Monarch of the Microphone: A Maurice Elwin Discography

MONARCH OF THE MICROPHONEMONARCH OF THE MICROPHONE A Maurice Elwin DiscographyA Maurice Elwin Discography by A. G. Kozak mauriceelwin.com Public Working Draft Version 0.6.3 (Updated July 9, 2025) © 2021–2025 A. G. Kozak. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8307-9716 DOI DOI 10.5281/zenodo.4939404 10.5281/zenodo.4939404 Many thanks to Jonathan Holmes for providing me with the signed photograph of Maurice Elwin that graces the front page of this discography. TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction Reference List Abbreviations Discography 1916–1922 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 Difficult to Date: Homochord Pathé Actuelle and Derivative Labels Unconfirmed: Tuck’s Gramophone Record Postcard Bert and Bob (Decca) Creighton and Laughton (Decca) Other Decca Groups Parlophone Recordings Melody Boys (Homochord) Mellow and Rich (Broadcast) Sterno Recordings Vocalion Recordings 1 Recordings Misattributed to Elwin or Easily Mistaken for His Appendix: Conventions Used in This Discography 2 INTRODUCTION I started this Maurice Elwin discography on January 31, 2021, at a time when a possible abatement of the global pandemic was in sight, in the expectation that it would be a few months before the bittersweet leisure afforded me by the crisis might be interrupted by my resuming my former activities. It was always my intention to publish it, as I have done, as a working draft on Elwin’s 125th birthday (June 14, 2021). The task was daunting, as I had reason to believe that Elwin might prove to be the second most prolific British singer of his era—a claim borne out so far by my research. Compiling even a fairly complete account of his recorded artistic output would take years, not months. British dance band singers were seldom credited by name, and Elwin compounded the problem of identifying his vocals by using over sixty pseudonyms, some of which were also used by other artists. For that matter, he also made records under variations of his real name, Norman MacPhail Blair. My research aims not just to identify Elwin vocals, but also to document records that have been misidentified as including his voice or that could conceivably be mistaken for his work. So far I have counted 2,180 discrete matrices that are either definitely by Elwin or that I have not yet been able to rule out as his. My experience so far leads me to believe that while I shall eventually be able to mark as spurious some of what I have listed here, there must be at least an equal amount of material that I have not yet identified. So the number 2,180, while obviously not the final count, should be an indicator of the order of magnitude we are dealing with. To put that number into perspective, John Wright, working from Barry Wolsey’s The Singer and His Song: A Discography of Sam Browne and its supplements, estimates that Sam Browne, by far the most prolific British singer of his sort, made at least 2,818 recordings over the course of a career spanning from 1928 well into the 1950s. Elwin made all of his publicly issued recordings between 1925–1936—a much shorter period—so he may emerge, in the final assessment, as the harder-working recording artist. Artistic quality is not measured in numbers, however. Elwin’s singing exhibits an unpretentious elegance; it is subtle and precise, evoking sincerity as much as any other quality. It is interesting to note, though, that he was the regular vocalist for some of the most exciting bands of the period (I think particularly of those of the Firmans and of Arthur Lally). To the extent that his comparative restraint contrasted with their hotness, I think the effect 3 must have been intentional. For reflections on Elwin’s artistic merits, I would refer the reader to my website, mauriceelwin.com. To my knowledge, what I have written here is the first Maurice Elwin discography. The groundwork for it was laid, however, in 1980 by Chris Hayes and George Carpenter (1980b), who tried to estimate how many records Elwin made, and in the process revealed some of his more obscure pseudonyms and collaborations. I do not believe that I am done yet following their leads. Much of my most reliable data comes from Brian Rust and Sandy Forbes’s 1989 British Dance Bands on Record, but even that discographical “bible” is not free from errors, and it does not recognize “Guy Victor” as an Elwin pseudonym. It also accounts for less than half of the recording sessions Elwin was involved in, a majority of which did not involve dance band music per se. Rust’s Jazz and Ragtime Records (2016) makes a good effort at identifying some of Elwin’s solo work as being of “jazz interest.” I have made use of a great many label discographies which can be found in the reference list. Most of the best print and CD-ROM resources are published by the City of London Phonograph and Gramophone Society (CLPGS). Special mention must be made, however, of the online discographies of Mike Thomas, who seems to have accounted for every British label for which the CLPGS does not yet have a book. This discography includes recordings that are difficult to date and that have been therefore relegated to the end of the list. There is also the problem of identifying Elwin’s duettists. “Maurice and Sydney” records seem always to have Maurice Elwin on them. It is widely understood that “Sydney” was Sydney Nesbitt (an identification made early on [J. W. G., “Dance Notes” Gramophone, December 1927, 286]), but the actual duettist on the records invariably has a higher and more English voice: no doubt it is Sydney Wilson, as Elwin’s stepson Arthur Blair insisted (Chris Hayes, in collaboration with George Carpenter, “Chris Hayes Remembers Maurice Elwin. Part II: The Vocalist Who Made at Least 2,000 Recordings,” Memory Lane 49 [Winter 1980/1981], 30–33.) “Solemn and Gay” duets likewise always include Elwin, but his partner is frequently—but not always—Cavan O’Connor. Decca’s “Bert and Bob” records do not even always have Elwin in them. There are other such vocal groups. I am gradually trying to indicate who his real partners were, when possible. There are certain kinds of material that I have not included. The Regal duettists “Sweet and 4 Low” were considered by Hayes and Carpenter to include Elwin (1980b, 32), but I get the sense that that is seldom if ever true. Rather than list a lot of records that probably do not have Elwin’s voice on them, I have put off addressing these pseudonymous duettists until I have a convincing example of Elwin’s involvement. I intend to continue publishing updates to this book in web format at mauriceelwin.com and as a PDF on Zenodo. Please contact me with any suggestions you have for its improvement. I am particularly keen to see label scans (the catalogue numbers in italics are the ones I have not seen yet), to confirm take numbers, and to hear transfers. Thanks for research assistance go to: Cyrus Bahmaie Terry Brown Charles Hippisley-Cox Julian Dyer Robert Girling @gramophoneshane (YouTube) Dave Hignett Jonathan David Holmes Philip Hutchinson Jerry King Mike Langridge Steve Paget Henry Parsons Javier Soria Laso Mike Taylor John Watson David Weavings John Wright I would especially like to thank my wife Erin for editing parts of this book. I would also like to thank all members of the Facebook group “The Golden Age of British Dance Bands,” as well as all those who so generously upload transfers from their collections to YouTube, archive.org, 5 and other sites. A. G. Kozak Berkeley, California mauriceelwin.com June 14, 2021 (Maurice Elwin’s 125th birthday) (Introduction updated for version 0.6.3 on June 15, 2025) 6 REFERENCE LIST AHRC Research Centre for the History and Analysis of Recorded Music (CHARM). 2020. CHARM Discography. Accessed August 1, 2020. (CHARM) Andrews, Frank. 1985. Columbia 10″ Records, 1904–30. 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The Gramophone Company 7 Record Labels Ar Ariel Grand Record Bcst Broadcast BM Bon Marché Br Brunswick Col Columbia Dec Decca Dn Dominion El Electrola Ecl Eclipse Film Filmophone Gra Grafton HMV His Master’s Voice Hom Homochord IJ Imperial Junior Imp Imperial I-S Scala Ideal Met Metropole Mf May-Fair PA Pathé Actuelle Pan Panachord Par Parlophone Pea Peacock Per Perfect Pic Piccadilly Re Regal RZ Regal Zonophone Sav Savana 14 St Sterno Voc Vocalion WE Worldecho Zon Zonophone 15 Two-Letter Country Abbreviations AU Australia BE Belgium DE Germany ES Spain IE Ireland IN India IT Italy JP Japan SU Soviet Union US United States 16 DISCOGRAPHY 1916–1922 MAURICE ELWIN, with piano. Hayes, Middlesex, December 2, 1916. HO-3342-ae Eleanore (Coleridge-Taylor) Gramophone Company test DW, GCD MAURICE ELWIN, with piano (Mrs. Baker). Blyth Road, Hayes, Middlesex, October 5, 1920. HO-5898-ae Bonnie wee thing (Robert Burns-trad. [arr. Liza Lehmann]) HMV test SVD, GCD MAURICE ELWIN, baritone, with piano (Mme. Adami). Room 1, Hayes, Middlesex, February 2, 1922. Bb-967-1 If I might only come to you (W. H. Squire) HMV test GCD MAURICE ELWIN, baritone, with piano (Mme. Adami). Room 1, Hayes, Middlesex, March 24, 1922. Bb-1153-1 Ninna nanna (Slumber dear one) (Herbert Oliver) HMV test Bb-1154-1-2 Marianne (Wilfred Sanderson) HMV test GCD 17 1925 ROBERT KINNEAR, vocal, with orchestra. October 8, 1925. 3917 Bouquet (Ray Morelle-Horatio Nicholls) Imp 1516 ADM-Imp GUY VICTOR, “with piano accompaniment” (actually with the Imperial Trio). October 17, 1925. 3911-1-2-3 Wondering (Gartman-Leslie) Imp 1517 ADM-Imp GUY VICTOR with THE IMPERIAL TRIO. October 27, 1925. 3911-2-3 Wondering (Max Gartman-Michael Leslie) Imp 1517 ADM-Imp GUY VICTOR, with orchestra accompaniment. November 13, 1925. 3936-1-2 Babette (Horatio Nicholls-Ray Morelle) Imp 1528 ADM-Imp GUY VICTOR (FRED JACKSON on Curry), vocal, with piano accompaniment and violin obbligato. November 24, 1925. 3943 Why don’t my dreams come true? (G. E. Patten) Imp 1530, Curry’s 217 ADM-Imp, MGT-Curry 18 ?Maurice Elwin (uncredited), song, with piano and cornet. December 1925. W-683 Why don’t my dreams come true? Mimosa P-209 MGT-Mimosa JOSEPH LEE on Kiddyphone 11; HAL JONES on Kiddyphone 128; DAN FITZROY on Marspen; T. KINARD on Oliver; GUY VICTOR on Savana; uncredited on Mimosa. London, December 22, 1925. E-130 Bonnie banks of Loch Lomond Kiddyphone 11, Kiddyphone 128, Sav 974, Mimosa P-41, Mimosa P109, Mimosa P-178, Oliver 3038 E-131 Hearts of oak Marspen 231?, Mimosa P-82, Mimosa P-169, Sav 968, Sav 991 SVD, MGT-Marspen, MGT-Kiddyphone, MGT-Sav, MGT-Mimosa, MGT-Oliver Maurice Elwin (uncredited); song, with orchestral accompaniment. December 30, 1925. W-684 Babette Mimosa P-215 MGT-Mimosa 19 1926 GUY VICTOR (uncredited on Olympic), vocal, with orchestral accompaniment. January 8, 1926. 3954-1 I’ve found a bud among the roses (from The Blue Kitten) (Rudolf Friml) Imp 1550, Olympic 2247 3955-1 Tumbledown dreams (Helmore-Pether) Imp 1549 ADM-Imp, MGT-Olympic JOHN CURTIS (uncredited on Ariel), baritone, with orchestral accompaniment. C. JanuaryFebruary 1926. E-645-2 Ukulele lullaby (Ray Morelle-Gene Williams) Par E-5533 E-646-2 Ukulele baby Par E-5533, Ar 4144 AB-Par, MGT-Ar JOHN CURTIS, baritone, with orchestral accompaniment. C. January-February 1926. E-669-2 Carolina sweetheart (Billy James) Par E-5587 E-700-2 A year ago to-day (H. B. Tilsley-Tolchard Evans) Par E-5587 AB-Par GUY VICTOR, vocal, with orchestral accompaniment. February 2, 1926. 3970-2 I’m so terribly in love with you (Vivian Ellis-Arthur Wimperis) Imp 1562 ADM-Imp 20 Stan GREENING’S DANCE ORCHESTRA. London, February 23, 1926. 3993-1-2 Every step towards Killarney (H. B. Tilsley-Tolchard Evans) Imp 1572 BDBR, ADM-Imp GUY VICTOR (J. NOLAN on Curry mx. 3994; F. JACKSON on Curry mx. 3996), with orchestral accompaniment. February 24, 1926. 3994 Every step towards Killarney (H. B. Tilsley-Tolchard Evans) Imp 1566, Curry 226 3995 Ukulele lullaby (Ray Morelle-Gene Williams) Imp 1568, Olympic 123 3996-1 Ukulele baby (Meskill-Rose-Sherman-Bloom) Imp 1568, Curry 226, Olympic 123 ADM-Imp, MGT-Curry GUY VICTOR (uncredited on Mimosa), vocal; with orchestra (-1); with piano (-2). March 3, 1926. 3999 You were a wild rose (Harry Melcliffe-Ray Vincent-Leo Herbert) Imp 1577 (-1) E-175 You were a wild rose (Harry Melcliffe-Ray Vincent-Leo Herbert) Mimosa P-14 (-2) ADM-Imp, MGT-Mimosa J. LEE (uncredited on Mimosa), with orchestral accompaniment. March 4, 1926. W-765 You were a wild rose Kiddyphone 89 W-767 Tumbledown dreams Kiddyphone 91, Mimosa P-235 MGT-Kiddyphone, MGT-Mimosa 21 Stan GREENING’S DANCE ORCHESTRA (as CURRY’S DANCE ORCHESTRA on Curry); vocal chorus: GUY VICTOR. London, March 6, 1926. 4359-1 Valencia (Dance [sic] d’Espagne) (BoyerCharles-Padilla) Imp 1569, Curry 227, Clausophon 324 (DE) 4360-1 My castle in Spain (Isham Jones) Imp 1572 4361-1 Ukulele baby (Jack Meskel-Ed Rose-Al Sherman-Marty Bloom) Imp 1571 4361-3 Ukulele baby (Jack Meskel-Ed Rose-Al Sherman-Marty Bloom) Curry 228 BDBR, ADM-Imp, MGT-Curry RONALD PEEL on IJ 19; GUY VICTOR on IJ mx. DC-176; CECIL PARK on Aerona; JOHN COYNE on Kiddyphone; uncredited on Mimosa; vocal, with orchestral accompaniment. March 20, 1926. DC-175 Always (Irving Berlin) IJ 19, Aerona 122, Kiddyphone 36 DC-176 Ukulele lullaby (Ray Morelle-Gene Williams) IJ ?, Aerona 109, Kiddyphone 33 E-195 Ukulele lullaby (Ray Morelle-Gene Williams) Mimosa P-28 ADM-Imp, MGT-Aerona, MGT-IJ, MGT-Mimosa Stan GREENING’S DANCE ORCHESTRA (as CURRY’S DANCE ORCHESTRA on Curry); vocal chorus: GUY VICTOR. London, March 24, 1926. 4361-2 Ukulele baby (Jack Meskel-Ed Rose-Al Sherman-Marty Bloom) Imp 1571 4361-3 Ukulele baby (Jack Meskel-Ed Rose-Al Sherman-Marty Bloom) Imp 1571, Curry 228 BDBR, ADM-Imp, MGT-Curry 22 GUY VICTOR (uncredited on Olympic), vocal, with orchestral accompaniment. March 31, 1926. 4364 Rose of St. Mary’s (Al Bryan-Ted Snyder) Imp 1588 4365 Mignonette (Ray Morelle-Horatio Nicholls) Imp 1586, Olympic 2191 ADM-Imp JOHN CURTIS, baritone, with orchestral accompaniment. C. April 1926. E-726-1 Behind the clouds (there’s crowds and crowds of sunbeams) (Davis-De Sylva) Par E-5602, Ar 4175 E-727-2 Have you forgotten Yvonne? (Val Valentine) Par E-5602 AB-Par, MGT-Ar, ML TEDDY BROWN AND HIS CAFE DE PARIS BAND, with xylophone effects; vocal chorus: G. VICTOR (Maurice Elwin). London, May 18, 1926. 4379-3 Hang on to me (from Lady Be Good) (Ira & George Gershwin) Imp 1591 4381-1 Two little cups and saucers (Alwyn-Scott) Imp 1592 NOTE: The songwriters’ names for “Two little cups and saucers” both look as if they might be Elwin pseudonyms (F. J. Alwyn, Maurice Scott); and yet Maurice Scott would appear to have been a very real person with his own music publishing company. F. J. Alwyn was said to have been the song’s lyricist (“Song Notes: Maurice Scott,” The Stage, March 18, 1926); if Elwin had been involved in the song’s creation, I would have expected him to be the music’s composer. BDBR, ADM-Imp 23 TEDDY BROWN AND HIS CAFE DE PARIS BAND (as JOHN PORTER’S DANCE BAND on Bon Marché), with xylophone effects; vocal chorus: GUY VICTOR (Maurice Elwin). London, November 5, 1926. 