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Ben Selvin, an American bandleader and conductor, on Columbia; side titles are not recorded.AI summary
Columbia CB81 Dance
The Ben Selvin band, a prolific American ensemble, performing 'I've Got Five Dollars' and 'When Yuba Plays the Rumba' on Columbia CB-series — a novelty dance or vocal side from the late 1920s.AI summary
Columbia CB465 Dance
Ben Selvin was an extremely prolific American bandleader and conductor who recorded thousands of sides for multiple labels in the 1920s. This Columbia CB pressing represents his typical light dance-band work from the early acoustic era.AI summary
Columbia CB21 Dance
Ben Selvin band recorded a medley from the 1929 film 'Hollywood Revue' on Columbia.AI summary
Columbia 5627 Dance
The Ben Selvin band with Saw Mill River Road and Falling on Vocalion 14509.AI summary
Vocalion 14509 Dance
Ben Selvin was a prolific bandleader and violinist who recorded extensively in the 1920s for many labels, including Brunswick. This dance number from his orchestra represents one of hundreds of his recordings—most are common survivals.AI summary
Brunswick 2144 Dance
Ben Selvin was an American violinist and bandleader of the 1920s, among the most-recorded musicians of the early electrical era. This Brunswick 3641 pressing of "Lucky in Love" and "Good News" represents the prolific commercial dance-band output that dominated the American and British charts in the late 1920s.AI summary
Brunswick 3641 Dance
Ben Selvin's dance orchestra was one of the most prolific recording ensembles of the 1920s–30s, recording hundreds of sides for various labels; this Columbia side from the early electrical era captures the sweet-band sound that defined the period.AI summary
Columbia 4724 Dance
Ben Selvin and his orchestra, a prolific dance band, on Columbia 4724 with 'Wherever you are' and 'Playground in the sky'.AI summary
Columbia 4724 Dance
Regal MR1079
Ben Selvin, a prolific American bandleader and recording session conductor, recorded for Emerson, an early American label of the 1920s. Selvin led thousands of recording sessions for Emerson and other labels and was one of the most-recorded artists of the early phonograph era.AI summary
Emerson 10358 Dance
Ben Walker performing 'Les Etinnelles', a light instrumental piece, on Zonophone X49002.AI summary
Zonophone X49002 Instrumental
Ben Williams, a baritone vocalist, performs standard light operetta numbers 'Softly as in a Morning Sunrise' and medley selections from operettas on Columbia 9753. The catalogue number suggests a 1920s-1930s pressing.AI summary
Columbia 9753 Voice
Beniamino Gigli, an Italian operatic tenor, performing two Don Giovanni arias: 'Dalla Sua Pace' and 'Il Mio Tesoro', on His Master's Voice DB3809.AI summary
His Master's Voice DB3809 Opera
Beniamino Gigli, one of the greatest Italian tenors, performs 'Serenata' and 'Occhi Turchini' (Blue Eyes) on His Master's Voice DB1903.AI summary
His Master's Voice DB1903 Opera
Beniamino Gigli, an Italian operatic tenor of world renown, performing two operatic arias—"La Favorita" and "Faust"—on His Master's Voice, likely from the 1920s-30s electrical recording era.AI summary
His Master's Voice DB273 Opera
Beniamino Gigli, the celebrated Italian operatic tenor, recorded 'Notte a mare' and 'Nostalgia' for His Master's Voice. These are Italian songs in Gigli's characteristic romantic lyric style. Gigli was one of the most recorded singers of his generation.AI summary
His Master's Voice DA2027 Opera
Benjamin Gigli, the celebrated Italian tenor, in two Italian-language songs on His Master's Voice DA5397. Gigli was one of the most recorded singers of the early 20th century and his Italian operatic repertoire remains sought by vocal collectors.AI summary
His Master's Voice DA5397 Opera
Beniamino Gigli was one of the pre-eminent Italian tenors of the early–mid 20th century, with a famous recording career spanning several decades. This His Master's Voice DB-series recording showcases two grand operatic arias from the Italian repertoire.AI summary
His Master's Voice DB109 Opera
Beniamino Gigli, the celebrated Italian tenor, recorded for His Master's Voice; 'M'appari tutt' amor' and 'O Paradiso dall' onde uscito' are operatic arias, with DB109 indicating a 1920s acoustic recording.AI summary
His Master's Voice DB109 Opera
Beniamino Gigli on His Master's Voice DB21597, 'Autunno' / 'Ave Maria Gibilaro'. Gigli was one of the foremost Italian dramatic tenors of the mid-20th century, celebrated for his Verdian roles and prolific recording career.AI summary
His Master's Voice DB21597 Opera
Beniamino Gigli, the celebrated Italian tenor, recorded Verdi's "Un di all'azzurro spazio guardai" from La Traviata for His Master's Voice.AI summary
His Master's Voice 2-052233 Opera
Beniamino Gigli, the legendary Italian tenor, recorded two famous opera arias for His Master's Voice DB109: 'M'appari tutt' amor' (from Flotow's Martha) and 'O Paradiso' (from Meyerbeer's L'Africaine). Gigli was one of the greatest recording artists of the acoustic and electrical eras, and his HMV recordings remain highly sought by collectors of operatic singing.AI summary
