Foxe-Cowan) 401228B OK 41127 v
14 I loved you then as I love you now (MacDonald-Axt-Mendoza)
401229A OK 41127 v-
15 There's danger in your eyes, Cherie (Richman-Meskill-Wendling)
from motion picture "Puttin' On The Ritz" 403793D OK 41403 e-
16 What is this thing called love? (Porter) from musical "Wake
Up and Dream" 403794C OK 41403 e-
17 Sentimental blues (Seger Ellis) 403872B Parlophone R753 e
18 Sweet Jennie Lee (Donaldson) 404518B OK 41467 e-
19 Body and soul (Green-Heyman-Sour) from "Three's A
Crowd" 480029A (prob. a dub of 404516) OK 41467 e-
20 Cheerful little earful (Warren-Gershwin-Rose) from "Sweet
and Low" 151185-1 Co 2362D e-
21 I miss a little miss (Who Misses Me In Sunny Tennessee) (Coots-Seymour)
151186-1 Co 2362D v+
22 A pretty girl is like a melody (Irving Berlin) from MGM prod.
"The Great Ziegfeld" DLA 751A De 1322A WORN
23 I Know That You Know (Vincent Youmans-Ann Caldwell) DLA 752a De
1322B e
24 Little Jack Frost, get lost (Ellis) Vocal by Seger Ellis and the
Dixie Dons with Owen Bradley And His Orchestra Bullet 1011A e-
25 You're all I want for Christmas (Ellis) artist credits as #24
Bullet 1011B e
Hi Will,
Here's my Seger
Ellis stack.
If this becomes a
TONY project, I'm sure other contributors will be able
to improve on some of these. On #04 the sound level of the original 78
is about 5 DB below the usual; fortunately my copy is pretty clean. #09
may sound like it skips at the end, but it does not. #22 was severely abused
by a juke box; the last chorus hardly qualifies as music, but I included it
for completeness. The label makes no reference to the "Choirs of
Brass"
listed in Rust.
OKeh designed a special silver label for Ellis with a thumbnail photo. On
#13-14 it appears with the notation "Friends, I now record exclusively for
OKeh Records. Cordially, [signed] Seger Ellis." An unusual type face
is used for the title and composer credits. On #15-16 and #18-19 the
basic design is similar, but the simple legend "Exclusive Artist"
replaces
the cordial note, the photo is a little different, and standard Columbia-OKeh
typography is used for the credits (in near-microscopic type on #15-16).
Lang appears to be
present on most of the OKehs, and not present on
the others. #20-21 is open to conjecture.
-dr. d