4540-1 Picardy (Al Rose-Jimmy Campbell-Reg. Connelly) Imp 1673 4541-1 Hi-diddle-diddle (Coon-Keidel) Imp 1674 4542-1 Rosies posies (Ballard Mcdonald-Harry Carroll-Arthur Freed) Imp 1673 4543-1 While the Sahara sleeps (Stamper-H. Nicholls) Imp 1674, BM 109 BDBR (inc. Suppl.), ADM-Imp, MGT-BM TEDDY BROWN AND HIS CAFE DE PARIS BAND. London, November 9, 1926. 4541-2 Hi-diddle-diddle (Coon-Keidel) Imp 1674 4542-2 Rosies posies (Ballard Mcdonald-Harry Carroll-Arthur Freed) Imp 1673 4543-2 While the Sahara sleeps (Stamper-H. Nicholls) Imp 1674, BM 109 BDBR (inc. Suppl.), ADM-Imp Stan Greening’s Dance Orchestra (as the RAYMOND DANCE BAND). London, November 25, 1926. WA-4522-1 While the Sahara sleeps (Stamper-Nicholls) Re G-8764 WA-4523-1 Here in my arms (from Lido Lady) (Rodgers-Hart) Re G-8763 WA-4524-1 I’ve never seen a straight banana (T. Waite) Re G-8764 NOTE: Thomas correctly identifies Elwin vocals on these sides (1996b, 341). BDBR (inc. Suppl.), CHC, MGT 30 Maurice Elwin (uncredited), with orchestra. November 26, 1926 E-324 Just a rose in a garden of weeds Mimosa P-90 MGT-Mimosa GUY VICTOR (as PERCY SCOTT on Aerona). November 30, 1926. DC-294 A rose in a garden of weeds (R. B. Saxe-Reed Stampa) IJ ?, Aerona 182 DC-295 For baby and me (George W. Meyer) IJ ? DC-296 I’ve never seen a straight banana (Ted Waite) IJ ? NOTE: For this session, Thomas has November 26, 1926 as the recording date (MGT-Aerona). ADM-Imp, MGT-Aerona JOHN CURTIS (uncredited on Ariel), baritone, with orchestral accompaniment. C. November-December 1926. E-941-2 Sunny Swanee (Raymond Wallace-Reginald Tabbush) Par E-5705 E-942-2 While the Sahara sleeps (Eddie Stamper-Horatio Nicholls) Par E-5705, Ar 4202 AB-Par, MGT-Ar RONNIE MUNRO AND HIS DANCE ORCHESTRA (as the ARIEL DANCE ORCHESTRA on Ariel), vocal chorus. Vocal duet with unknown person. London, c. December 1926. E-951-1 It all depends on you (from Lido Lady) (Ray Henderson-Buddy de Sylva-Lew Brown) Par E-5713, Ar 4209 BDBR, AB-Par, MGT-Ar 31 Maurice Elwin (uncredited), with piano accompaniment. December 3, 1926. E-325 I’ve never seen a straight banana Mimosa P-79 MGT-Mimosa GUY VICTOR, vocal, with piano and violin obbligato. December 14, 1926. 4563-1 Call on Mammy (Thomas McGhee-Lou Silberman) Imp 1692 4568-1 Just a rose in old Killarney (Frank Swain) Imp 1692 ADM-Imp ?Maurice Elwin (uncredited); with orchestra (-1); vocal, with piano and violin obbligato (- 2). December 14, 1926. E-337 Call on mammy Kiddyphone 49, Mimosa P-95 (-1) E-338-2 Just a rose in old Killarney Mimosa P-96 (-2) MGT-Kiddyphone, MGT-Mimosa THE RAMBLERS, novelty vocal quartette. December 1926-January 1927. 10540-1 Ramble along (arr. H. Stafford) EBW 4573 10541-2 Any ice today, lady? (P. Ballard) EBW 4573 NOTE: Elwin is audible in this quartette, which is presumably the same Ramblers group that would soon record for Columbia (and for Regal as the Syncopated Four); its members were Maurice Elwin, Bert d’Arcy, Hal Vidler, and Sydney Wilson. FA-Col 32 1927 LESLIE NEWTON (ERIC SIMS on PA 11252; PETER ALDRIDGE on Grafton; FRANK SHAW on Grand Pree 18598; LEWIS YOUNG on Grand Pree 18606), baritone, with orchestral accompaniment. C. January 1927. 95136 Just a rose in old Killarney (Swain) PA 11229, Gra 9243 95137 For baby and me (Meyer) PA 11251, Grand Pree 18606 95138 That makes me love her all the more (Allen-CampbellConnelly) PA 11252, Grand Pree 18598 95139 Sweethearts (ever since I met you) PA 11229 95140 Sweet as a rose (Lynton) PA 11251, Grand Pree 18606 95141 I wish you were jealous of me (Haubrich-Rowell) PA 11252, Grand Pree 18598 ML-PA, MGT-Gra, MGT-GrandPree JOHN CURTIS, with harmonised chorus and orchestral accompaniment. C. January-February 1927. E-1079 Looking at the world thro’ rose coloured glasses Par E-5733 E-1080-3 Talking to the moon (Geo. Little-Billy Baskette) Par E-5733, Par A-2160 (AU) NOTE: Badrock has E-1080-2 as the issued take (AB-Par). AB-Par 33 The Ramblers (Maurice Elwin, Bert d’Arcy, Hal Vidler, and Sydney Wilson) as THE DIXIE COTTON PICKERS QUARTETTE (as the DIXIE QUARTET on Par E-5747; includes Maurice Elwin), with piano accompaniment. C. January-February 1927. E-1108 Georgia Home (Con Conrad-Larry Spier) Par E-5739 E-1109 Ramble along (Al. Frank-J. Campbell-Reg. Connelly) Par E-5747, Par A-2168 (AU) E-1110-2 Picardy (Al. Rose-J. Campbell-Reg. Connelly) Par E-5747, Par A-2168 (AU) E-1111 [Title unknown] Par rejected E-1112 The more we are together Par E-5739 NOTE: Comparing Par mx. E-1109 with EBW mx. 10540-1 leads me to believe that The Dixie Cotton Pickers was a pseudonym for The Ramblers. AB-Par, ML 34 RONNIE MUNRO AND HIS DANCE ORCHESTRA; vocal chorus by JOHN CURTIS (Maurice Elwin). London, c. February 1927. E-1151-2 Sonny boy (Eddie Stamper-Matthew Hay) Par E-5740, Odeon A45357 (DE), Ar 4204 E-1152-1 Just a bird’s-eye view of my old Kentucky home (Gus Kahn-Walter Donaldson) Par E-5740, Odeon A45358 (DE) E-1153-2 I want to be known as “Susie’s feller” (Lew BrownDave Dreyer) Par E-5741 E-1154-2 Looking at the world thro’ rose coloured glasses (Tommie Malie-Jimmy Steiger) Par E-5741 NOTE: N.B. Odeon A-45357 and A-45358 are two sides of the same record, with matrix numbers Bb362 and Bb-363, respectively. I am not sure if pseudonyms are used on Ar 4204. BDBR, AB-Par, MGT-Ar RONNIE MUNRO AND HIS DANCE ORCHESTRA (as the ARIEL DANCE BAND on Ar 4243; as the ARIEL ORCHESTRA on Ar 4251; as the ARIEL DANCE ORCHESTRA on Ar 4233 and Z4513), vocal chorus (by J[OHN] CURTIS, when credited). London, February 1927. E-1204-1 It (from The Desert Song) (HarbachHammerstein II-Romberg) Par E-5762, Par A-2213 (AU), Ar 4243, Ar Z-4513 E-1206-1 The riff song (from The Desert Song) (Harbach-Hammerstein 2nd-Romberg) Par E-5762, Par A-2213 (AU), Ar 4251 E-1207-2 Shepherd of the hills (Edgar Leslie-Horatio Nicholls) Par E-5750, Par A-2176 (AU), Ar 4207, Ar 4233, Ar 4276 BDBR (inc. Suppl.), AB-Par, MGT-Ar 35 JACK PAYNE AND HIS HOTEL CECIL ORCHESTRA, with vocal quartette (including Maurice Elwin). London, February 7, 1927. WA-4807-1 Cryin’ for the moon (Conley-Stern-Roos) Re G-8822 WA-4809-1 Drifting and dreaming (van Alstyne-Schmidt-Curtis-Gillespie) Re G-8822 NOTE: Thomas does not hear Elwin on these sides (2001, 3165), but I can hear his voice in “Drifting and dreaming.” BDBR, BA-Re, CHC JACK PAYNE AND HIS HOTEL CECIL ORCHESTRA. Maurice Elwin, vocal, and vocal trio. London, February 19, 1927. WA-4867-1 Picardy (Rose-Campbell-Connelly) Re G-8823 WA-4868-2 In our love canoe (Renard-Sims*) Re G-8824 NOTE: *“Al Sims” is Elwin. Rust & Forbes and Badrock & Andrews list WA-4868 as having a Jack Payne vocal (BDBR; BARe), but Thomas reports that it has Maurice Elwin and a trio (2001, 3165). BDBR, BA-Re 36 Stan GREENING’S DANCE ORCHESTRA (as THE SEVEN NYMPHS on IJ 60 and IJ 76; as the IMPERIAL JUNIOR DANCE ORCHESTRA on IJ 63, 64, and 74; as the AERONA DANCE ORCHESTRA on Aerona 183; as ERNIE’S GOLDEN FIVE on Aerona 186, 188, and 191; as CHARLEY’S TANZ-ORCHESTER on Nimbus and Clausophon). London, February 21, 1927. DC-324-1 In a little garden (Whittemore-Iula) IJ 60, Aerona 183 DC-325-1 Drifting and dreaming (?C. Hanley) IJ ? DC-326-1 Let’s all go to Mary’s house (Con Conrad-Leo Wood) IJ 64 DC-327-1 Black bottom (Ray Henderson-Buddy de Sylva-Lew Brown) IJ ?, Aerona 186, Nimbus 1113 (DE) DC-328-1 Because I love you (Irving Berlin) IJ 63, Aerona 188, Nimbus 1111 (DE) DC-329-1 Mary Lou (Lyman-Waggner-Robinson) IJ ?, Aerona 191, Nimbus 1111 (DE) DC-330-1 Susie’s feller (L. Brown-D. Dreyer) IJ 74, Clausophon 1114 DC-331-1 Just a bird’s-eye view of my old Kentucky home (Gus Kahn-Walter Donaldson) IJ 76 NOTE: Rust and Forbes have February 11, 1927 (BDBR). BDBR, ADM-Imp, MGT-Aerona PICCADILLY REVELS BAND, directed by RAY STARITA, with vocal chorus. London, February 28, 1927. WA-4952-1 All’s well that ends well (Conrad-Coslow-Campbell-Connelly) Col 4312 WA-4953-1 Cuckoo (you remind me of a naughty springtime) (Sarony-CampbellConnelly) Col 4312 FA-Col, BDBR 37 JOHN CURTIS, baritone, with orchestral accompaniment. February-March 1927. E-1269-2 You can’t take away my dreams (Ralph Francis-Frank Herbin) Par E-5779, Ar 4213 E-1270 When lights are low in Cairo Par E-5779, Ar 4212 AB-Par, MGT-Ar THE RAMBLERS (Maurice Elwin, Bert d’Arcy, Hal Vidler, and Sydney Wilson). FebruaryMarch 1927. WA-4885-1 In our love canoe (Renard-Sims*) Col 4305 WA-4886-1 Dreaming of brown eyes (M. Wayne) Col 4305 NOTE: *“Al Sims” is Elwin. FA-Col RONNIE MUNRO AND HIS DANCE ORCHESTRA (as the ARIEL DANCE ORCHESTRA on Ariel). Vocal duet with unknown person (-1); vocal duet with unknown person (possibly Ronnie Munro) (-2); vocal duet with “MAC” (-3). London, March 1927. E-1279-1 Since Tommy Atkins taught the Chinese how to Charleston (Jimmy Campbell-Reg. Connelly) Par E-5766 (-1) E-1280-2 Chilly Billy Wun Lung (Wallace-Rose) Par E-5766 (-2) E-1281-2 Why do ya roll those eyes? (Walter Donaldson) Par E-5767 (-3) E-1282-2 Learn to smile (Louis A. Hirsch) Par E-5767, Ar 4215 NOTE: According to Rust and Forbes (BDBR), both sides of Par E-5767 are duets between Maurice Elwin and a person with the pseudonym "Mac," but I have aurally confirmed that E-1282 has Elwin only. BDBR, AB-Par, MGT-Ar, CHC 38 RONNIE MUNRO AND HIS DANCE ORCHESTRA; vocal chorus by JOHN CURTIS. London, March 1927. E-1293-3 The blue train (from The Blue Train) (Dion TitheradgeJay Gorney) Par E-5804, Par A-2239 (AU) NOTE: Badrock has E-1293-2 as the issued take (AB-Par). BDBR, AB-Par VICTOR STERLING AND HIS BAND, vocal chorus. March 1927. 95149 Perhaps you’ll think of me (Stone) PA 11272 95150 Sheila O’Shay (Hargreaves-Damerell-Griffiths) PA 11272 NOTE: Rust and Forbes have November 1926 (BDBR). BDBR, ML-PA, AGK ERIC SIMS (LESLIE NEWTON on PA 11343; WALTER BROOKS on Grafton; FRANK SHAW on Grand Pree 18621 and 18632; LEWIS YOUNG on Grand Pree 18620), baritone, with orchestral accompaniment. March 1927. 95151 Kentucky lullaby (Miller-Cohn) PA 11344, Gra 9260, Grand Pree 18621 95152 Dreaming of brown eyes (Mayne) PA 11344, Grand Pree 18621 95153 Roses for remembrance (Curtis) PA 11366, Grand Pree 18632 95154 Tell me you love me (King) PA 11343, Grand Pree 18620 95155 Drifting and dreaming (van Alstyne-SchmidtCurtis) PA 11343, Grand Pree 18620 95156 It made you happy when you made me cry (Donaldson) PA 11366, Gra 9272, Grand Pree 18632 ML-PA, MGT-Gra, MGT-GrandPree, ML 39 MAURICE AND SYDNEY (Maurice Elwin and Sydney Wilson; as GEOFFREY AND GEORGE on Ariel), duets with orchestra (George W. Byng dir.). B Studio, Hayes, Middlesex, July 19, 1927. Yy-11461-1-2 Me and Jane in a ’plane (Leslie-Gilbert) Zon 2987, Ar 1072 Yy-11462-1-2 Ain’t that a grand and glorious feeling (Yellen-Ager) Zon 2987, Ar 1071 NOTE: Clarke et al. have September 12, 1927 (GCD). Andrews and Clarke et al. identify the singer as Sydney Nesbitt (FA-Zon; GCD), while Thomas has Sydney Wilson (MGT-Ar). FA-Zon, GCD, MGT-Ar JOHN CURTIS, baritone, with harmonised chorus, accompanied by RONNIE MUNRO AND HIS BAND. C. August-September 1927. E-1517-2 Mimosa (R. Wallace-T. Evans) Par E-5918 E-1518 Me and Jane in a ’plane (Edgar Leslie-J. G. Gilbert) Par E-5917 E-1519-2 In a street of Chinese lanterns (Melcliffe-CampbellConnelly) Par E-5918, Ar 4257 E-1520 In a Japanese garden (Joseph Nussbaum-Ricardo Duromo) Par E-5917, Ar 4255 NOTE: In E-1519, Thomas hears Maurice Elwin and Eddie Collis (MGT-Ar). AB-Par, MGT-Ar 46 THE MELODY BOYS, vocal duet. B Studio, Hayes, Middlesex, September 12, 1927. HH-11463-1-2 One summer night (S. Coslow-L. Spier) Hom D-1162 HH-11464-1 Like a Virginia creeper (H. Wade) Hom D-1161 HH-11465-1-2 South wind (B. de Sylva-L. Brown-R. Henderson) Hom D-1162 HH-11466-1-2 Winona (An Indian love song) (J. S. Royce-F. W. Vandersloot) Hom D1161 HH-11477-1-2 Me and Jane in a ’plane (Leslie-Gilbert) Hom D-1174 HH-11478-1-2 Side by side (Woods) Hom D1173 HH-11479-1-2 When you played the organ and I sang the rosary (LeslieGilbert) Hom D1173 HH-11480-1-2 Havana (Egan-Rose) Hom D-1174 NOTE: Elwin’s voice aurally confirmed on HH-11478 and HH-11479. ADM-Hom, GCD JULIAN LESTER, vocal (with orchestra, George W. Byng dir.). B Studio, Hayes, Middlesex, September 23, 1927. HH-11525-1 That’s what I call a pal (H. Pease-H. Johnson-E. G. Nelson) Hom D-1175 HH-11526-1 The more we are apart, sweetheart (the happier we’ll be) (Holt) Hom D1175 HH-11527-1-2 Song of the wanderer (G. Kahn-N. Moret) Hom D-1176 HH-11528-1 I can’t believe that you’re in love with me (C. Gaskill-J. McHugh) Hom D-1176 ADM-Hom, GCD 47 NAT STAR AND HIS DANCE ORCHESTRA. B Studio, Hayes, Middlesex, September 26, 1927. HH-11529-1 Take your finger out of your mouth (I want a kiss from you) (Schuster-Yellman) Hom D1170 HH-11530-1 Ain’t that a grand and glorious feeling (J. Yellen-M. Ager) Hom D1170 HH-11531-1 Havana (R. B. Egan-V. Rose) Hom D1167 HH-11532-1 Me and Jane in a ’plane (E. Leslie-J. G. Gilbert) Hom D1169 HH-11533-1 When you played the organ and I sang “The rosary” (J. G. Gilbert) Hom D1168 BDBR, ADM-Hom, GCD MAURICE ELWIN, baritone, with orchestra (George W. Byng dir.). B Studio, Hayes, Middlesex, September 28, 1927. Yy-11551-1-2 Souvenirs (Leslie-Nicholls) Zon 5005 FA-Zon, GCD Nat Star and His Dance Orchestra (as NORMAN MEDE’S DANCE ORCHESTRA). B Studio, Hayes, Middlesex, September 27, 1927. HH-11542-1 Just like a butterfly (Dixon-Woods) Hom D-1172 BDBR, GCD 48 BERT FIRMAN’S DANCE ORCHESTRA (as the DEVONSHIRE RESTAURANT DANCE BAND on Zon 5014; as the ARIEL DANCE ORCHESTRA on Ariel), vocal chorus. B Studio, Hayes, Middlesex, September 30, 1927. Yy-11556-1-2 Sometimes I’m happy (from Hit the Deck) (YoumansCaesar) Zon 5017 Yy-11557-1-2 My heart stood still (Rodgers) Zon 5014, Ar 1076 Yy-11558-1-2 Souvenirs (Leslie-Nicholls) Zon 5015 BDBR, FA-Zon, GCD, MGT-Ar GEOFFREY GELDER AND HIS KETTNER’S FIVE, with vocal chorus by THE RAMBLERS (Maurice Elwin, Bert d’Arcy, Hal Vidler, and Sydney Wilson). London, October 3, 1927. WA-6318-1 Hallelujah (from Hit the Deck) (Robin-GrayYoumans) Re G-8989, Re G-20197 (AU) WA-6319-1 Sometimes I’m happy (from Hit the Deck) (CaesarYoumans) Re G-8989, Re G-20197 (AU) BDBR, BA-Re The Ramblers (Maurice Elwin, Sydney Wilson, Bert D’Arcy, and Hal Vidler) as THE SYNCOPATED FOUR, with piano. Early October 1927. WA-6371-2 Hallelujah (from Hit the Deck)Re G-9020 WA-6372-1 Sometimes I’m happy (from Hit the Deck) (Caesar-Youmans) Re G-9020 BA-Re 49 NAT STAR AND HIS DANCE ORCHESTRA. B Studio, Hayes, Middlesex, October 11, 1927. HH-11592-1 Le-a-nore (Abrahams-Galassi) Hom D-1179 HH-11593-1-2 Souvenirs (Nicholls-Leslie) Hom D-1179 HH-11595-1 Clonkerty-clonk (Leslie Sarony) Hom D-1180 HH-11597-1 Twilight dreams (F. Keats-Carl Lang) Hom D-1181 BDBR, ADM-Hom, GCD MAURICE AND SYDNEY (Maurice Elwin and Sydney Wilson; as TOPHAM AND TURNER on Ariel), duet, with orchestra (George W. Byng dir.). B Studio, Hayes, Middlesex, October 17, 1927. Yy-11828-1-2 In a street of Chinese lanterns (Melcliffe-CampbellConnelly) Zon 5009 Yy-11829-1-2 Oh! baby, don’t we get along? (de Sylva-BrownHenderson) Zon 5009, Ar 1092 FA-Zon, GCD, MGT-Ar, AGK Bert Firman’s Dance Orchestra as the DEVONSHIRE RESTAURANT DANCE BAND (as the ARIEL DANCE ORCHESTRA on Ariel), vocal chorus. B Studio, Hayes, Middlesex, October 20, 1927. Yy-11842-1-2 Short an’ sweet (Tracey-Ehrlich-Dougherty) Zon 5033 Yy-11843-1-2 When you played the organ and I sang the rosary (Leslie-Gilbert) Zon 5012 Yy-11844-1-2 Where, oh where do I live? (Carlton) Zon 5014, Zon EE-83 (AU), Ar 1074 BDBR, FA-Zon, JRR, GCD, MGT-Ar 50 THE MELODY BOYS (Maurice Elwin and partner), vocal duet. B Studio, Hayes, Middlesex, October 21, 1927. HH-11850-1 Me and my shadow (A. Jolson-B. Rose-D. Dreyer) Hom D-1188 HH-11851-1-2 The whisper song (Friend) Hom D1188 HH-11852-1 Where, oh! where do I live? (Carlton) Hom D1187 HH-11853-1-2 We must have another little one (Bronfin-DuromoNussbaum) Hom D1187 NOTE: Elwin aurally confirmed on mx. HH-11851 and on Hom D-1187. ADM-Hom, GCD, AGK JOHN CURTIS, baritone, with Ronnie Munro’s Band. C. October-November 1927. E-1598-2 Just as long as we’re together Par E-5931 E-1599-2 On the topmost tree in Tennessee Par E-5931 AB-Par JOHN CURTIS, baritone, with harmonised chorus; violin obbligato by L. SILBERMAN. October-November 1927. E-1605 On the banks of the Mississippi (T. Sullivan-R. J. Sinclair) Par E-5932 E-1606-2 Come round to our house Par E-5933 E-1607-2 Wandering down the Dover Road (Silberman-Robertson-Sullivan) Par E-5932 E-1608-2 The valley where the rainbow ends Par E-5933 AB-Par 51 MAURICE AND SYDNEY (Maurice Elwin and Sydney Wilson; as TOPHAM AND TURNER on Ariel; George W. Byng dir.), duets with piano. B Studio, Hayes, Middlesex, November 3, 1927. Yy-11887-1-2 Where, oh where do I live? (Carlton) Zon 5023 Yy-11888-1-2 If your face wants to laugh, well let it (BarclayCarney) Zon 5041 (inc. AU), Ar 1081 Yy-11889-1-2 Clonk-er-ty clonk (Sarony) Zon 5041 (inc. AU) Yy-11890-1-2 Sing to me of auld Ireland (Simms) Zon 5023 NOTE: I have aurally confirmed Sydney Wilson as the duettist. FA-Zon, GCD, MGT-Ar BERT FIRMAN’S DANCE ORCHESTRA (as the DEVONSHIRE RESTAURANT DANCE BAND on Zon 5032 and 5047; as the “ARIEL” DANCE ORCHESTRA on Ariel), vocal chorus, with orchestra. Additional vocals by chorus (-1). B Studio, Hayes, Middlesex, November 10, 1927. Yy-11905-1-2 You’re my happy ending (Vivian Ellis) Zon 5047 Yy-11906-1-2 Let’s all sing the lard song (Sarony) Zon 5048 Yy-11907-1-2 When I met Sally (Wade) Zon 5032, Ar 1077 (-1) NOTE: Clarke et al. say that Yy-11907-2 was issued (GCD). BDBR, FA-Zon, GCD, MGT-Ar 52 THE MELODY BOYS (Maurice Elwin and partner), vocal duet. B Studio, Hayes, Middlesex, November 11, 1927. HH-11916-1-2 Oh! baby, don’t we get along (B. de Sylva-L. Brown-R. Henderson) Hom D-1198 HH-11917-1-2 Leonora (A. Silver) Hom D-1198 HH-11918-1-2 Persian rosebud (Nicholls-Leslie) Hom D1197 HH-11919-1-2 She don’t wanna (Yellen-Ager) Hom D1197 NOTE: Hom D-1997 aurally confirmed to include Elwin. ADM-Hom, GCD MAURICE ELWIN (CONRAD SIMPSON on Ariel), baritone, with harmonized chorus and dance band (Bert Firman dir.). B Studio, Hayes, Middlesex, November 14, 1927. Yy-11920-1-2 Like a virginia creeper (Wade) Zon 5038 Yy-11921-1-2 Toddle along (Nussbaum-Trotta) Zon 5038 Yy-11922-1-2 Tired hands (Piantadosi) Zon 5020, Ar 1088 Yy-11923-1-2 A Persian rosebud (E. Leslie-Horatio Nicholls) Zon 5020 FA-Zon, GCD, MGT-Ar 53 BERT FIRMAN’S DANCE ORCHESTRA (as the DEVONSHIRE RESTAURANT DANCE BAND on Zon 5032, 5033, 5047, and 5059; as the ARIEL DANCE ORCHESTRA on Ariel), vocal chorus. B Studio, Hayes, Middlesex, November 17, 1927. Yy-11940-1-2 Bless her little heart (Denniken) Zon 5048 Yy-11941-1-2 My blue heaven (Whiting-Donaldson) Zon 5047, Ar 1090 Yy-11942-1-2 A Persian rosebud (Leslie-Nicholls) Zon 5033, Ar 1077 Yy-11943-1-2 At the end of an Irish moonbeam (Golden) Zon 5032, Zon EE-84 (AU), Ar 1078 Yy-11944-1-2 Tired hands (Piantadosi) Zon 5059 BDBR, FA-Zon, GCD, MGT-Ar NAT STAR AND HIS DANCE ORCHESTRA, vocal chorus. B Studio, Hayes, Middlesex, November 18, 1927. HH-11949-1 Sometimes I’m happy (Irving Caesar-Vincent Youmans) Hom D1191 HH-11950-1 Hallelujah! (from Hit the Deck) (Clifford Gray-Vincent Youmans) Hom D1191 HH-11951-1 Mediterranean blues (Sherman Myers) Hom D1192 HH-11952-1 Gonna get a girl (Lewis-Simon-Ash) Hom D1193 HH-11953-1 There’s a trick in pickin’ a chick-chick-chicken (Tobias-GoetzRobinson) Hom D1193 BDBR, ADM-Hom, GCD 54 LONDON CINEMA ORGAN, refrain sung by JULIAN LESTER. November 25, 1927. HR-1802-2 Winona (An Indian love song) (Vandersloot-Royce) Hom D1202 HR-1803-3 Tired hands (A. Piantadosi) Hom D1202 HR-1804 Ciribiribin (A. Pestalozza) Hom D1201 HR-1805 Why can’t we be sweethearts? (R. Turk-C. Warren-J. Garber-W. Donaldson) Hom D1201 ADM-Hom 55 BERT FIRMAN’S DANCE ORCHESTRA. B Studio, Hayes, Middlesex, January 24, 1928. Yy-12603-1-2 The trail of the tamarind tree (Horatio Nicholls) Zon 5082, Zon EE-103 (AU), HMV AG-454 (ES) Yy-12604-1-2-3 Who-oo? You-oo! That’s who! (Yellen-Ager) Zon 5082 BDBR, FA-Zon, JRR, GCD JOHN CURTIS, baritone, with instrumental accompaniment. London, February 1928. E-1779 Tired hands (Piantadosi) Par E-5995, Ar 4372 E-1780-1 Day dreams that never come true Par E-5996 E-1781-2 By the waterfall Par E-5996 E-1782-2 Ev’ry minute, ev’ry hour of ev’ry day Par E-5995 Par, AB-Par, JRR, MGT-Ar THE MELODY BOYS, vocal duet with piano. B Studio, Hayes, Middlesex, February 16, 1928. HH-12722-1 Can’t you hear me say I love you? (C. Derickson-B. Brown) Hom D-1239 HH-12723-1-2 One night in June (H. Nichols-B. Mayerl) Hom D-1239 HH-12724-1-2 The Dixie vagabond (G. Kahn-W. Donaldson) Hom D-1240 HH-12725-1-2 Gonna get a girl (A. Lewis-H. Simon-P. Ash) Hom D-1240 NOTE: Elwin’s voice aurally confirmed in HH-12725. ADM-Hom, GCD 62 The Ramblers (Maurice Elwin, Bert d’Arcy, Hal Vidler, and Sydney Wilson) as THE SYNCOPATED FOUR. C. February 17, 1928. WA-6970-1 Did you mean it? (Baker-Silvers-Lyman) Re G-9086 WA-6971-2 There’s a rickety, rackety shack (Tobias-Turk) Re G-9086 BA-Re LONDON CINEMA ORGAN; refrain sung by JULIAN LESTER (Maurice Elwin). February 17, 1928. HR-1831-1 Forgive me (Yellen-Ager) Hom D-1238 HR-1832-1 The hours I spent with you (J. Young-S. Lewis-J. Little) Hom D-1237 HR-1833-1 Let me hold you in my arms (Gaskill) Hom D-1238 HR-1834-1 Are you thinking of me tonight (B. Davis-L. W. Gilbert-H. Akst) Hom D-1237 ADM-Hom 63 NAT STAR AND HIS DANCE ORCHESTRA, vocal chorus. Additional vocals by chorus (-1). B Studio, Hayes, Middlesex, February 21, 1928. HH-12743-1 Underneath the Wabash moon (Rose-Stamper-Grier) Hom D1229 HH-12744-1 Together, we two (Irving Berlin) Hom D1230 HH-12745-1-2 Diane (Rapee-Pollack) Hom D1231 HH-12746-1 I ain’t got nobody (and there’s nobody cares for me) (Graham-Williams) Hom D1231 HH-12747-1 I scream, you scream, we all scream for ice cream (Johnson-Moll-King) Hom D1229 (-1) BDBR, ADM-Hom, GCD BERT FIRMAN’S DANCE ORCHESTRA (on Zon 5097 and 5098 as THE RHYTHMIC EIGHT), vocal chorus. B Studio, Hayes, Middlesex, February 23, 1928. Yy-12758-1-2 I’ll be lonely (Dixon-Woods) Zon 5097 Yy-12759-1-2 What do we do on a dew-dew-dewy day? (Johnson-TobiasSherman) Zon 5100 Yy-12761-1-2 Evr’y little while (Steele-Heagney) Zon 5098 BDBR, DH, FA-Zon, JRR, GCD 64 BERT FIRMAN’S DANCE ORCHESTRA, vocal chorus. B Studio, Hayes, Middlesex, February 29, 1928. Yy-12790-1-2 When I ring your front door bell (Lyn-Wheeler-Snyder) Zon 5099 Yy-12794-1-2 I’m away from the world (Clare-Pollack) Zon 5099 BDBR, DH, FA-Zon, JRR, GCD RONNIE MUNRO AND HIS DANCE BAND (as the WEST END PLAYERS on Par R-3523; as the ARIEL DANCE ORCHESTRA on Ariel). London, March 1928. E-1790-2 Eastern dreams (Huntley Trevor-Sherman Myers) Par E-5985 E-1791-1 Ting-a-ling, the bells’ll ring (Irving Berlin) Par R-3523 E-1792-3 Why do you want to know why? (Irving Berlin) Par R-3523 E-1793-2 Burma girl (Anthony Picton) Par E-5985, Ar 4270 BDBR (inc. Suppl.), AB-Par, MGT-Ar (G. T.) PATTMAN, organ solo, with vocal chorus by THE RAMBLERS (Maurice Elwin, Bert d’Arcy, Hal Vidler, and Sydney Wilson). Astoria Theatre, London, March 1928. WA-7118-1 Tired hands (Piantadosi) Col 4848 WA-7121-1 Can’t you hear me say I love you? (Derickson-Brown) Col 4848 FA-Col NORAH BLANEY and THE RAMBLERS (Maurice Elwin, Bert d’Arcy, Hal Vidler, and Sydney Wilson), with orchestra. March 1928. WA-7133-1 Just like Darby and Joan (Leslie-Gilbert) Col 4862, Col 01170 (AU) WA-7134-1 Sweet Suzanne (Leslie-Gilbert) Col 4862, Col 01170 (AU) FA-Col 65 METROPOLE DANCE BAND, vocal refrain. London, c. March 6, 1928. M-21-1 Let a smile be your umbrella (Kahal-Wheeler-Fain) Met 1015 M-22-2 My blue heaven (Donaldson-Whiting) Met 1005 BDBR, MGT-Met METROPOLE HAVANA BAND (?Ronnie Munro and His Dance Orchestra), vocal refrain. London, c. March 7, 1928. M-25-1 Calling me home (from Lady Mary) (Chappell-Meyer-Sirmay) Met 1003 NOTE: Charles Hippisley-Cox identifies this band as Ronnie Munro’s (CHC). BDBR, MGT-Met, CHC MAURICE AND SYDNEY (Maurice Elwin and partner; George W. Byng dir.), duets with piano. B Studio, Hayes, Middlesex, March 12, 1928. Yy-13055-1-2 I’m gonna settle up (Osborne-McConnell). Zon 5093 Yy-13056-1-2-3 Are you happy? (Milton Ager) Zon 5093 NOTE: Clarke et al. have March 13, 1928 (GCD). FA-Zon, GCD 66 NAT STAR AND HIS DANCE ORCHESTRA with THE MELODY BOYS (a trio or quartet including Maurice Elwin). B Studio, Hayes, Middlesex, March 22, 1928. HH-13096-1 So tired (Little-Sizemore) Hom P-10001 HH-13097-1 When day is done (Katscher-de Sylva) Hom P-10001 HH-13098-1 Calling me home (Lee Wilfred) Hom P-10003 HH-13099-1 I’ll be lonely (Mort Dixon-Harry Woods) Hom P-10002 HH-13100-1 Singapore sorrows (LeSoir-Doll) Hom P-10002 HH-13101-1 If only I had you (Bertram-Davies) Hom P-10003 BDBR, ADM-Hom, GCD THE WEST END PLAYERS (Jack Harris dir.), vocal chorus. London, March 28, 1928. E-1808-2 Chirp-chirp! (from That’s a Good Girl) (I. Gershwin-J. Meyer-P. Charig) Par R3525 E-1809-1 Why should I feel lonely? (from Lady Mary) (Graham-CharigMeyer-Sirmay) Par R3521 BDBR, DH 67 TOMMY KINSMAN AND HIS LONDON FRIVOLITIES BAND, vocal chorus. B Studio, Hayes, Middlesex, March 29, 1928. HH-13133-2 What’ll you do? (Cohn-Miller) Hom D-1243 HH-13134-2 Mine — all mine (Ruby-Cowan-Stept) Hom D-1243 HH-13135-2 Tired hands (Piantadosi) Hom D-1244 HH-13136-2 One night in June (Nicholls-Mayerl) Hom D-1244 NOTE: Rust and Forbes omit to mention Maurice Elwin HH-13133 and HH-13134 (BDBR inc. Suppl.). Clarke et al. have only one take for each matrix (GCD). BDBR (inc. Suppl.), ADM-Hom, MGT, JDH, GCD JULIAN LESTER, baritone. B Studio, Hayes, Middlesex, March 29, 1928. HH-13137-1 Without you, sweetheart (B. de Sylva-L. Brown-R. Henderson) Hom D-1251 HH-13138-1 Worryin’ (G. Fairman) Hom D-1251 HH-13139-1 Just like Darby and Joan (Leslie-Gilbert) Hom D-1250 HH-13140-1 Bells of Hawaii (Heagney) Hom D-1250 ADM-Hom, GCD MAURICE AND SYDNEY (Maurice Elwin and Sydney Wilson; as TOPHAM AND TURNER on Ariel), duet, with piano. B Studio, Hayes, Middlesex, April 3, 1928. Yy-13147-1-2-3 Sing me to sleep with a twilight song (Leslie-Gilbert) Zon 5108 Yy-13148-1-2 Tea leaves (Carlton) Zon 5108, Ar 1092 FA-Zon, GCD, MGT-Ar, AGK 68 MAURICE ELWIN, baritone, with piano and guitar. B Studio, Hayes, Middlesex, April 17, 1928. Yy-13198-1-2-3-4 Love lies (Kellard-Clifford) Zon 5111 Yy-13199-1-2 Just like Darby and Joan (Leslie-Gilbert) Zon 5111 FA-Zon, GCD NAT STAR AND HIS DANCE ORCHESTRA with THE MELODY BOYS (a trio or quartet that almost certainly includes Maurice Elwin), vocal chorus. B Studio, Hayes, Middlesex, April 23, 1928. HH-13219-1 I’m going back to old Nebraska (Sissel-Revel) Hom P-10004 HH-13220-1 Plenty of sunshine (de Sylva-Brown-Henderson) Hom P-10004 HH-13221-1 Watching for a bluebird (Carlton) Hom P-10005 HH-13223-1 Are you lonesome tonight? (Roy Turk-Lou Handman) Hom P-10006 HH-13224-1 The man I love (Ira & George Gershwin) Hom P-10006 BDBR, GCD, CHC MAURICE KELVIN, baritone, with orchestra. London, April 26, 1928. E-1887-1 I’m afraid of you (Davis-Daley) Par E-6033, A-2658 E-1888-1-2 Just like Darby and Joan (Edgar Leslie-J. G. Gilbert) Par E-6021, Ar 4281, Ar Z-4566, Ar Z-4663 E-1889-1 I never dreamt (D. Parsons-Vivian Ellis) Par E-6021, Par A-2705 (AU) NOTE: Dick Hill mentions whistling (by ?Maurice Elwin) in this session, but it would have to be in E1887, if at all; it is not in the other titles. Hill does not mention take 2 of matrix E-1888 as having been recorded or issued (DH). Par, DH, AB-Par, JRR, MGT-Ar 69 LONDON CINEMA ORGAN, with refrain by JULIAN LESTER. April 27, 1928. HR-1875-1 Together (B. de Sylva-L. Brown-R. Henderson) Hom D-1264 HR-1876-1 Send for me (I. Bibo-H. Johnson) Hom D-1274 HR-1877-1 I never dreamt (you’d fall in love with me) (D. Parsons-V. Ellis) Hom D-1274 HR-1878-1 Cherie (Chanson bleu) (V. Valentine) Hom D-1264 ADM-Hom THE RHYTHMIC EIGHT, conducted by BERT FIRMAN (as BERT FIRMAN’S DANCE ORCHESTRA on Zon 5131; as the ARIEL DANCE ORCHESTRA on Ariel), vocal chorus. B Studio, Hayes, Middlesex, May 7, 1928. Yy-13271-1-2 In the evening (Hanley-Dowling) Zon 5130, Ar 1104 Yy-13272-1-2 After my laughter came tears (Tobias-Turk) Zon 5130 Yy-13273-1-2 Together (de Sylva-Brown-Henderson) Zon 5129, Ar 1103 Yy-13274-1-2 Dream kisses (Yellen-Jerome) Zon 5131 Yy-13275-1-2 Firefly (Nicholls-Leslie) Zon 5131, Ar 1103 NOTE: Clarke et al. have Yy-13272-2 as the issued take (GCD), but Nick Dellow reports Yy-13272-1. BDBR, DH, FA-Zon, GCD, MGT-Ar, AGK TOMMY KINSMAN AND HIS LONDON FRIVOLITIES BAND, vocal chorus. B Studio, Hayes, Middlesex, May 8, 1928. HH-13278-1-2 Stay out of the south! (Dixon) Hom D-1255 HH-13279-2 I want to be alone with Mary Brown (E. Leslie-J. G. Gilbert) Hom D-1256 HH-13280-2 Down by the old oak tree (J. G. Gilbert-E. Leslie) Hom D-1256 NOTE: For HH-13279 and HH-13280, Clarke et al. have only take 1 (GCD). BDBR, ADM-Hom, GCD 70 MAURICE ELWIN, baritone, with piano and guitar. B Studio, Hayes, Middlesex, May 11, 1928. Yy-13302-1-2 Mistakes (Lynton) Zon 5139 Yy-13303-1-2-3 Just a little fond affection (Nicholls) Zon 5139 FA-Zon, GCD MAURICE AND SYDNEY (Maurice Elwin and Sydney Wilson), duet, with piano and guitar. B Studio, Hayes, Middlesex, May 11, 1928. Yy-13304-1-2 How long has this been going on? (Davis-Wendling) Zon 5127 Yy-13305-1-2 Without you, sweetheart (de Sylva-Brown-Henderson) Zon 5127 FA-Zon, GCD, AGK HARRY BIDGOOD AND HIS BROADCASTERS, vocal refrain. London, May 16, 1928. Z-461-1 There must be somebody else (Archie Gottler-Sidney