His Master's Voice DB109 Opera
Bennie Griffiths performing Afrikaans-language songs on Gallotone GE, catalogue 420, a South African label.AI summary
Gallotone GE420 Voice
Bennie Krueger on Brunswick (3029) with 'Hot coffee' and 'Don't be a fool'; Krueger was an American jazz clarinetist and bandleader of the 1920s, and this is likely an early jazz recording.AI summary
Brunswick 3029 Jazz
Victor 22660 Jazz
Bennie Moten led one of the key Kansas City territory bands whose personnel and style fed directly into Count Basie's later orchestra; this Bluebird disc presents two of his late-period sides.AI summary
Bluebird 5481 Jazz
Bennie Moten, the pioneering Kansas City jazz bandleader, recorded 'Harmony blues' and 'Thick lip stomp' for His Master's Voice B5302, a British pressing of American jazz from the late 1920s–early 1930s.AI summary
His Master's Voice B5302 Jazz
Bennie Moten, a pioneering Kansas City jazz bandleader, with 'Lafayette' (1932) and Fats Waller's 'Ridin' but Walkin'' (1929) on His Master's Voice B6390 — jazz recordings from the early swing era.AI summary
His Master's Voice B6390 Jazz
Bennie Moten recorded 'Moten's Swing' and 'Patrol Wagon Blues' for HMV, catalogue B6377, in the early 1930s; Moten was a Kansas City jazz pioneer and this is early big-band jazz.AI summary
His Master's Voice B6377 Jazz
Bennie Moten's 'Harmony Blues' and 'Thick Lip Stomp', pressed by His Master's Voice on the B5302. Moten was a pioneering Kansas City jazz pianist and bandleader whose influence on swing was profound; these sides date from the late 1920s.AI summary
His Master's Voice B5302 Jazz
Benno Moiseivitch, one of the greatest pianists of the twentieth century, recorded 'Träumerei' and 'Frühlingsnacht' for HMV—Schumann piano pieces performed by a supreme virtuoso.AI summary
His Master's Voice E265 Classical
Benny Bennet led an orchestra; this Seeco side features two Latin-dance pieces (mambo arrangements) from the early 1950s.AI summary
Seeco 4140 Dance
Benny Carter, one of the greatest jazz musicians, an alto saxophonist, composer, arranger and bandleader. Vocalion S58 ('There's a Small Hotel' and 'Gin and Jive') is from a scarce series.AI summary
Vocalion S58 Jazz
Benny Carter, alto saxophonist and swing arranger, with 'New Street Swing' and 'I'll Never Give In' on Vocalion.AI summary
Vocalion C13 Jazz
Benny Carter performing 'Swing it' and 'Six Bells Stampede' for Columbia, CB628. Carter was one of the most accomplished jazz musicians of the swing era—a master saxophonist, trumpeter, arranger and composer. His recordings are highly sought by serious jazz collectors. The CB series indicates a specialist jazz or swing compilation series.AI summary
Columbia CB628 Jazz
Benny Carter recorded "Devil's Holiday" and "Symphony in Riffs" for Columbia CB-series catalogue 698. Carter was one of the most important American jazz musicians of the swing era, a master of multiple reed instruments and arranger of major influence.AI summary
Columbia CB698 Jazz
Benny Carter, saxophone virtuoso and composer. Vocalion S5 ('These Foolish Things' and 'Swingin' the Blues') is from a scarce series.AI summary
Vocalion S5 Jazz
Benny Carter, saxophonist, arranger and bandleader central to the swing era, on a UK Vocalion "S" series issue of two of his 1930s sides, "Just a Mood" and "When Day Is Done".AI summary
Vocalion S11 Jazz
Vocalion S19
Benny Carter, alto saxophonist and one of the great swing arrangers, with 'There'll Be Some Changes Made' and 'Royal Garden Blues' in British Vocalion's Swing Series.AI summary
Vocalion S46 Jazz
Benny Carter, alto saxophonist and swing arranger, with 'Big Ben Blues' and 'I've Got Two Lips' in British Vocalion's Swing Series, from his years in Europe in the mid-1930s.AI summary
Vocalion S7 Jazz
Benny Carter with 'Everybody shuffle' and 'Shoot the Works' on Brunswick Records. Carter was a leading African-American jazz alto saxophonist, composer and bandleader of the 1930s-40s, and one of jazz's most technically accomplished musicians.AI summary
Brunswick 01981 Jazz
Benny Carter, the American jazz multi-instrumentalist and composer, recorded 'Serenade to a Sarong' and 'Pom' for Brunswick. Brunswick 03088 is a high catalogue number, suggesting a late 1930s or early 1940s recording.AI summary
Brunswick 03088 Jazz
Benny Carter, alto saxophonist, trumpeter and one of the great arrangers of the swing era, with his orchestra's 'O.K. for Baby' and 'Night Hop' on a British Brunswick issue of around 1940.AI summary
Brunswick 03117 Jazz
Benny Goodman, the King of Swing, with Clarinetitis and That's a Plenty on Panachord 25017.AI summary
Panachord 25017 Jazz
Benny Goodman with 'Dizzy Fingers' and 'Tattletale' on Capitol, from his post-war recordings.AI summary
Capitol A439 Jazz
Benny Goodman, the 'King of Swing' and one of jazz's greatest clarinetists, appears on Parlophone in two novelty swing sides from the mid-1930s, capturing the bandleader at his peak.AI summary
Parlophone R2752 Jazz