Clare-Maceo Pinkard) Bcst 255 Z-462-2 Where the cot-cot-cotton grows (LeSoir-Doll-Klein) Bcst 264 Z-463-1 The hours I spent with you (Sam Lewis-Joe Young-Jack Little) Bcst 253 S-? There must be somebody else Little Marvel 1163, Fairy 1163 BDBR, VR, MGT-Bcst, MGT-LittleMarvel, ML 71 MAURICE ELWIN, baritone, with cinema organ (Charles W. Saxby). Kensington Cinema, London, July 19, 1928. YR-1950-1-1A-2-3 Ol’ man river (from Show Boat) (Kern-O. Hammerstein II) Zon 5175, Sal FZ880 YR-1951-1-2 Worryin’ (Fairman) Zon 5175 FA-Zon, GCD THE RHYTHMIC EIGHT (John Firman dir.), vocal refrain. B Studio, Hayes, Middlesex, August 29, 1928. Yy-14409-1-2 I think of what you used to think of me (TurkHanley-Lyman) Zon 5200 Yy-14410-1-2 The best things in life are free (de Sylva-BrownHenderson) Zon 5218, Sal FZ-964 Yy-14411-1-2 Saskatchewan (Gilbert-Leslie) Zon 5199, Zon EE-126 (AU) Yy-14412-1-2 I found sunshine in your smile (Gilbert-Leslie) Zon 5199 Yy-14413-1-2 Always the same sweet pal (Weinberg-Stone) Zon 5198 BDBR, DH, FA-Zon, JRR, GCD ARCADIANS DANCE ORCHESTRA (John Firman dir.), vocal refrain. B Studio, Hayes, Middlesex, August 31, 1928. Yy-14425-1-2 Bluebird, sing me a song (Davis-Hanley) Zon 5201 Yy-14426-1-2 Nicolette (Batten) Zon 5201 BDBR, FA-Zon, GCD 78 MAURICE ELWIN, baritone, with piano, violin, and vibraphone. September 7, 1928. Yy-14468-1-2 Always the same sweet pal (Weinberg-Stone) Zon 5190 (inc. AU) Yy-14469-1-2 There’s something about a rose (Fain) Zon 5190 (inc. AU) NOTE: Clarke et al. have “xylophone,” but the instrument concerned is definitely a vibraphone; he seems to have reversed the percussion instruments for this session and the next. Clarke et al. incorrectly have Zon 5199 (GCD). FA-Zon, GCD MAURICE AND SYDNEY (Maurice Elwin and Sydney Wilson), duet, with piano and xylophone. B Studio, Hayes, Middlesex, September 7, 1928. Yy-14470-1-2 Stay out of the South (Dixon) Zon 5209, Zon EE-142 (AU) Yy-14471-1-2 That’s my weakness now (Green-Stept) Zon 5209 NOTE: Clarke et al. have “vibraphone,” but it is a xylophone; they seem to have reversed the percussion instruments for this session and the previous one (GCD). FA-Zon, GCD, AGK ARCADIANS DANCE ORCHESTRA (John Firman dir.), vocal refrain. Kensington Cinema, London, September 11, 1928. YR-1991-1-2 That’s my weakness now (Green-Stept) Zon 5202, Sal FZ-887 BDBR, DH, FA-Zon, JRR, GCD 79 CECIL AND VIVIAN MAURICE (Maurice Elwin and Vivien Lambelet), vocal duet (-1); NOEL FORDHAM (Maurice Elwin), tenor [sic] (-2). C. September 17, 1928. E-2056-1 A room with a view (from This Year of Grace) (Noel Coward) Par E-6077 (-1) E-2057-2 Together (De Sylva-Brown-Henderson) Par E-6077, Ar 4298 (-1) E-2058-2 Why am I blue? Par E-6079, Ar 4295 (-2) E-2059-2 Rosalie Par E-6079 (-2) Par, AB-Par, MGT-Ar, ML Ronnie Munro and His Dance Orchestra (as the COMEDY DANCE ORCHESTRA; as the MERTON ORCHESTRA on Par E-6081; as the ARIEL DANCE ORCHESTRA on Ariel). Vocal duets with Vivien Lambelet. London, September 17, 1928. E-2061-1-2 A room with a view (Noel Coward) Par E-6075, Ar 4328 E-2063-1 Together (de Sylva-Brown-Henderson) Par E-6081 E-2064-1 Why do I love you? (Oscar Hammerstein II-Jerome Kern) Par E-6075 NOTE: Badrock has E-2064-2 as the issued take (AB-Par). BDBR, AB-Par, MGT-Ar 80 JACK HANES, baritone, with instrumental trio. September 1928. E-2065-2 The grass grows greener way down home (YellenDougherty) Par E-6102, Par A-2644 (AU), Ar 4321 E-2066-2 In my bouquet of memories (Lewis-Young-Akst) Par E-6089, Ar 4307 E-2067-2 Just across the street from heaven (C. Newman-H. Harris-L. Shay) Par E-6102 E-2068-2 Bluebird, sing me a song (B. Davis-J. Hanley) Par E-6091, Par A-2644 (AU) NOTE: Hayes and Carpenter mention pianist Raie da Costa in connection with Elwin’s “Jack Hanes” persona (1980b, 32). John Watson has aurally identified her playing in this session. Par, AB-Par, MGT-Ar, JW, AGK THE RHYTHMIC EIGHT (John Firman dir.), vocal refrain. B Studio, Hayes, Middlesex, September 20, 1928. Yy-14516-1-2 She’s a great great girl (Woods) Zon 5217 Yy-14518-1-2-3 Didn’t I tell you? (Rose-Monaco) Zon 5219, Sal FZ-893 Yy-14519-1-2 Was it a dream? (Coslow-Spier-Britt) Zon 5219, Sal FZ-924 Yy-14520-1-2 Half way to heaven (Robinson-Dubin) Zon 5218, Sal FZ-924 BDBR, DH, FA-Zon, JRR, GCD MAURICE ELWIN, baritone, with harmonized refrain and piano. B Studio, Hayes, Middlesex, September 25, 1928. Yy-14548-1-2-3 My inspiration is you (Nicholls) Zon 5196 Yy-14549-1-2 A kiss before the dawn (Perkins) Zon 5196 FA-Zon, GCD 81 JOHN CURTIS. c. October 1928. E-2150-1 Daybreak (Harry Tilsley-Tolchard Evans) Par E-3593 E-2151-1 Sleepy town (Tilsley-Evans) Par E-3592 E-2152-1 Love’s old sweet story (Wallace-Tilsley) Par E-3593 E-2153-1 Minnetonka Par E-3592 NOTE: Jerry King’s original research revealed the matrix numbers for these recordings and thereby an approximate date. Par MAURICE AND SYDNEY (Maurice Elwin and Sydney Wilson), duets, with piano. B Studio, Hayes, Middlesex, October 2, 1928. Yy-14567-1-2 Sing-song girl of old Shanghai (Horatio Nicholls) Zon 5230 Yy-14568-1-2 Anything to make you happy (Valentine) Zon 5230, Zon EE-142 (AU) Yy-14569-1-2 What a wonderful wedding that will be (Fain) Zon 5210 Yy-14570-1-2 Who wouldn’t be blue (Burke) Zon 5210 FA-Zon, GCD 82 MAURICE ELWIN, baritone, with orchestra (John Firman dir.); with harmonized refrain and orchestra (-1). B Studio, Hayes, Middlesex, October 10, 1928. Yy-14583-1-2 Don’t keep me in the dark, bright eyes (Pete Wendling-Alf Bryan) Zon 5243 Yy-14584-1-2 The first kiss (A. Dubin-Robinson) Zon 5243 Yy-14585-1-2 Louisiana (Razaf-Schafer-Johnson) Zon 5206, Sal FZ-927 (-1) Yy-14586-1-2 Tell me you’re sorry (Davis-Burke) Zon 5206, Sal FZ-927 (-1) FA-Zon, JRR, GCD ARCADIANS DANCE ORCHESTRA (John Firman dir.), vocal refrain. Kensington Cinema, London, October 11, 1928. YR-2227-1-2-3 Little mother (Rapee) Zon 5232, Zon EE-141 (AU) YR-2228-1-2 Just another night (Donaldson) Zon 5232, HMV AG-476 (ES) YR-2229-1-2 Fascinating eyes (Snyder) Zon 5249, HMV AG-472 (ES) YR-2230-1-2 Wistfully (Newman) Zon 5233 NOTE: Rust & Forbes and Hill have YR-2227-3 as the issued take (BDBR; DH); Andrews and Clarke et al. have -2 (FA-Zon; GCD), and I have -2 in my collection; perhaps both were issued. BDBR, DH, FA-Zon, GCD, AGK 83 THE RHYTHMIC EIGHT (John Firman dir.), with harmonized refrain. Vocal trio of Maurice Elwin, Arthur Lally, and Johnny Helfer. B Studio, Hayes, Middlesex, October 17, 1928. Yy-14598-1-2 Tokio (Condor-Milne-Silver) Zon 5235, Sal FZ-938 Yy-14599-1-2 Sweet ukulele maid (Campbell-Connelly) Zon 5235, HMV AG-476 (ES), Sal FZ-950 Yy-14600-2 Because my baby don’t mean “maybe” now (Donaldson) Zon 5236, Sal FZ-946 Yy-14801-1-2 Slow music (Lax-Craig) Zon 5233, Sal FZ-950 NOTE: Andrews incorrectly attributes Zon 5235 and 5236 to the ARCADIANS DANCE ORCHESTRA (FA-Zon). BDBR, DH, FA-Zon, JRR, GCD NORMAN BLAIR, baritone, with orchestra. B Studio, Hayes, Middlesex, October 30, 1928. Yy-14859-1-2 Come on along with the blue bird (Fain) Zon 5226 Yy-14860-1-2-3 The magic violin (Leslie-Nicholls) Zon 5225 Yy-14861-1-2 Chloe (Kahn-Moret) Zon 5226 Yy-14862-1-2 My Yiddishe momme (Yellen-Pollack) Zon 5225 FA-Zon, GCD 84 NAT STAR AND HIS DANCE ORCHESTRA. Vocals by Maurice Elwin and two others. London, November 6, 1928. PL-906 In old Vienna (E. Leslie-H. Nicholls) Hom P10010 PL-907 I found sunshine in your smile (E. Leslie-J. G. Gilbert) Hom P10010 PL-909 Just like a melody out of the sky (W. Donaldson) Hom P10011 PL-910 Roll away, clouds (J. Waller-J. Tunbridge) Hom P10012 PL-911 Dreams of yesterday (D. Furber-R. P. Weston-B. Lee-J. Waller-J. A. Tunbridge) Hom P10012 BDBR, ADM-Hom TOMMY KINSMAN AND HIS LONDON FRIVOLITIES BAND, vocal chorus. London, c. November 6, 1928. BL-914-2 That’s my weakness now (Green-Stept) Hom D-1276 BL-915-2 Was it a dream? (S. Coslow-L. Spier-A. Britt) Hom D-1276 BL-916 Laugh, clown, laugh (T. Fiorito-S. Lewis-J. Young) Hom D-1277 BL-917 Get out and get under the moon (Shay-Tobias) Hom D-1277 BDBR (inc. Suppl.), ADM-Hom 85 THE RHYTHMIC EIGHT (John Firman dir.), vocal refrain. B Studio, Hayes, Middlesex, November 9, 1928. Yy-14914-1-2 Oh! You have no idea (Dougherty) Zon 5234, Sal FZ-893 Yy-14915-1-2 What a wonderful wedding that will be (Fain) Zon 5269 Yy-14916-1-2 A kiss before the dawn (Perkins) Zon 5234 NOTE: Rust incorrectly identifies Elwin in Yy-14917 (“Dusky stevedore”) (JRR), when in fact it has no vocal. BDBR, FA-Zon, JRR, GCD CECIL AND VIVIAN MAURICE (?Maurice Elwin and ?Vivien Lambelet), with orchestra. November 1928. E-2171 Sing song girl of old Shanghai Par E-6105 E-2172-2 Just a night for meditation Par E-6105 Par, AB-Par Ronnie Munro and His Dance Orchestra as the PARLOPHONE VARIETY COMPANY (as the ARIEL CONCERT PARTY on Ariel). London, November 12, 1928. E-2178-2 “So tired” (Jack Little-Arthur Sizemore) (in “Dance and song medley — part 3”; “Footlight favourites, part 1” on Ariel) Par E6108, Ar 4320 E-2179-2 “Little mother” (Erno Rapee-Lew Pollack) (in “Dance and song medley — part 2”) Par E6107 NOTE: “Little mother” incorrectly assigned to Cavan O’Connor in Rust and Forbes (BDBR). Par, BDBR, AB-Par, MGT-Ar 86 THE RHYTHMIC EIGHT (John Firman dir.), vocal refrain. B Studio, Hayes, Middlesex, November 15, 1928. Yy-14938-1-2 My angel (Rapee-Pollack) Zon 5253, Sal FZ-895 Yy-14939-1-2 All by yourself in the moonlight (Wallis) Zon 5253, Zon EE-141 (AU) Yy-14940-1-2-3 Fascinatin’ vamp (Nussbaum) Zon 5252, Sal FZ-949 NOTE: Rust and Forbes have November 12, 1928 (BDBR). BDBR, FA-Zon, JRR, GCD NORMAN BLAIR (as MAURICE ELWIN on Zon 5228), baritone, with orchestra. A Studio, Hayes, Middlesex, November 19, 1928. Yy-14953-1-2 The song of Shiraz (Coleman) Zon 5259 Yy-14954-1-2 Rock-a-bye baby (Nicholls) Zon 5228 Yy-14955-1-2-3-4 Couldn’t you have waited (Mitchell) Zon 5259 Yy-14956-1-2 I can’t give you anything but love (McHugh) Zon 5228 FA-Zon, GCD ARCADIANS DANCE ORCHESTRA (John Firman dir.), vocal refrain. Kingsway Hall, London, November 21, 1928. Yy-15019-1-2-3 Out of the dawn (Donaldson) Zon 5250, Sal FZ-940 Yy-15020-1-2 Dream river (Brown) Zon 5250 Yy-15021-1-2 Our canary (Butler-Flynne) Zon 5251 Yy-15022-1-2 Dreaming of to-morrow (Pola-Cardew) Zon 5251 Yy-15023-1-2 Just a night for meditation (Young-Pollack) Zon 5272, Sal FZ-986 BDBR, FA-Zon, JRR, GCD 87 Nat Star and His Dance Orchestra as KEMBLE HOWARD’S DANCE ORCHESTRA (as RADNOR’S MERRYMAKERS on Sterno). London, January 16, 1929. BL-950-1 Shout hallelujah! ’cause I’m home (H. Dixon) Hom D-1294 BL-951-1; S-51 Glad rag doll (Yellen-Ager-Dougherty) Hom D-1294, St 131 BL-952-1 Japansy (A. Bryan-J. Klenner) Hom D-1295 BL-954-1 Old man sunshine (M. Dixon-H. Warren) Hom D-1296 BL-955-1 In my bouquet of memories (S. M. Lewis-J. Young-H. Akst) Hom D-1296 NOTE: My own copy of St 131 has the cryptic matrix number “B4851” on the label, with “B48+51” inscribed on the shellac. BDBR (inc. Suppl.), ADM-Hom, MGT-St, AGK MAURICE ELWIN and Partner. Small Queen’s Hall, London, January 17, 1929. Bb-15563-1-2 Forever (Ager) HMV test GCD ARCADIANS DANCE ORCHESTRA (John Firman dir.), vocal refrain. Kingsway Hall, London, January 22, 1929. Yy-15099-1-2-3 I must be dreaming (Flaherty-Sherman-Dubin) Zon 5308 Yy-15100-1-2 Somewhere in Hawaii (Nelson-Pease) Zon 5308 Yy-15101-1-2 Counting the hours (Stampa-David) Zon 5309 Yy-15102-1-2 That old-time organ melody (Carlton-Blair) Zon 5291 BDBR, DH, FA-Zon, GCD 94 MAURICE ELWIN, baritone, with orchestra (John Firman dir.). A Studio, Hayes, Middlesex, January 25, 1929. Yy-15394-3-4 Forever (Ager-Yellen) Zon 5284 FA-Zon, GCD MAURICE ELWIN and partner, with piano. A Studio, Hayes, Middlesex, January 31, 1929. Bb-15704-1-2 That’s her now (Ager) HMV test Bb-15705-1-2 Together HMV test GCD Maurice Elwin and Sydney Wilson as DALE AND GALE, duet, with piano (-1); Maurice Elwin as JACK DALE, baritone, with piano (-2). C. February 1929. 1645-2 Let’s dream a little longer Pic 249 (-1) 1646 Why? Pic 249 (-1) 1647 Daybreak (Tilsley-Evans) Pic 216 (-1) 1649 Chiquita (Gilbert-Wayne) Pic 247 (-1) 1650-2 Jeannine (I dream of lilac time) (Gilbert-Shilkret) Pic 247 (-1) 1651 Sonny boy (film Singing Fool) (Jolson-de Sylva) Pic 216 (-2) MGT-Pic 95 JULIAN LESTER, baritone (as LESLIE ASTOR on St 124), accompanied by Tooker’s Novelty Band. C. February 1929. BL-962 Old man sunshine (M. Dixon-H. Warren) Hom D-1301 BL-? Daybreak (H. Tilsley-T. Evans) Hom D-1302 BL-964; S-39 For old times’ sake (B. de Sylva-L. Brown-R. Henderson) Hom D-1302, St 124 BL-?; S-40 There’s a rainbow round my shoulder (Jolson-RoseDreyer) Hom D-1301, St 124 ADM-Hom, ML Nat Star and His Dance Orchestra as EUGENE BROCKMAN’S DANCE ORCHESTRA. London, February 1, 1929. BL-976-1 Carolina moon (Davis-Burke) Hom D-1308 BL-978-1 Forever (Yellen-Ager) Hom D-1308 NOTE: The listing above represents how Rust & Forbes and Dean-Myatt describe Hom D-1308 (BDBR; ADM-Hom). I have in my possession, however, a copy of D-1308 with different matrices entirely, on which topic see below at the February 28, 1929 Homochord session. Either the earlier sources are wrong, or there exist two rather different versions of Hom D-1308. Rust and Forbes suggest that there were other titles recorded at this session (BDBR). BDBR, ADM-Hom, AGK THE RHYTHMIC EIGHT (John Firman dir.), vocal refrain. A Studio, Hayes, Middlesex, February 7, 1929. Yy-15743-1-2 I’m crazy over you (Sherman-Lewis) Zon 5304 Yy-15744-1-2 Avalon Town (Brown-Clarke) Zon 5304 BDBR, FA-Zon, GCD 96 MAURICE ELWIN (NORMAN BLAIR on Zon 5296), baritone, with orchestra (John Firman dir.). A Studio, Hayes, Middlesex, February 15, 1929. Yy-15788-1-2-3 Sweet music (Meskill-Hoffman-Wendling) Zon 5301 Yy-15789-1-2 Bye and bye, sweetheart (Valentine-Ford-Yellen) Zon 5314 Yy-15790-1-2 Broken promises (Howard Flynn) Zon 5314 Yy-15791-1-2 All of the time (Woods) Zon 5301 Yy-15792-1-2 Mia bella rosa (Koehler-Magine) Zon 5296 Yy-15793-1-2 When you’ve gone (Heymann-Popper) Zon 5296 NOTE: Only Rust has February 1, 1929 (JRR). Clarke et al. have Yy-15792-1 as the issued take (GCD). FA-Zon, DH, JRR, GCD 97 MAURICE AND SYDNEY (Maurice Elwin and Sydney Wilson), duet, with orchestra (John Firman dir.). A Studio, Hayes, Middlesex, February 19, 1929. Yy-16008-1-2 Sleep, baby, sleep (Tucker-Schuster) Zon 5298 Yy-16009-1-2 You wanted someone to play with (McConnell-OsborneCapano-Morris) Zon 5317 Yy-16010-1-2-3 That’s her now (Milton Ager) Zon 5317 Yy-16011-1-2 Me and the man in the moon (Monaco-Leslie) Zon 5299 NOTE: Terry Brown identifies Sydney Wilson as the “Sydney” in question (Facebook comment, March 18, 2021, on Nick Dellow, “My latest YouTube video: Maurice Elwin and Sydney Wilson sing ‘Sleep, Baby, Sleep’, featuring Sylvester Ahola and Arthur Lally in a short but very hot instrumental interlude,” Facebook, March 17, 2021. https://www.facebook.com/groups/282519584859/posts/10159082278879860/). DH, FA-Zon, JRR, GCD NORMAN BLAIR, baritone, with orchestra (John Firman dir.). A Studio, Hayes, Middlesex, February 19, 1929. Yy-16012-1-2 King for a day (Lewis-Young-Fiorito) Zon 5295 Yy-16013-1-2 There’s a rainbow round my shoulder (Jolson-Rose-Dreyer) Zon 5295 NOTE: Hill has Yy-16013-2 as the issued take (DH). DH, FA-Zon, GCD 98 Nat Star and His Dance Orchestra as KEMBLE HOWARD’S DANCE ORCHESTRA (as EUGENE BROCKMAN’S DANCE ORCHESTRA on Hom D-1315), vocal chorus. February 21, 1929. BL-1006-2 I ain’t never been kissed (Gilbert-Leslie) Hom D-1320 BL-1007-2 Up the river (Gilbert-Leslie) Hom D-1320 BL-1008-1 Mia bella rosa (T. Koehler-F. Magine) Hom D-1305 BL-1009-1 Toy Town admiral (P. Andrews) Hom D-1315 BL-1010-1 It goes like this (I. Caesar-C. Friend) Hom D-1303 NOTE: Rust and Forbes note that, at this session, “Feminine company” may have been recorded, but it was never issued (BDBR). BDBR, ADM-Hom ARCADIANS DANCE ORCHESTRA (John Firman dir.). Kingsway Hall, London, February 22, 1929. Yy-15135-1-2 I’m thirsty for kisses, hungry for love (Davis-Coots) Zon 5343 Yy-15136-1-2 Sing me a song of the South (Price-Silver) Zon 5343 Yy-15137-1-2-3 Up the river (E. Leslie-J. G. Gilbert) Zon 5328 Yy-15138-1-2 I ain’t never been kissed (E. Leslie-J. G. Gilbert) Zon 5328 BDBR, DH, FA-Zon, JRR, GCD 99 Nat Star and His Dance Orchestra as EUGENE BROCKMAN’S DANCE ORCHESTRA (as KEMBLE HOWARD’S DANCE ORCHESTRA on Hom D-1304). With additional vocals by chorus (-1). London, February 26, 1929. BL-1012-1 Nagasaki (M. Dixon-H. Warren) Hom D1321 BL-1013-1 I’m crazy over you (A. Sherman-S. Lewis) Hom D1304 BL-1014-1 Underneath the blue (E. Pola-A. Noakes-J. Campbnell-R. Connelly) Hom D1304 BL-1015-1 That’s her now (J. Yellen-M. Ager) Hom D1309 BL-1016-1 Misery farm (C. J. Wallis) Hom D1315 (-1) BL-1017-1 If I had you (J. Campbell-R. Connelly-T. Shapiro) Hom D1306 BDBR (inc. Suppl.), ADM-Hom 100 Nat Star and His Dance Orchestra as EUGENE BROCKMAN’S DANCE ORCHESTRA (as KEMBLE HOWARD’S DANCE ORCHESTRA on Hom D-1305), vocal chorus. London, February 28, 1929. BL-1018-2 Good little, bad little you (Green-Stept) Hom D-1321 BL-1019-2 Half-way to heaven (Dubin-Robinson) Hom D-1305 BL-1020 Forever (Yellen-Ager) Hom D-1308 BL-1021-1 Shinaniki Da (H. Carlton) Hom D-1309 BL-1022-1 I kiss your hand, Madame (F. Rotter-S. Lewis-J. Young-R. Erwin) Hom D-1306 NOTE: The listing for the February 1, 1929 Homochord session conforms to the Rust & Forbes and Dean-Myatt’s description of Hom D-1308 (BDBR; ADM-Hom). My own copy, however, has the matrix BL-1020 for “Forever” and BL-1023 for “Carolina moon”, and the latter title lacks a vocal refrain. BDBR, ADM-Hom, AGK TOMMY KINSMAN AND HIS LONDON FRIVOLITIES BAND. London, February-March, 1929. BL-973-1 Then came the dawn (A. Dubin-H. Warren) Hom D-1322 BDBR, ADM-Hom 101 ERIC SIMS, vocal, with orchestral accompaniment. February-March 1929. 1158-3 The garden where my dreams came true (Simon-Sims*) Dn A-84 1159-2 Sweetheart of all my dreams (Fitch-Lowe) Dn A-84 NOTE: Elwin’s voice aurally confirmed. *The music’s composer is “Jack Sims.” Elwin often composed and sang under the pseudonym “Al Sims,” and on occasion (as here) sang under the name “Eric Sims.” I do not know yet if Elwin composed the music for this song, but it is quite possible. AB-Dn, MGT-Dn DALE AND GALE (Maurice Elwin and partner), duet, with piano. February-March 1929. 1704 I must be dreaming Pic 248 1705-2 A dicky bird told me so (Gilbert-Maude-Bourne) Pic 227 1706 Bye and bye, sweetheart (Yellen-Valentine-Ford) Pic 246 1707-2 Girl of my dreams (Clapp) Pic 246 1708 Sally of my dreams Pic 248 1709-2 In the lane of sweet dreams (Stephen-Lockwood) Pic 227 MGT-Pic 102 JULIAN LESTER, baritone. C. March 1929. ?Just plain folk (E. Leslie-J. G. Gilbert) Hom D1326 ?Up the river (E. Leslie-J. G. Gilbert) Hom D1326 ?In a garden where my dreams came true (J. Sims*-S. J. Simon) Hom D1327 ?That’s what put the sweet in “home sweet home”(E. Lowry-M. Gordon-C. Newman) Hom D1327 NOTE: *The music’s composer is “Jack Sims.” Elwin often composed and sang under the pseudonym “Al Sims,” and on occasion sang under the name “Eric Sims.” I do not know yet if Elwin composed the music for this song, but it is possible. ADM-Hom, ML 103 MacPHAIL BLAIR, baritone, in Gaelic, with piano (Gerald Moore). Small Queen’s Hall, London, April 10, 1929. Yy-16100-3-4 O till a leannain (Oh, come back, my darling) (Moffatt) Zon 5330, RZ T-5330 NOTE: Elwin would claim that “O till a leannain” was his best recording “[f]rom an artistic point of view” (“The Best Record I Have Made — and Why,” Gramophone, December 1935, 275). Clarke et al. have A Studio, Hayes, Middlesex as the location (GCD). FA-Zon, SVD, GCD MAURICE ELWIN (NORMAN BLAIR on Zon 5339), baritone, with orchestra (John Firman dir.). A Studio, Hayes, Middlesex, April 16, 1929. Yy-16428-1-2 There’s happiness ahead (O’Flynn-Burns) Zon 5335 Yy-16429-1-2 Fooling me (Devine-van Dyke) Zon 5335 Yy-16430-1-2 Madelaine (Greenberg-Johns) Zon rejected Yy-16431-1-2 When the roll is called up yonder (Read-Johns*) Zon 5339 NOTE: *“Read-Johns” (FA-Zon); “Reed-Jones” (GCD). DH, FA-Zon, JRR, GCD THE RHYTHMIC EIGHT (John Firman dir.), vocal refrain. A Studio, Hayes, Middlesex, April 17, 1929. Yy-16436-1-2 Sitting on the garden gate (Lewis) Zon 5363 Yy-16437-1-2 I must have that man (D. Fields-J. McHugh) Zon 5347 Yy-16438-1-2 I’m on my way south (Brandt-Pola) Zon 5363 BDBR, DH, FA-Zon, JRR, GCD 110 ZONOPHONE LIGHT OPERA COMPANY, solo and chorus, with orchestra. Additional vocals by chorus (-1); with ensemble (-2). April 18, 1929. Zz-16368-1-2-2A “When I, good friends, was call’d to the bar” (in “Vocal gems from Trial by Jury, part 1”) (-1) (Gilbert-Sullivan) Zon A363 Zz-16369-1-1A-2 “Oh, never, never, never, since I joined the human race,” (-1) “A nice dilemma we have here,” (-2) and “Oh, joy unbounded, with wealth surrounded” (-2) (in “Vocal gems from Trial by Jury, part 2”) (Gilbert-Sullivan) Zon A363 FA-Zon, GCD Nat Star and His Dance Orchestra (as KEMBLE HOWARD’S DANCE ORCHESTRA), vocal chorus. With additional vocals by chorus (-1). London, April 25, 1929. BL-1091-1 Ever so goosey (Butler-Wallace) Hom D-1344 (-1) BL-1092-1 Hello, sunshine, hello (Tobias-Murray-Tobias) Hom D-1344 BDBR, ADM-Hom ARCADIANS DANCE ORCHESTRA (John Firman dir.), vocal refrain. Kingsway Hall, London, April 30, 1929. Yy-16614-1-2 It’s a million to one you’re far from home (Dave Sonn) Zon 5365 Yy-16615-1-2-3 She’s funny that way (Whiting-Moret) Zon 5364 Yy-16617-1-2-3 There’s a four-leaf clover in my pocket (P. Wendling) Zon 5364 BDBR, DH, FA-Zon, JRR, GCD 111 WILSON AND WALLER (Maurice Elwin and Eddie Collis; as HAMPTON AND SMART on Ariel), vocal duet, with piano. May 1929. E-2462-2 Do something Par E-6177, Ar 4408 E-2463-2 You can’t take my memories from me Par E-6177, Ar 4410 AB-Par, MGT-Ar HERMAN DAREWSKI AND HIS FAMOUS MELODY BAND (as the ARIEL DANCE ORCHESTRA on Ariel), vocal chorus. London, early May 1929. E-2450-2 Half-way to heaven (Dubin-Robinson) Par E-6170, Ar 4407 E-2451-2 Always the same sweet pal (C. Weinberg-B. Stone) Par E-6170, Ar 4406 E-2452-2 The heart of the sunset (J. Frederick-H. Nicholls) Par E-6169, Ar 4405 E-2453-2 I’m wishing by the wishing well (Frank Mack-Ray Vincent) Par E-6169, Ar 4406 BDBR, MGT-Ar ARCADIANS DANCE ORCHESTRA (John Firman dir.), vocal refrain. Kingsway Hall, London, May 7, 1929. Yy-16622-1-2 Wedding bells (Fain-Kahal-Raskin) Zon 5384 Yy-16624-1-2 In the heart of the sunset (Nicholls-Carlton) Zon 5362 BDBR, FA-Zon, JRR, GCD 112 NORMAN BLAIR (MAURICE ELWIN on Zon 5353), baritone, with orchestra (John Firman dir.). A Studio, Hayes, Middlesex, May 14, 1929. Yy-16430-3-4 Madelaine (Greenberg-Johns) Zon 5339 Yy-16487-1-2 You were meant for me (Freed-Brown) Zon 5353 Yy-16488-1-2 Broadway melody (Freed-Brown) Zon rejected Yy-16489-1-2 In the heart of the sunset (Nicholls) Zon 5352 Yy-16490-1-2 When little children smile (Leslie-Gilbert) Zon rejected DH, FA-Zon, GCD Ronnie Munro and His Dance Orchestra as JOCK McPHERSON’S MELODY BOYS (as WILL PERRY’S ORCHESTRA on Par E-6167; as the ARIEL DANCE ORCHESTRA on Ariel), vocal chorus. Maida Vale, London, May 21, 1929. E-2478-2 “The Campbells are coming” and “Ha, ha, the wooin’ o’t (in “The highland medley”) (Beaton-Stephen) Par E-6172, Par F3251, Par A-2847 (AU) E-2479-2 “The boatie rows” (in “The Rob Roy medley”) (BeatonStephen) Par E-6172, Par F3251, Par A-2847 (AU) E-2480-1 You were meant for me (film The Broadway Melody) (Freed-Brown) Par E-6167, Ar 4403 E-2481-2 Broadway melody (film The Broadway Melody) (FreedBrown) Par E-6167, Ar 4403 Par, BDBR, AB-Par, SVD, MGT-Ar 113 NAT STAR AND HIS DANCE ORCHESTRA. London, May 23, 1929. BL-1129-1 Coquette (C. Lombrade-J. Green-G. Kahn) Hom D-1365 BL-1131-1 Where the shy little violets grow (G. Kahn-H. Warren) Hom D-1365 BDBR, ADM-Hom AL SIMS, the intimate baritone, and his Steinway. Late May 1929. BL-1133-1 Coquette (C. Lombardo-J. Green-G. Kahn) Hom D-1373 ADM-Hom JULIAN LESTER, baritone. Late May 1929. BL-1134 My Irish paradise (H. Tilsley-T. Evans) Hom D-1364 BL-1135 The Broadway melody (A. Freed-N. H. Brown) Hom D-1363 BL-1136 You were meant for me (A. Freed-N. H. Brown) Hom D-1363 ADM-Hom AL SIMS, the intimate baritone, and his Steinway. June 1929. BL-1148-1 My mother’s eyes (L. W. Gilbert-A. Baer) Hom D-1373 ADM-Hom AL SIMS, the intimate baritone, and his Steinway. June 1929. BL-? My ideal (E. Leslie-H. Nicholls) Hom D-1388 BL-? There’s the one for me (J. Yellen-H. Akst) Hom D-1388 ADM-Hom, ML 114 MAURICE ELWIN (NORMAN BLAIR on Zon 5352), baritone, with orchestra (John Firman dir.). A Studio, Hayes, Middlesex, June 5, 1929. Yy-16488-3-4 Broadway melody (Freed-Brown) Zon 5353 Yy-16490-3-4 When little children smile (Leslie-Gilbert) Zon 5352 Yy-16573-1-2 Little baby curls (Johnson-King-Greir) Zon 5354 Yy-16574-1-2 My ideal (Nicholls-Leslie) Zon 5354, Zon EE174 (AU) Yy-16575-1-2 Lady divine (film Divine Lady) (Kountz-Shilkret) Zon 5375 Yy-16576-1-2 I’ve never seen a smile like yours (film The Perfect Alibi) (Johnson-Frazier) Zon 5375, Zon EE172 (AU) DH, FA-Zon, GCD MAX WINN, light vocalist, with piano accompaniment. June 6, 1929. MB-215-1-2-3 Take your to-morrow and leave me to-day (Johnson) Dec M-41 MB-216-1-2 Your love is all (Zamecnik) Dec M-41 MS-K NAT STAR AND HIS DANCE ORCHESTRA. London, June 12, 1929. BL-1149-1 A precious little thing called love (L. Davis-F. Coote) Hom D-1399 BDBR, ADM-Hom 115 PHILIP LEWIS AND HIS DANCE ORCHESTRA (Arthur Lally dir.), vocal refrain. Chelsea, London, June 20, 1929. MB-244-1-2-3 My kinda love (Alter) Dec F-1501 MB-245-1-2-3 My troubles are over (Monaco) Dec F-1501 MB-246-1-2-3 A cute little flat (Hackforth) Dec F-1502 MB-247-1-2-3 Doin’ the new low down (McHugh-Fields) Dec F-1502 BDBR, DH, MS-F, JRR ARCADIANS DANCE ORCHESTRA (John Firman dir.), vocal refrain. Kingsway Hall, London, June 26, 1929. Yy-16673-1-2 Everybody loves you (A. Dubin-J. Little) Zon 5480 Yy-16674-1-2 Giovanna (Kountz-Pasternack) Zon 5386 Yy-16675-1-2 Empty hours (Zona) Zon 5386 BDBR, FA-Zon, GCD PHILIP LEWIS AND HIS DANCE ORCHESTRA (Arthur Lally dir.), vocal refrain. Scat vocals (? Arthur Lally) (-1). Chelsea, London, June 29, 1929. MB-264-1-2-3 Jericho (Myers) Dec F-1503 MB-265-1-2 There’s one thing remains (Hart-Blight) Dec F-1504 MB-266-1-2 Sweetheart of all my dreams (Fitch-Lowe) Dec F-1503 MB-267-1 Down among the sugar cane (Tobias-Clare-de Rose) Dec rejected (-1) MB-267-2 Down among the sugar cane (Tobias-Clare-de Rose) Dec F-1504 BDBR, DH, MS-F, JRR 116 NAT STAR AND HIS DANCE ORCHESTRA (as EUGENE BROCKMAN’S DANCE ORCHESTRA on Hom D-1386), vocal chorus. London, July 3, 1929. BL-1171-1 I used to love her in the moonlight (J. Young-S. Lewis-T. Fiorito) Hom D-1399 BL-1174-1 Mean to me (Turk-Ahlert) Hom D-1386 BL-1175-1 Honey (S. Simons-H. Gillespie-R. A. Whiting) Hom D-1386 BL-1178-1 Birmingham Bertha (G. Clarke-H. Akst) Hom D-1382 NOTE: Rust and Forbes incorrectly list St mx. S-171 (on St 190, recorded on July 12) and Hom mx. BL1175 (on Hom D-1386) as being the same matrix (BDBR), but they are not: the former features Cavan O’Connor and the latter has Maurice Elwin. My thanks to Jonathan David Holmes for discovering this discrepancy. BDBR, ADM-Hom, JDH MacPHAIL BLAIR, baritone, in Gaelic, with orchestra. A Studio, Hayes, Middlesex, July 9, 1929. Yy-17444-1-2 Mo chruinneag Ileach (My Islay lassie) (Moffat) Zon 5685, RZ T-5685 Yy-17445-1-2-3 Gradh geal mo cridh (The Eriskay love lilt) (KennedyFraser) Zon 5685, RZ T-5685 Yy-17446-1-2 Maighdeanan na h-airidh (An island sheiling song) (arr. Margaret Kennedy-Fraser) Zon 5686, RZ T-5686 Yy-17447-1-2 Eilean mo chridh (Isle of my heart) (arr. Margaret Kennedy-Fraser) Zon 5686, RZ T-5686 FA-Zon, SVD, GCD 117 THE RHYTHMIC EIGHT (John Firman dir.), vocal refrain. A Studio, Hayes, Middlesex, July 12, 1929. Yy-17454-1-2 Haven’t I? (Tilsley-Meyers) Zon 5410 Yy-17455-1-2 I’ll tell Ma (Maud-Bourne) Zon 5410 BDBR, DH, FA-Zon, JRR, GCD THE RHYTHM MANIACS (Arthur Lally dir; as PHILIP LEWIS AND HIS DANCE ORCHESTRA on Dec F-1513), vocal refrain. Chelsea, London, July 16, 1929. MB-324-1-2 (DJ-5) My sin (de Sylva-Brown-Henderson) Dec F-1515 MB-325-1-2-3 (DJ-6) S’posin (Dennniker) Dec F-1513 MB-326-1-2 (DJ-7) Building a nest for Mary (Greer) Dec F-1514 MB-327-1-2 Dreaming of tomorrow (Eddie Pola-Phil Cardew) Dec unissued BDBR, DH, MS-F, JRR JULIAN LESTER, light baritone. July 16, 1929. BL-1169-1 Honey (Simons-Gillespie-Whiting) Hom D-1387 BL-1170-1 In the moonlight (Leslie-Young) Hom D-1387 ADM-Hom 118 ARCADIANS DANCE ORCHESTRA (John Firman dir.), vocal refrain. Kingsway Hall, London, July 17, 1929. Yy-16694-1-2 Cute little flat (from The Show’s the Thing) (Norman Hackforth) Zon 5412 Yy-16695-1-2 San Sebastian (Levy-Revel) Zon 5522, Sal FZ1096 Yy-16696-1-2 Sweet Liza (Hirsch-Samuels) Zon 5412 NOTE: Rust & Forbes and Hill omit to mention a Maurice Elwin vocal on Yy-16695 (BDBR; DH), but I have aurally confirmed it. BDBR, DH, FA-Zon, JRR, GCD, CHC NAT STAR AND HIS DANCE ORCHESTRA, vocal chorus. London, July 19, 1929. BL-1161-1 That’s what I call sweet music (Wendling-Hoffman-Meskill) Hom D-1400 BDBR, ADM-Hom MAURICE ELWIN, baritone, with orchestra (John Firman dir.). A Studio, Hayes, Middlesex, July 19, 1929. Yy-17478-1-2 My mother’s eyes (film Lucky Boy) (Gilbert-Baer) Zon 5397 Yy-17479-1-2-3 Am I blue? (G. Clarke-H. Akst) Zon 5396 Yy-17480-1-2 Let me have my dreams (G. Clarke-H. Akst) Zon 5396 Yy-17481-1-2-3 I’ll always be in love with you (film Syncopation) (SteptGreen) Zon 5397 NOTE: Hill has Yy-17481-3 as the issued take (DH), and that is what I own (AGK); perhaps both takes 1 and 3 were issued? DH, FA-Zon, JRR, GCD, AGK 119 MAURICE ELWIN, baritone, with orchestra (John Firman dir.). A Studio, Hayes, Middlesex, September 20, 1929. Yy-17653-1-2 You want lovin’ (Coslow-Spier-Osterman) Zon 5452 Yy-17654-1-2 Through (Monaco) Zon 5452 Yy-17655-1-2-3 My song of the Nile (film Parasites) (Bryan-Meyer) Zon 5453 Yy-17656-1-2 Smiling Irish eyes (film Smiling Irish Eyes) (Perkins-Ruby) Zon 5453 DH, FA-Zon, GCD THE RHYTHMIC EIGHT (John Firman dir.). A Studio, Hayes, Middlesex, September 23, 1929. Yy-17657-1-2 I’m doing what I’m doing for love (film Honky Tonk) (YellenAger) Zon rejected Yy-17658-1-2 I’m feathering a nest (film Honky Tonk) (Yellen-Ager) Zon rejected BDBR, DH, JRR, GCD THE RHYTHM MANIACS (Arthur Lally dir.), vocal refrain. Liverpool and Victoria Hall, London, September 25, 1929. MB-487-1-2 I’m feathering a nest (film Honky-Tonk) (Ager-Milton) Dec F-1542 MB-488-1-2 That’s how I feel about you (Davis-Gottler) Dec F-1543 MB-489-1-2 Sweetness (Lombardo-Cohn-Miller) Dec F-1543 MB-490-1-2-3 Raisin’ the roof (Fields-McHugh) Dec F-1542 DH, BDBR, MS-F, JRR 126 SOLEMN AND GAY (Maurice Elwin and Cavan O’Connor), duet, with orchestra (John Firman dir.). A Studio, Hayes, Middlesex, September 27, 1929. Yy-17686-1-2 Now I’m in love (film Here Comes the Bride) (Yellen-Shapiro) Zon 5466 Yy-17687-1-2 Looking for love (Fields-McHugh) Zon 5466 Yy-17688-1-2 A wee bit o’ love (film Smiling Irish Eyes) (Perkins-Ruby) Zon 5444 Yy-17689-1-2 Broadway baby dolls (film Broadway Babies) (Bryan-Meyer) Zon 5444 NOTE: I have confirmed the duettist to be Cavan O’Connor. FA-Zon, GCD AL SIMS, baritone. C. October 1929. BL-1307-1 Love (your spell is everywhere) (film The Trespasser) (GouldingJanis) Hom D1440 ADM-Hom, ML JULIAN LESTER, baritone. C. October 1929. ?Dream mother (A. Lewis-A. Sherman-J. Burke) Hom D-1442 ?High up in the sky (E. Brandt-E. Pola) Hom D-1442 ADM-Hom, ML 127 THE RHYTHM MANIACS (Arthur Lally dir.). With Arthur Lally (-1). Chelsea, London, October 1, 1929. MB-501-1-2 “She’s funny that way” (in “Dance selection [1929] [part 1]”) Dec F1546 MB-502-1-2 “I lift up my finger” (-1) and “Chiquita” (in “Dance selection [1929] [part 2]”) Dec F1546 (-1) MB-503-1-2 “Sweetheart of all my dreams” and “The prisoner’s song” (in “Talkie hit selection [part 1]”) Dec F1547 MB-504-1-2 “There’s the one for me,” “Forever,” and “Happy days and lonely nights” (in “Talkie hit selection [part 2]”) Dec F1547 BDBR, DH, MS-F, JRR THE RHYTHMIC EIGHT (John Firman dir.), vocal refrain. A Studio, Hayes, Middlesex, October 4, 1929. Yy-17657-3-4-5 I’m doing what I’m doing for love (film Honky Tonk) (YellenAger) Zon 5457 Yy-17658-3-4-5 I’m feathering a nest (film Honky Tonk) (Yellen-Ager) Zon 5457 BDBR, DH, FA-Zon, JRR, GCD 128 NORMAN BLAIR, baritone, with orchestra (John Firman dir.). A Studio, Hayes, Middlesex, October 7, 1929. Yy-17701-1-2 Your mother and mine (film The Hollywood Revue) (GoodwinEdwards) Zon 5450 Yy-17701-1-2 Tondeleyo (film White Cargo) (Gay-Hill) Zon 5450 Yy-17703-1-2 Why can’t you (film Say It with Songs) (de Sylva-BrownHenderson) Zon 5449 Yy-17704-1-2 Little pal (film Say It with Songs) (de Sylva-Brown-Henderson) Zon 5449 FA-Zon, GCD PHILIP LEWIS AND HIS DANCE ORCHESTRA (Arthur Lally dir.), vocal refrain. Liverpool and Victoria Hall, London, October 12, 1929. MB-557-1-2-3 Button up your overcoat (from Follow Through) (de SylvaBrown-Henderson) Dec F1557 MB-558-1-2 You wouldn’t fool me, would you? (from Follow Through) (de Sylva-Brown-Henderson) Dec F1557 MB-559-1-2-3 The pagan love song (film The Pagan) (Brown-Freed) Dec F1558 MB-560-1-2-3 Honey (Simons-Gillespie-Whiting) Dec F1558 BDBR, DH, MS-F, JRR 129 PHILIP LEWIS AND HIS DANCE ORCHESTRA (Arthur Lally dir.). Chenil Galleries, Chelsea, London, October 15, 1929. FMB-567-1-2 Der Duft, der eine schöne Frau begleitet (Hans May-“Roxy” [Ernst Neubach-Armin Robinson-Robert Gilbert]) Dec ? NOTE: I have aurally confirmed Elwin’s voice from Nick Dellow’s transfer of take 2. Arthur Lally’s band recorded three more German titles at this session (FMB-568: “Wenn die Violine spielt”; FMB-569: “Mütterlein, bleib immer bei mir”; and FMB-570: “Sei nur ein kleines Bißchen verrückt nach mir”). All three have vocals, but I have not yet been able to confirm that they are by Elwin. BDBR, DH ARCADIANS DANCE ORCHESTRA (John Firman dir.), vocal refrain. Kingsway Hall, London, October 16, 1929. Yy-17811-1-2 If you were mine (film Twin Beds) (Meyer-Bryan) Zon 5458 Yy-17812-1-2 The chicken walk (film Twin Beds) (Meyer-Bryan) Zon 5458 BDBR, FA-Zon, GCD ARCADIANS DANCE ORCHESTRA (John Firman dir.; as THE RHYTHMIC EIGHT on Zon 5477), vocal refrain. Kingsway Hall, London, October 22, 1929. Yy-17820-1-2 Button up your overcoat (film Follow Through) (de Sylva-Brown-Henderson) Zon 5478, Sal FZ1073 Yy-17821-1-2-3 Welcome home (film On with the Show) (Clarke-Akst) Zon 5477, Zon EE190 (AU) BDBR, DH, FA-Zon, JRR, GCD 130 THE RHYTHM MANIACS (Arthur Lally dir.), vocal refrain. Chelsea, London, October 25, 1929. MB-593-1-2 “Little pal” (in “Say It with Songs — selection, part 1”) (de SylvaBrown-Henderson-Jolson) Dec F1572 MB-594-1-2 “Why can’t you?” and “I’m in the seventh heaven” (in “Say It with Songs — selection, part 2”) Dec F1572 BDBR, DH, MS-F, JRR HERMAN DAREWSKI AND HIS FAMOUS MELODY BAND (as the ARIEL DANCE ORCHESTRA on Ariel), vocal chorus. London, c. October 30, 1929. E-2833-2 Just a lucky moment (from The Man and the Moment)(Ray Perkins-Herman Ruby) Par E-6224, Ar 4472 E-2834-2 Marika (Bruce Sievier-Walter R. Collins) Par E-6226, Ar 4467 BDBR, MGT-Ar PHILIP LEWIS AND HIS DANCE ORCHESTRA (Arthur Lally dir.), vocal refrain. Liverpool and Victoria Hall, London, October 30, 1929. MB-609-1-2-3 Singing in the rain (film Hollywood Revue) (Brown-Freed) Dec F-1574 MB-610-1-2 Low down rhythm (Greer) Dec F-1574 BDBR, DH, MS-F, JRR Nat Star and His Dance Orchestra as ROYLANCE AND HIS BAND. London, November 1, 1929. BL-1331-1 Smiling Irish eyes (H. Ruby-H. Perkins) Hom D-1434 NOTE: Rust and Forbes do not mention the Elwin vocal (BDBR). BDBR, ADM-Hom, MGT 131 MAURICE ELWIN, baritone, with orchestra (John Firman dir.). A Studio, Hayes, Middlesex, November 5, 1929. Yy-17758-1-2 Excuse me, lady (Nicholls-Leslie-Gilbert) Zon 5463 Yy-17759-1-2 Ain’t misbehavin’ (Razaf-Waller-Brooks) Zon 5463 Yy-17760-1-2 Dream mother (Lewis-Sherman-Burke) Zon 5464 Yy-17761-1-2 I’ll never find a pal like you (A. Rose-A. Blair) Zon 5464 FA-Zon, GCD CHARLEY DOMINO (Maurice Elwin), vocal, with orchestral accompaniment. Chelsea, London, November 6, 1929. MB-629-1 Don’t be so unkind (Wright-Butler) Dec F-1560 MB-630-1-2 My wife is on a diet (Tobias-Bennett) Dec F-1560 DH, MS-F, JRR THE RHYTHM MANIACS (Arthur Lally dir.), vocal refrain(s). Chelsea, London, November 6, 1929. MB-631-1-2-3 “Gotta feeling for you” and “Your mother and mine” (in “Hollywood Revue — selection [part 1]”) (Alter) Dec F1582 MB-632-1-2 “Singing in the rain” and “Orange blossom time” (in “Hollywood Revue — selection [part 2]”) (Alter) Dec F1582 MB-633-1-2 Underneath the Russian moon (Meyer-Gusman) Dec F1583 MB-634-1-2-3 Is it Spain? (Meyer-Young-Lewis) Dec F1583 BDBR, DH, MS-F, JRR 132 ARCADIANS DANCE ORCHESTRA (John Firman dir.), vocal refrain. Kingsway Hall, London, November 13, 1929. Yy-17868-1-2 Singing in the rain (film The Hollywood Revue) (FreedBrown) Zon 5501, Sal FZ1072 Yy-17869-1-2 Makin’ whoopee (from Whoopee) (Kahn-Donaldson) Zon 5502 NOTE: Steve Paget confirms Elwin’s vocal in “Makin’ whoopee.” BDBR, DH, FA-Zon, GCD, SJP PHILIP LEWIS AND HIS DANCE ORCHESTRA (Arthur Lally dir.), vocal refrain. Chelsea, London, November 14, 1929. MB-655-1 Tryin’ (Valeria May) Dec F-1600 MB-656-1-2 Three little words (Hart-Blight) Dec F-1600 BDBR, DH, MS-F, JRR THE RHYTHMIC EIGHT (John Firman dir.), vocal refrain. A Studio, Hayes, Middlesex, November 15, 1929. Yy-17792-1-2 I’ve got a feeling I’m falling (Rose-Link-Waller) Zon 5498, Sal FZ1070 Yy-17793-1-2 Lovable and sweet (film The Street Girl) (Clarke-O. Levant) Zon 5519, Sal FZ1086 BDBR, DH, JRR, GCD AL SIMS, baritone. Mid-November 1929. BL-1345-1 The pagan love song (Nacio Herb Brown-Arthur Freed) Hom D-1440 ADM-Hom, ML 133 THE RHYTHM MANIACS (Arthur Lally dir.), vocal refrains. Chelsea, London, November 16, 1929. MB-666-1-2 “Let me have my dreams” (Grant Clarke-Harry Akst) (in “Selection of ‘talkie’ tunes — part 1”) Dec F1588 MB-667-1-2-3 “My song of the Nile” (Al Bryan-George W. Meyer) (in “Selection of ‘talkie’ tunes — part 2”) Dec F1588 MB-668-1-2 Sweetheart, we need each other (Joe McCarthy-Harry Tierney) Dec unissued NOTE: Smith only mentions MB-666 take 2 (MS-F). BDBR, DH, MS-F, JRR FRANK DENES (-1); FRANK DENES AND PARTNER (-2); yodeling song with pianoforte accompaniment (CLAUDE IVY credited on Dec F-1595). All four titles feature Maurice Elwin, with yodeling by George van Dusen. November 19, 1929. MB-674-1-2 The strolling players (Robinson) Dec F-1595 (-1) MB-675-1-2 A yodeling serenade (Robinson) Dec F-1590 (-2) MB-676-1-2 The cuckoo’s song (Robinson) Dec F-1590 (-2) MB-677-1-2-3 The Tyrolian lullaby (Robinson) Dec F-1595 (-1) MS-F, AGK 134 THE RHYTHM MANIACS (Arthur Lally dir.), vocal refrain. Additional vocals and speaking parts by band members (-1); Elwin in a speaking role only (-2). Chelsea, London, November 21, 1929. MB-696-1-2 I’ll never find a pal like you (Rose-Blair) Dec F1601 MB-697-1-2 Dream mother (Joe Burke) Dec F1601 MB-698-1-2 “Loch Lomond” (in “A Christmas party — 1st side” [arr. Arthur Lally]) Dec F1589 (-1) MB-699-1-2-3 Ghost story (in “A Christmas party — 2nd side” [arr. Arthur Lally]) Dec F1589 (-2) NOTE: In “A Christmas party,” Elwin is referred to by his pseudonym “Max Winn,” and he does a fair amount of speaking; in fact, on side two he reads a comical ghost story, but does not sing. BDBR, DH, MS-F, JRR THE RHYTHMIC EIGHT (John Firman dir.), vocal refrain. A Studio, Hayes, Middlesex, November 25, 1929. Yy-18206-1-2 Every day away from you (Tobias-Mills) Zon 5500, Sal FZ1082 Yy-18207-1-2 The world’s greatest sweetheart is you (RazafDenniker) Zon 5500, Sal FZ1082 NOTE: Rust has Yy-18206-2 on Zon EE-192 (AU) and Yy-18207-1 on Sal FZ-1071 (JRR). He is certainly wrong about the latter; FZ-1071 has “Painting the clouds with sunshine” and “Tiptoe thru’ the tulips with me.” Clarke et al. have Yy-18206 and Yy-18207 appearing on Sal FZ1802 (GCD). BDBR (inc. Suppl.), FA-Zon, JRR, GCD 135 THE RHYTHM MANIACS (Arthur Lally dir.), vocal refrain. Chelsea, London, January 23, 1930. MB-880-1-2 Tip-toe through the tulips (film The Gold Diggers of Broadway) (Burke-Dubin) Dec F1623 MB-881-1-2 In a kitchenette (film The Gold Diggers of Broadway) (BurkeDubin) Dec F1623 MB-883-1-2-3 Piccolo Pete (Phil Baxter) Dec F1622 BDBR, DH, MS-F, JRR THE RHYTHMIC EIGHT (John Firman dir.), vocal refrain. Additional vocals by chorus (-1). A Studio, Hayes, Middlesex, January 24, 1930. Yy-18304-1-2-3 Mickey Mouse (Carlton) Zon 5534, Sal FZ-2004 (-1) Yy-18306-1-2 Riding on a camel (ButlerWright) Zon 5533, Sal FZ-2005 Yy-18307-1-2-3 Sweethearts’ holiday (KahalRobinson) Zon 5559, Zon EE-209 (AU), El EG1856 (DE) NOTE: Rust and Forbes (BDBR) and Rust (JRR) do not mention a vocal for Yy-18306, but Hill, Andrews, and Clarke et al. confirm an Elwin vocal (DH; FA-Zon; GCD). Andrews has Yy-18307-1 as the issued take (FA-Zon), but my copy is -3, which is what other sources report (GCD; “The Rhythmic Eight – Sweethearts’ Holiday / Punch And Judy Show,” Discogs, https://www.discogs.com/release/10030766-The-Rhythmic-Eight-SweetheartsHoliday-Punch-And-Judy-Show). BDBR, DH, FA-Zon, JRR, GCD, AGK 142 ARCADIANS DANCE ORCHESTRA (John Firman dir.), vocal refrain. Kingsway Hall, London, January 29, 1930. Yy-18621-1-2-3 Happy days are here again (film Chasing Rainbows) (YellenAger) Zon 5537 Yy-18622-1-2 Lucky me, lovable you (film Chasing Rainbows) (Yellen-Ager) Zon 5537 Yy-18623-1-2-3 If you’re Irish come into the parlour (film Juno and the Paycock) (Glenville-Miller) Zon 5536 NOTE: Clarke et al. list only Yy-18623-3 as having been issued (GCD); John Wright has that take. BDBR, DH, FA-Zon, GCD, JABW THE RHYTHM MANIACS (Arthur Lally dir.), vocal refrain. Chelsea, London, January 31, 1930. MB-914-1-2 She’s my slip of a girl (Watters) Dec F-1630 MB-915-1-2 Marianne (film Marianne) (Turk-Ahlert) Dec F-1631 MB-916-1-2 Maryana (Pola-Brandt) Dec F-1630 MB-917-1-2 Dream lover (film The Love Parade) (Schertzinger) Dec F-1631 BDBR, DH, MS-F, JRR 143 THE RHYTHM MANIACS (Arthur Lally dir.), vocal refrain. Chelsea, London, February 4, 1930. MB-928-1-2 The duke of Ka-ki-ak (film Hot for Paris) (Donaldson) Dec F-1644 MB-929-1-2 Sweet nothings of love (Donaldson) Dec F-1644 MB-930-1-2 Lucky me—lovable you (film Chasing Rainbows) (Ager-Yellen) Dec F-1643 MB-931-1-2 Happy days are here again (film Chasing Rainbows) (Ager-Yellen) Dec F-1643 MB-932-1-2 A little kiss each morning (film The Vagabond Lover) (Woods) Dec F-1641 BDBR, DH, MS-F, JRR THE RHYTHIC EIGHT (John Firman dir.), vocal refrain. A Studio, Hayes, Middlesex, February 7, 1930. Yy-18328-1-2 I’m speaking of Kentucky days (Gilbert) Zon 5535, Sal FZ2014 Yy-18329-1-2 ’Tain’t no sin (Leslie-Donaldson) Zon 5535, Sal FZ2014 Yy-18330-1-2 Just a lucky moment (from The Man and the Moment) (Ruby-Perkins) Zon 5558 NOTE: Stephen Paget confirms that Yy-18331 (“The things we want the most are hard to get”) lacks a vocal. BDBR, DH, JRR, GCD, SJP 144 HERMAN DAREWSKI AND HIS FAMOUS MELODY BAND (as the ARIEL DANCE ORCHESTRA on Ariel), vocal chorus. Additional singer (-1). London, c. February 11, 1930. E-3066-2 Sweet nothings of love (Edgar Leslie-Walter Donaldson) Par E-6262 E-3067-2 Hush-a-bye baby (Jean Frederick-Horatio Nicholls) Par E-6262, Ar Z4525 (-1) E-3070-2 The shadow of a rose (Desmond Carter-Vivian Ellis) Par E-6263, Ar Z4522 (-1) E-3071-2 Dark red roses (from Dark Red Roses) (T. Barry-Philip Braham) Par E-6263, Ar Z4525 BDBR, MGT-Ar SOLEMN AND GAY (Maurice Elwin and Cavan O’Connor), duets, with orchestra (John Firman dir.). A Studio, Hayes, Middlesex, February 11, 1930. Yy-18344-1-2 Perhaps (Razaf-Denniker) Zon 5530 Yy-18345-1-2-3 Can you read in my eyes (“I adore you?”) (film Broadway Scandals 1930) (Coslow) Zon 5530 Yy-18346-1-2 I love you—I hate you (film Careers) (Bryan-Meyer) Zon 5531 Yy-18347-1-2-3 Go to bed (film Gold-Diggers of Broadway) (Burke) Zon 5531 NOTE: Clarke et al. have Yy-18344-1 as the issued take (GCD). Duettist identified as Cavan O’Connor by Hill and Clarke et al. (DH; GCD); aurally confirmed on Zon 5531 (AGK). DH, FA-Zon, GCD, AGK 145 THE RHYTHM MANIACS (Arthur Lally dir.), vocal refrain. Chelsea, London, February 18, 1930. MB-966-1 Silver wings (from Silver Wings) (Waller-Tunbridge) Dec F-1639 MB-968-1 Indispensable you (from Silver Wings) (Mayerl) Dec F-1640 MB-969-1-2 That’s love (from Silver Wings) (Sarony) Dec F-1640 BDBR, DH, MS-F, JRR MAURICE ELWIN (John Firman dir.). A Studio, Hayes, Middlesex, February 20, 1930. Yy-18371-1-2 I’m the medicine man for the blues (film Is Everybody Happy?) (Clarke-Akst) Zon 5555 Yy-18372-1-2 Wouldn’t it be wonderful (film Is Everybody Happy?) (ClarkeAkst) Zon 5555 Yy-18373-1-2 You make me laugh when you cry (Morgan-Blair) Zon 5556 Yy-18374-1-2-2T1 My fate is in your hands (A. Razaf-T. Waller) Zon 5556 DH, FA-Zon, JRR, GCD THE RHYTHM MANIACS (Arthur Lally dir.), vocal refrain. Chelsea, London, February 20, 1930. MB-980-1-2 High and low (film Here Comes the Bride) (Schwartz) Dec F-1641 MB-981-1-2 I’m like a sailor (Howard Dietz-Arthur Schwartz) Dec unissued MB-982-1-2 My fate is in your hands (Waller) Dec F-1670 MB-983-1-2 Lonely troubadour (Klenner) Dec F-1670 BDBR, DH, MS-F, JRR 146 MAURICE ELWIN, baritone, with orchestra (John Firman dir.). A Studio, Hayes, Middlesex, February 25, 1930. Yy-18397-1-2 A little kiss each morning (film The Vagabond Lover) (Woods) Zon 5571 Yy-18398-1-2 Dark red roses (film Dark Red Roses) (Braham) Zon 5571 FA-Zon, GCD NORMAN BLAIR, baritone, with orchestra (John Firman dir.). A Studio, Hayes, Middlesex, February 28, 1930. Yy-19003-1-2-2T1 Ain’t it grand to be home again (Joe Gilbert) Zon 5572 Yy-19004-1-2 I wish I had died in my cradle (Brown-Friedman) Zon 5557 Yy-19005-1-2 Hush-a-bye baby (J. Frederick-Horatio Nicholls) Zon 5572 Yy-19006-1-2 Silvery moon (Shepherd-Frassini) Zon 5557 NOTE: Andrews reverses the matrix numbers for “I wish I had died in my cradle” and “Silvery moon,” probably in error (FA-Zon). DH, FA-Zon, GCD 147 THE RHYTHM MANIACS (Arthur Lally dir.), vocal refrain. Additional vocalist (?Joe Leigh) (-1). Chelsea, London, March 5, 1930. MB-1022-1-2 Wouldn’t it be wonderful! (film Is Everybody Happy?) (Clarke-Akst) Dec F1677 MB-1023-1-2 I’m the medicine man for the blues (film Is Everybody Happy?) (Clarke-Akst) Dec F1677 MB-1024-1-2 If I’m dreaming, don’t wake me too soon (Joe Burke) Dec F1679 MB-1025-1-2 Look for the silver lining (Jerome Kern) Dec F1679 MB-1026-1-2 Moanin’ for you (Goulding-Dougherty) Dec F1678 (-1) MB-1027-1-2 Alone in the rain (Goulding-Dougherty) Dec F1678 (-1) NOTE: Charles Hippisley-Cox identifies the duettist on MB-1026 and MB-1027 as Joe Leigh; Thomas has Rudy Starita (1999b, 3125). BDBR, DH, MS-F, JRR THE CHENIL ORCHESTRA (R. Greenbaum dir.), vocal refrain. March 6, 1930. MB-1032-1-2 “Lily of Laguna” (in “Eugene Stratton selection, part 2”) Dec F-1745 MS-F, AGK 148 THE RHYTHM MANIACS (Arthur Lally dir.). Chelsea, London, March 11, 1930. MB-1053-1-2 With a song in my heart (Hart-Rodgers) Dec F-1695 NOTE: Smith has an Elwin vocal on “Rio Rita” on MB-1051 and MB-1502 (Dec F-1683; MS-F), but no one else seems to. The label of the test disc omits the phrase “vocal refrain.” MB-1054 (“The wind in the willows”) does not have a vocal, contra Smith (MS-F). BDBR, MS-F, JRR ARCADIANS DANCE ORCHESTRA (John Firman dir.), vocal refrain. Kingsway Hall, London, March 19, 1930. Yy-18706-1-2 What can I do? (Wynn*-Wilton) Zon 5582 Yy-18707-1-2-3 “Love parade” (in “The Love Parade — selection”) (Schertzinger) Zon 5582 Yy-18708-1-2 Sweet nothings of love (from Hot for Paris) (E. Leslie-Walter Donaldson) Zon 5561 NOTE: *Maurice Elwin is one of the songwriters. BDBR, FA-Zon, JRR, GCD 149 THE RHYTHM MANIACS (Arthur Lally dir.; as THE DECCA ORCHESTRA on Dec F-1804), vocal refrain. Chelsea, London, March 19, 1930. MB-1079-1-2 The dance of the wooden shoes (from No, No, Nanette) (Magidson-Washington-Cleary) Dec F-1696, Dec F-1804 MB-1080-1-2 As long as I’m with you (from No, No, Nanette) (Akst) Dec F-1696 MB-1081-1-2 The sunshine of Marseilles (Nicholls) Dec F-1697 MB-1082-1-2 Hush-a-bye, baby (Nicholls-Frederick) Dec F-1697 MB-1083-1-2-3 If I can’t have you (film Footlights and Fools) (Meyer) Dec F-1706 BDBR, MS-F (inc. Amendments) SOLEMN AND GAY (Maurice Elwin and Cavan O’Connor), duettists, with orchestra (John Firman dir.). A Studio, Hayes, Middlesex, March 21, 1930. Yy-19056-1-2 Just an old refrain (Wynn*-Wilton) Zon 5597 Yy-19057-1-2 Lucky me, lovable you (film Chasing Rainbows) (Yellen-Ager) Zon 5597 NOTE: *Composer almost certainly Maurice Elwin. Duettist identified as Cavan O’Connor by Clarke et al. (GCD). FA-Zon, GCD 150 THE RHYTHM MANIACS (Arthur Lally dir.), vocal refrain. Chelsea, London, March 22, 1930. MB-1090-1-2 The chant of the jungle (film Untamed) (Brown) Dec F-1708 MB-1091-1-2 That wonderful something (film Untamed) (Alter) Dec F-1708 MB-1092-1-2 Putting on the Ritz (from Putting on the Ritz) (Berlin) Dec F-1725 MB-1093-1-2-3 With you (from Putting on the Ritz) (Berlin) Dec F-1725 NOTE: Smith does not list take 3 of MB-1093 (MS-F). BDBR, MS-F, JRR THE RHYTHM MANIACS (Arthur Lally dir.), vocal refrain. Chelsea, London, March 26, 1930. MB-1108-1-2 Singin’ in the bathtub (film The Show of Shows) (MagidsonWashington-Cleary) Dec F1706 MB-1109-1-2 Lady luck (Ray Perkins) Dec unissued MB-1110-1-2 “Singin’ in the bathtub” (Magidson-Washington-Cleary) (in “The Show of Shows — selection, part 1”) Dec F1707 MB-1111-1-2 “Meet my sister” and “Li-Po-Li” (in “The Show of Shows — selection, part 2”) Dec F1707 BDBR, MS-F THE RHYTHMIC EIGHT (John Firman dir.). A Studio, Hayes, Middlesex, March 28, 1930. Yy-19074-1-2-3 Moanin’ for you (from The Grand Parade) (Dougherty-Day) Zon 5579 Yy-19075-1-2 If I can’t have you (film Footlights and Fools) (Al Bryan-G. W. Meyer) Zon 5580 BDBR, GCD 151 MAURICE ELWIN, baritone, with clarinet, violin, piano, and guitar accompaniment. May 10, 1932. GB-4455-1-2 Dream sweetheart (Green) Dec F-3020 GB-4465-1-2 When a pal bids a pal “goodbye” (LeslieStept) Dec F-3020, Dec M-1164 (AU) MS-F Harry Bidgood’s Orchestra as BUDDY LEWIS AND HIS ORCHESTRA (as AL CONWAY AND HIS ORCHESTRA on May-Fair G-2156; as JACK HOLMES AND HIS BAND on May-Fair G2157), vocal refrain. Additional ensemble vocals and spoken parts (-1). London, May 13, 1932. PB-1002-2 Dick Turpin’s ride to York — part 1 (Arthur LeClerq) (-1) Pan 25217, Mf G2156 PB-1003-2 Dick Turpin’s ride to York — part 2 (Arthur LeClerq) (-1) Pan 25217, Mf G2156 PB-1004-2 Goodnight, Vienna (film Goodnight, Vienna) (PosfordMarvell) Pan 25219, Mf G2157 BDBR, MGT-Pan, MGT-Mf Harry Bidgood’s Orchestra (as BUDDY LEWIS AND HIS ORCHESTRA on Panachord; as AL CONWAY AND HIS ORCHESTRA on May-Fair), vocal refrain. May 26, 1932. PB-1007-1 Five minutes to twelve (Maurice-Summers-Marlow) Pan 25222, Mf G-2161 BDBR, JABW, MGT-Pan, MGT-Mf 254 ARTHUR LALLY AND HIS ORCHESTRA. With vocals by chorus (-1); vocal duet with Sam Browne (-2). Chelsea, London, June 1, 1932. GB-4537-1-2 “The runaway train” (-1), “Can’t we talk it over?” and “Where’s Bill Bailey?” (-1) (in “A hiking holiday with Bert Feldman — part 1”) Dec F3006 GB-4538-1-2 Intro. (spoken), “I lost my heart in Heidelberg” (-1) and “Good-night, little girl, good-night” (-2) (in “A hiking holiday with Bert Feldman — part 2”) Dec F3006 BDBR, MS-F MAURICE ELWIN, vocal, with piano and ’cello accompaniment. June 8, 1932. GB-4557-1-2-3 Lullaby of the leaves (Young-Petkere) Dec F-3009 GB-4558-1-2 Too many tears (Dubin-Warren) Dec F-3009 MS-F MAURICE ELWIN, baritone, with pianoforte accompaniment (Claude Ivy) and ’cello obbligato. July 22, 1932. GB-4684-1-2 Beautiful garden of roses (Dempsey-Schmid) Dec F-3062 GB-4685-1-2 This is the night (film This Is the Night) (Rainger-Coslow) Dec F-3062 MS-F MAURICE ELWIN, baritone, with piano, ’cello, and guitar accompaniment. Chelsea Town Hall, London, August 8, 1932. GB-4719-1-2 From one pair of arms to another (Kahal-Dubin-Fain) Dec F-3095 GB-4720-1-2 Pagan moon (Dubin-Bryan-Burke) Dec F-3095 MS-F 255 MAURICE ELWIN, tenor [sic], with pianoforte and guitar accompaniment. August 29, 1932. GB-4801-1-2-3 Sweethearts for ever (film The Crooner) (Friend-Caesar) Dec F-3134 GB-4802-1-2-3 Three’s a crowd (film The Crooner) (Warren) Dec F-3134 MS-F BERT AND BOB (Maurice Elwin and Cavan O’Connor), vocal duet with pianoforte (Claude Ivy) (and steel guitar) accompaniment. September 1, 1932. GB-4819-1-2-3 Moonlight on the river (Green) Dec F-3135 GB-4820-1-2-3 Underneath the arches (Flanagan) Dec F-3135 MS-F (inc. Amendments) 256 ARTHUR LALLY AND HIS ORCHESTRA (as BUDDY LEWIS AND HIS ORCHESTRA on Panachord and as JACK HOLMES AND HIS ORCHESTRA on May-Fair), vocal refrain. Additional vocals by chorus (-1). Chelsea, London, September 10, 1932. PB-4870-1 The flies crawled up the window (from Jack’s the Boy) (Ellis-Furber) Pan 25266, Mf G-2189 (-1) GB-4871-1 Wherever you are (Gus Kahn-Jimmy Campbell-Reg. Connelly-Ray Noble) Pan 25267, Mf G-2190 GB-4872-1-2 For you, just you, my baby (Rotter-Rubens-Grothe) Dec F-3168, Mf G-2191 PB-4873-1 Song of the harp (Hargreaves-Damerell-Evans) Pan 25267, Mf G-2191 GB-4874-2 Underneath the arches (Flanagan) Pan 25266, Mf G-2189 GB-4875-1-2 Singing in the moonlight (Wade-Pola) Dec F-3168, Mf G-2191 NOTE: Rust has September 11, 1932 for GB-4875-2 (JRR). BDBR (inc. Suppl.), MS-F, JRR, MGT-Mf, MGT-Pan NORMAN BLAIR, baritone, with pianoforte accompaniment. September 1932. GB-4892 Take me to your garden of love Pan 25629 GB-4894-1 Love sends a little gift of roses (Openshaw-Cooke) Pan 25298 GB-4895-3 The sunshine of your smile (Ray) Pan 25298 MGT-Pan, AGK 257 MAURICE ELWIN (NORMAN BLAIR on Panachord), baritone, with pianoforte accompaniment (Claude Ivy). September 20, 1932. GB-4903-1-2 In a shanty in old shanty town (Young-Little-Siras) Dec F-3179 GB-4904-2 By the light of the silv’ry moon (Edwards-Madden) Pan 25312 GB-4905-1 Will you love me in December as you did in May? (Ball) Pan 25312 GB-4906-2-3 ’Round the bend of the road (Klenner) Dec F-3179 MS-F, AGK MAURICE ELWIN, baritone; with piano and ’cello accompaniment (-1); with pianoforte accompaniment (-2). October 4, 1932. KB-139-1-2-3 Moon (Caleo-Miles) Dec F-3202 (-1) GB-4980-1-2 Masquerade (Webster-Loeb) Dec F-3202 (-2) NOTE: The “KB” prefix suggests a mobile unit. MS-F BERT AND BOB (Maurice Elwin and Cavan O’Connor), vocal duet, with pianoforte accompaniment (Claude Ivy). October 4, 1932. GB-4981-1-2 Through that open window (Towers-Leon-Nicholls) Dec F-3203 GB-4982-1-2 Pal of my dreams (Gilbert) Dec F-3203 MS-F (inc. Amendments), AGK THE BRITANNICA PIANO-ACCORDION BAND, vocal refrain. October 7, 1932. GB-4991-1-2 While we danced at the Mardi Gras (Mercer-Opler) Dec F-3205 MS-F, AGK 258 ALEX TAYLOR, organ (vocal refrain by Maurice Elwin). Granada Theatre, Tooting, London, October 9, 1932. KB-141-1-2 Sweethearts forever (Friend-Caesar) Dec F-3291 MS-F (inc. Amendments) ARTHUR LALLY AND HIS ORCHESTRA. Chelsea, London, October 10, 1932. PB-4996-1 On a dreamy afternoon (Hargreaves-Damerell-Ewing) Pan 25302 PB-4997-2 I’m writing a letter to heaven (Dalhart-Hood-Tucker) Pan 25302 BDBR, MGT-Pan NORMAN BLAIR (as FRANK SUMMERS on May-Fair), baritone, with pianoforte accompaniment (Claude Ivy); piano (Claude Ivy) and accordion accompaniment (-1). October 20, 1932. GB-5050-1-2 Smilin’ through (film Smilin’ Through) (Penn) Pan 25346 GB-5051-1-2 Somewhere Pan 25410 GB-5052-1-2 Let me call you sweetheart Pan 25410 GB-5053-1-2 Till the sands of the desert grow cold Pan 25372 GB-5054-1-2 Ah! Sweet mystery of life (from Naughty Marietta) (Herbert) Pan 25346 (-1) GB-5055-1-2 I wonder if you miss me sometimes (Mills-Scott) Pan 25331, Mf G2234 (-1) GB-5056-1-2 If I should plant a tiny seed of love (MacDonaldTate) Pan 25331, Mf G2234 (-1) GB-5057-1-2 Do you miss me in the dear homeland? Pan 25855 MGT-Pan, MGT-Mf, AGK, ML 259 MAURICE ELWIN, vocal, with vocal trio, piano, and piano accordion accompaniment. October 24, 1932. GB-5070-1-2 The old kitchen kettle (Woods-Campbell-Connelly) Dec F-3244 GB-5071-1-2-3 I beg your pardon, mademoiselle (Magidson-Stept) Dec F-3244 MS-F CARROLL GIBBONS AND THE SAVOY HOTEL ORPHEANS, vocal. Vocal duet with Cecile Petrie (-1). London, November 2, 1932. CAX-6574-1 “Why do I love you?” and “Look for the silver lining” (-1) (in “Jerome Kern — medley”) Col DX-424, Col 7346-M (US) BDBR MAURICE ELWIN, vocal, with violin, cello, and CLAUDE IVY on the piano/bells [sic]. November 2, 1932. GB-5111-1-2 Big Ben’s saying goodnight (Murray) Dec F-3266 GB-5112-1-2-3 On the air (Gibbons-Campbell-Connelly) Dec F-3266 MS-F OLIVE GROVES AND MAURICE ELWIN, soprano and baritone, with piano accompaniment. London, November 3, 1932. GB-5113-1-2 How can you say “no” (from The Blessed Event) (Dubin-KahalBurke) Dec F3267 GB-5114-1-2 Let’s put out the lights (and go to sleep) (Hupfeld) Dec F3267 RL, MS-F 260 MAURICE ELWIN, baritone, with orchestral accompaniment. November 9, 1932. GB-5148-1-2-3 Nightfall (De Rose-Harold-Lewis) Dec F-3329 GB-5149-1-2 Liszt, Chopin and Mendelssohn (Towers-Leon-Nicholls) Dec F-3329 MS-F CARROLL GIBBONS AND THE SAVOY HOTEL ORPHEANS, vocal chorus. London, November 10, 1932. CA-13236-1 Love me tonight (film Love Me Tonight) (Hart-Rodgers) Col CB-533, Col DK-8800 (ES) CA-13237-1 Isn’t it romantic? (film Love Me Tonight) (Hart-Rodgers) Col CB-533, Col CQ-1259 (IT), Col DK-8800 (ES) CA-13238-2 Mimi (from Love Me Tonight) (HartRodgers) Col CB-534, Col CQ-1259 (IT) BDBR, MGT-Col ARTHUR LALLY AND HIS ORCHESTRA (as JACK HOLMES AND HIS ORCHESTRA on MayFair). Chelsea, London, November 17, 1932. GB-5196-1 Liszt, Chopin and Mendelssohn (Leon-Towers-Nicholls) Pan 25352, Mf G2232 GB-5197-3 When they’re on the love parade (Betsy O’Hagan-Raymond Wallace) Pan 25352, Mf G2232 BDBR, MGT-Mf, MGT-Pan 261 BOBBY BROWN AND HIS ACCORDION BAND (as THE PAVILION ACCORDION BAND on May-Fair; as the BRITANNICA PIANO-ACCORDION BAND on Decca), vocal refrain. With partner performing harmonized chorus (-1). Speaking by unknown person, with additional vocals by chorus (-2). November 21, 1932. GB-5206-1-2 Dreaming (Flanagan) Pan 25345, Dec F-3278 (-1) GB-5207-1-2 Wanderer (Flanagan) Pan 25344, Mf G-2230, Dec F-3278 (-1) GB-5212 Liszt, Chopin and Mendelssohn (TowersLeon-Nicholls) Pan 25344 GB-5213 The old kitchen kettle (Woods-CampbellConnelly) Pan 25345, Mf G-2230 (-2) GB-5215-1-2 My evening star (Lester) Pan 25343, Dec F-3323 NOTE: It is possible that GB-5214 (“Passion flower”) on Pan 25343 and Dec F-3439 has an Elwin vocal. MS-F (inc. Amendments), MGT-Mf, MGT-Pan, AGK MAURICE ELWIN, baritone, with instrumental accompaniment (including Claude Ivy on the piano). November 23, 1932. GB-5236-1-2-3 Castles in the sand (Green-Sandford-McConnell) Dec F-3303 GB-5237-1-2-3 Ich liebe dich, my dear (Hart-Blight) Dec F-3303 GB-5239-1-2 Sad (Rose-Dobson) Dec F-3300 GB-5240-1-2-3 Someday we’ll meet again (Hoffman-Goodhart-Ager) Dec F-3300 NOTE: GB-5240 has piano and violin. MS-F, AGK 262 Maurice Elwin and Cavan O’Connor as BERT AND BOB, with Claude Ivy, piano accompaniment. November 23, 1932. GB-5241-1-2 Wanderer (Flanagan) Dec F-3302 GB-5242-1-2-3 I wonder how the old folks are tonight? (Yellen-Dougherty) Dec F-3302 MS-F BOBBY BROWN AND HIS ACCORDION BAND (as THE PAVILION PIANO-ACCORDION BAND on May-Fair; as TOMMY WHITE AND HIS ACCORDION BAND on Peacock; as the BRITANNICA PIANO-ACCORDION BAND on Decca), vocal refrain. Vocal duets with Cavan O’Connor. November 30, 1932. GB-5270-2 “Till we meet again” (in “Waltzland—selection, part 1”) Pan 25389, Mf G2251, Pea P-119 GB-5271-2 “I’m forever blowing bubbles” and “Let me call you sweetheart” (in “Waltzland—selection, part 2”) Pan 25389, Mf G2251, Pea P-119 GB-5273-1-2-3 When Mother played the organ (and Daddy sang a hymn) (Sanford-McConnell) Pan 25390, Dec F3323 NOTE: It is possible that GB-5272 (“I wonder how the old folks are tonight?”) on Pan 25390 has an Elwin/O’Connor vocal. MS-F, MGT-Mf, MGT-Pan, MGT-Pea, AGK CARROLL GIBBONS AND THE SAVOY HOTEL ORPHEANS, vocal chorus. With the Carlyle Cousins (Cecile Petrie-Pauline Lister-Irene Taylor) (-1). London, December 1, 1932. CA-13267-1 Please (Robin-Rainger) Col CB-540 CA-13268-1 Try a little tenderness (WoodsCampbell-Connelly) Col CB-546, Col DO-874 (AU), Col OQ-2009 (IT) (-1) BDBR, RL, MGT-Col 263 MAURICE ELWIN, baritone, with instrumental accompaniment. March 15, 1933. GB-5679-1-2 Why can’t this night go on forever? (Newman-Jones) Dec F-3523 GB-5680-1-2 The goodnight waltz (Rose-Dobson) Dec F-3523 GB-5681-1-2 Music is a friend of love (Rose-Elwin*) Dec F-3522 GB-5682-1-2 Maybe I love you too much (Irving Berlin) Dec F-3522 NOTE: *Maurice Elwin is the composer. MS-F CARROLL GIBBONS AND THE SAVOY HOTEL ORPHEANS. London, March 21, 1933. CA-13507-1 What wouldja like for breakfast? (Walter Kent) Col CB-587 CA-13508-1 Pale Volga moon (O’Hagan) Col CB-588 CA-13509-1 Sweetheart (Miller-Clarke) Col CB-588 BDBR, MGT-Col CARROLL GIBBONS AND THE SAVOY HOTEL ORPHEANS, vocal chorus. Vocal duet with Carroll Gibbons (-1). London, April 3, 1933. CA-13554-1 Why can’t this night go on forever (Newman-Jones) Col CB-603 CA-13555-1 And so I married the girl (Magidson-Stept) Col CB-600 (-1) CA-13556-1 Under my umbrella (O’Flynn-Meyer-Wendling) Col CB-600 BDBR, MGT-Col BOBBY BROWN AND HIS ACCORDION BAND. C. April 4, 1933. GB-5716 Hyde Park Corner Pan 25501 MGT-Pan 270 NORMAN BLAIR, baritone, with accordion and pianoforte accompaniment. April 4, 1933. GB-5723 Will the roses bloom in heaven? (Harris) Pan 25629 GB-5724 Put on your old grey bonnet Pan 25574 GB-5725 The lads in navy blue Pan 25574 GB-5726-1-2 Lay my head beneath a rose Pan 25855 MGT-Pan, ML CARROLL GIBBONS AND THE SAVOY HOTEL ORPHEANS, vocal chorus. London, April 5, 1933. CA-13563-1 A broken rosary (Klein-Dillon) Col CB-599 CA-13564-1 I want to go home (J. L. Sanders) Col CB-603 BDBR, MGT-Col BERT AND BOB (Maurice Elwin and Cavan O’Connor), vocal duet, with pianoforte accompaniment. April 26, 1933. GB-5788-1-2 There’s a light in your window (calling me home) (Kennedy— Thorburn—Scott-Coomber) Dec F3561 GB-5780-1-2 Blue Ridge moon (Kahn-Arnold-van Alstyne) Dec F3561 MS-F 271 MAURICE ELWIN, baritone, with instrumental accompaniment (Claude Ivy-p). April 26, 1933. GB-5790-1-2 What do I care, it’s home (Turk-Smolin) Dec F-3559 GB-5791-1-2 Meet me in the gloaming (Hoffman-Goodhart-Freed) Dec F-3559 GB-5792-1-2 The old spinning wheel (Hill) Dec F-3558 GB-5793-1-2 Lawd, show me the way (Stanley-De Rance) Dec F-3558 MS-F CARROLL GIBBONS AND THE SAVOY HOTEL ORPHEANS, vocal chorus. London, May 11, 1933. CA-13661-1 Rock-a-bye moon (Johnson-Steele-Lang) Col CB-619 CA-13662-1-2 Something came and got me in the spring (SchollSchwartz-Rich) Col rejected CA-13663-1 Stormy weather (Koehler-Arlen) Col CB-619, Col DQ470 (IT) CA-13664-1-2 You’re mine, you! (Heyman-Green) Col rejected BDBR, MGT-Col CARROLL GIBBONS AND THE SAVOY HOTEL ORPHEANS, vocal chorus. London, May 25, 1933. CA-13662-3 Something came and got me in the spring (Scholl-SchwartzRich) Col CB620 CA-13664-3 You’re mine, you! (Heyman-Green) Col CB620 BDBR, MGT-Col 272 MAURICE ELWIN, baritone, with instrumental accompaniment. With piano and violin accompaniment (-1). May 31, 1933. GB-5927-1-2 You are too beautiful (Hart-Rodgers) Dec F3597 GB-5928-1-2 You’re getting to be a habit with me (from Forty-Second Street) (Dubin-Warren) Dec F3602 GB-5929-1-2 You’re mine, you (Green-Heyman) Dec F3597 (-1) GB-5930-1-2 Somebody lied (Rose-Foster) Dec F3602 MS-F CARROLL GIBBONS AND THE SAVOY HOTEL ORPHEANS, vocal chorus. London, July 1, 1933. CA-13775-1 Peter, Peter (Woods-Campbell-Connelly) Col CB640 CA-13776-1 One tiny tear (from Never Come Back) (Woods-CampbellConnelly) Col CB640 CA-13777-1 Happy ending (film This Week of Grace) (H. Parr-Davies) Col CB-641 CA-13778-1 My lucky day (film This Week of Grace) (H. Parr-Davies) Col CB-641 BDBR, MGT-Col 273 MAURICE ELWIN, baritone, with piano and violin accompaniment. July 11, 1933. GB-6034-1-2 Pettin’ in the park (from Gold Diggers of 1933) (DubinWarren) Dec F-3629 GB-6035-1-2 I’ve got to sing a torch song (film Gold Diggers of 1933) (Dubin-Warren) Dec F-3614?, Dec F-3621 GB-6036-1-2 Shadow waltz (film Gold Diggers of 1933) (Dubin-Warren) Dec F-3614?, Dec F-3621 GB-6037-1-2 The gold-diggers’ song (We’re in the money) (from Gold Diggers of 1933) (Dubin-Warren) Dec F-3629 NOTE: It would appear that GB-6035 and GB-6036 were released originally as Dec F-3614 (and listed as such in the August 1933 Decca supplement), and that the record became Dec F-3621 the following month (MS-F [inc. Amendments]). MS-F (inc. Amendments) CARROLL GIBBONS AND THE SAVOY HOTEL ORPHEANS, vocal chorus. London, July 20, 1933. CA-13813-1 Dancing butterfly (Young-Petkere) Col CB-646, Col J-1932 (JP) CA-13814-1 There’s a cabin in the pines (Hill-Brown) Col CB-647 CA-13816-1 Moths around the candle flame (Randal-DolpheGordon) Col CB-646 NOTE: It is unclear who sang “Lover” (CA-13815-1-2 [rejected]). BDBR, MGT-Col 274 MAURICE ELWIN, vocal, with instrumental accompaniment. C. August-September 1933. ?My mother’s garden (Hanley) Dec F-3643 ?Lay your head on my shoulder (Conrad-Coslow-Campbell) Dec F-3643 NOTE: Reviewed in the October 1933 issue of Gramophone. MS-F MAURICE ELWIN, baritone, with violin and piano accompaniment. September 7, 1933. GB-6116-1-2 Mademoiselle (Nesbitt) Dec F-3667 GB-6117-1-2 Sundown in a little green hollow (Whiting-Baskette) Dec F-3667 MS-F MAURICE ELWIN, baritone, with piano and violin accompaniment. September 22, 1933. GB-6140-1-2 Good-night, little girl of my dreams (Tobias-Burke) Dec F-3712 GB-6141-1-2 Sweet dreams, pretty lady (Downey-Hanley) Dec F-3712 GB-6142-1 In the vine covered church ’way back home (Weldon-Miller) Rex 8174 GB-6143-1-2 If you’ll say “yes,” cherie (Ray Noble) Dec F-3758 MS-F, WD, ML 275 MAURICE ELWIN (as BUNNY KING on Peacock), baritone, with piano and violin accompaniment. October 30, 1933. GB-6256-1-2 Old-fashioned sweetheart (J. G. Gilbert) Dec F-3758 GB-6257-1-2 From me to you (King-Andre-Conney) Dec F-3756 GB-6258-1-2 Saying goodbye to love (Haskins-Rodgers-Roe) Dec F-3769 GB-6259-1-2 There’s a home in Wyomin’ (Hill-De Rose) Dec F-3756, Pea P-166 NOTE: The labels on Dec F-3756 mix up the matrix number for each side. Smith gets the recording dates wrong for Dec F-3756 (MS-F). MS-F, MGT-Pea MAURICE ELWIN, baritone. November 1933. GB-6321-2 That man of yours (Blair) Rex 8174 ML MAURICE ELWIN, vocal, with violin and piano accompaniment. November 15, 1933. GB-6324-1-2 ’Tain’t (Leslie Holmes-Leslie Sarony) Dec F-3757 GB-6325-1-2 God bless you (Norman Hackforth) Dec F-3757 GB-6326-1-2 Without that certain thing (Max & Harry Nesbitt) Dec F-3769 MS-F 276 NORMAN BLAIR. Late November 1933. GB-6356 The miner’s dream of home Pan 25624 GB-6357 In the shade of the old apple tree Pan 25624 GB-6358 You’re as welcome as the flowers Pan 25645 GB-6359 Stay in your own back yard Pan 25645 MGT-Pan JAY WILBUR AND HIS BAND (as LEW SYLVA AND HIS BAND on Rex 8103), vocal chorus. London, December 1933. F-640-1-2 Unless (Hargreaves-Damerell-Evans) Rex 8102 F-641-1-2 Little Dutch clock (Reaves-Myers) Rex 8102 F-642-1-2 That’s me without you (Johnson-Glason-Coots) Rex 8103 F-643-1-2 So shy (Boretz-Samuels) Rex 8103 BDBR, MGT-Rex, AGK PETER DARRELL (as CECIL NORTON on Broadcast), vocal, with organ accompaniment. December 21, 1933. 1632 Trees (Rasbach) Ecl SC-112 1633The rosary (Nevin) Ecl SC-112, Bcst 1022 VR, MGT-Ecl 277 MAURICE ELWIN, baritone, with orchestra. December 1933. 6532-2 Just a year ago tonight (Billy Rose-Lee David) Imp 2943 6533-2 Goodnight (Harry Graham—Alfred Grunwald—F. Lohner-Beda—Paul Abraham) Imp 2943 ADM-Imp, DW MAURICE ELWIN, baritone, with CHAS. D. SMART at the Wurlitzer organ. December 1933. 6536-2 Lullaby lady (Johnson-Rule-Kortlander) Imp 2942 6537-2 At the end of the day (Carr-Nesbitt) Imp 2942 ADM-Imp, WD MAURICE ELWIN, vocal, with Bert Read/Slim Wilson, piano accompaniment. December 13, 1933. GB-6420-1-2 I want you, I need you (Du Boise-Ellison-Brooks) Dec F-3830 GB-6421-1-2 Close your eyes (Bernice Petkere) Dec F-3830 MS-F JAY WILBUR AND HIS BAND, vocal chorus. Additional vocals by chorus (-1). London, December 1933-January 1934. F-673-2 “There is a tavern in the town” (in “Drinking songs, part 1”) Rex 8126 (-1) F-674-1-2 “Here’s to the maiden” (in “Drinking songs, part 2”) Rex 8126 (-1) F-682-1-2 Play to me, gipsy (Kennedy-Vacek) Rex 8120 F-683-1-2 I had to change the words (Bennett-Tobias-Cowan) Rex 8120 BDBR, MGT-Rex, AGK 278 1934 PETER DARRELL, vocal. C. January 1934. 1666-2 My song goes round the world (Kennedy-May) Ecl 603 1667 Please don’t waste any more time (Hanley-Mills) Ecl 603 MGT-Ecl MAURICE ELWIN, baritone. January 1934. 6546-2 Everything I have is yours (Adamson-Lane) Imp 2951 6547-1 Play to me, gypsy (Kennedy-Vacek) Imp 2951 ADM-Imp TARRANT BAILEY JUNR., banjo solos. C. late January 1934? 6560-3 “Robin Adair” (in “Banjo all sorts — part 1”) Rex 8177 6561-3 “Drink to me only” (in “Banjo all sorts — part 2”) Rex 8177 NOTE: Mike Taylor points out that, while these recordings were issued on Rex, the matrix numbers suggest that they may have originally been intended for Imperial, another Crystalate label. MGT-Rex, MT PETER DARRELL, with organ accompaniment. January-February 1934. 1690-1 Unless (Hargreaves-Damerell-Evans) Ecl 622 1691 Maybe we’ll meet again Ecl 622 MGT-Ecl 279 MAURICE ELWIN, the famous baritone. August-September 1934. F-945-1 For all we know (Lewis-Coots) Rex 8283 F-946-2 Two hearts in waltz time (film Two Hearts in Waltz Time) (FogwellStolz) Rex 8283 MGT-Rex, AGK PETER DARRELL, with accordion accompaniment. August-September 1934. 2110 What will I do? (Tyne) Ecl 788 MGT-Ecl PETER DARRELL, with instrumental accompaniment. September-October 1934. 2153 Love in bloom (Robin-Rainger) Ecl 788 MGT-Ecl MAURICE ELWIN, baritone, assisted by LINDA FAIRE (vocal duettist). October 1934. F-1012-1 If you were the only girl in the world (from The Bing Boys Are Here) (Ayer) Rex 8338 F-1013-2 They didn’t believe me (Kern) Rex 8338 NOTE: Henry Parsons points out to me that “Linda Faire” is a transparently etymological pseudonym; but who is she really? MGT-Rex 286 FAMOUS REX ARTISTES, compèred by JACK PAYNE. November 1934. F-1038-1 “For all we know” (J. Fred Coots-Samuel M. Lewis) (in “The Rex review of 1934 - part 1”) Rex 8336 MGT-Rex 287 1935 MAURICE ELWIN. January-February 1935. F-1160 Rain Rex 8417 F-1161 The moon was yellow Rex 8417 NOTE: Roger Wimbush commented that this record’s “accompaniment is reminiscent of Fred Hartley” (Gramophone, April 1935, 445). MGT-Rex MAURICE ELWIN, baritone (with harmonized female chorus by The Carlyle Cousins). April 1935. F-1258 On the other side of the hill (Kennedy) Rex 8480 F-1259 Song of the trees (Damerell-Evans) Rex 8480 NOTE: Roger Wimbush describes the harmonized female vocal as “doubtless the same girls we sometimes hear with Jay Wilbur” (Gramophone, June 1935, 22), by which he must mean the Carlyle Cousins; Mike Taylor and David Weavings concur, with Taylor identifying the band as Fred Hartley and His Orchestra. MGT-Rex ROY LAROCHE. August 21, 1935. H-153 Red sails in the sunset (Kennedy-Williams) Cr 12 H-154 My sweetest dream (Wright-Denman) Cr 12 MGT-Cr 288 MAURICE ELWIN, baritone, with Wurlitzer organ accompaniment. August-September 1935. F-1491-2 Ah! Sweet mystery of life (film Naughty Marietta) (Herbert) Rex 8603 F-1492-2 For you alone (Geehl) Rex 8603 MGT-Rex MAURICE ELWIN, baritone, with organ accompaniment. December 1935. F-1660 Somewhere a voice is calling (Newton-Tate) / Because (Teschemacher-D’Hardelot) Rex 8689, BRC B-146 F-1661 Where my caravan has rested (Teschemacher-Lohr) / Roses of Picardy (Wetherty-Wood) Rex 8689, BRC B-146 MGT-Rex MAURICE ELWIN. December 1935-January 1936. F-1679 After all these years Rex 8703 ?Some other time Rex 8703 MGT-Rex 289 1936 MAURICE ELWIN, the famous baritone, with Wurlitzer organ accompaniment (Charles Smart). March 1936. F-1770-2 Love’s old sweet song (Bingham-Molloy) Rex 8937, BRC B-145 F-1771-2 When you come home dear (Weatherly-Squire) Rex 8937, BRC B-145 MGT-Rex GEORGE SCOTT-WOOD, piano-accordion solo with vocal chorus: MAURICE ELWIN. Studio 3, Abbey Road, London, March 9, 1936. 0EA-3134-1-2 Song of songs (Moya) HMV BD-336, HMV IM-107 (IE), HMV EA-1749 (AU) 0EA-3135-1-2 Ah, sweet mystery of life (from Naughty Marietta) (V. Herbert) HMV BD-336, HMV IM-107 (IE), HMV EA-1749 (AU) MSFA, GCD MAURICE ELWIN, baritone, with organ accompaniment. March-April 1936. F-1800 Gloomy Sunday (The famous Hungarian suicide song) (Carter-Seress) Rex 8773, RZ G-40036 (AU) F-1801 Solitude (De Lange-Mills-Ellington) Rex 8773, RZ G-40036 (AU) MGT-Rex 290 Difficult to Date: Homochord JULIAN LESTER, baritone. Issued December 1929. ?Little pal (B. de Sylva-L. Brown-R. Henderson) Hom D-1427 ?Why can’t you? (B. de Sylva-L. Brown-R. Henderson) Hom D-1427 ADM-Hom 291 Difficult to Date: Pathé Actuelle and Derivative Labels LESLIE NEWTON (R. DURANT on Grafton), baritone, with orchestral accompaniment. Issued September 1927. ?Dear little Irish mother (O’Brien) PA 11438, Gra 9277 ML-PA, MGT-Gra LESLIE NEWTON, baritone, with orchestral accompaniment. Issued August 1927. ?Any time, anywhere (Morgan) PA 11412 ML-PA Maurice Elwin (as ERICS SIMS on PA mx. 95464; as LESLIE NEWTON on PA 11285; as R. DURANT on Scala Ideal; as WALTER BROOKS on Grafton mx. 95465 and 95466; as LEWIS YOUNG on Grand Pree), baritone, with orchestral accompaniment (-1); Maurice Elwin and Hardy Williamson as [ERIC] SIMS AND [NORMAN] WRIGHT (as LANE AND SLOAN on Grafton mx. 95467), duet, with orchestra accompaniment (-2). Issued March 1927. 95464 You can’t take away my dreams (Herbin) PA 11307 (-1) 95465 Perhaps you’ll think of me (Stone) PA 11285, I-S 7193, Gra 9257, Grand Pree 18643 (-1) 95466 Sheila O’Shay (Hargreaves-DamerellGriffiths) PA 11285, Gra 9250, Grand Pree 18643 (-1) 95467 I’d love to meet that old sweetheart of mine (Davis-Burke) PA 11307, Gra 9257 (-2) ML-PA, MGT-Gra, MGT-GrandPree, MGT-I-S 292 ERIC SIMS (FRANK SHAW on Grand Pree), baritone, with orchestral accompaniment. Issued December 1926. ?In our love canoe (Renard-Sims*) PA 11197, Grand Pree 18612 ?Can’t forget (Terry-Rivers) PA 11197, Grand Pree 18612 NOTE: *“Al Sims” is Elwin. ML-PA, MGT-GrandPree 293 Unconfirmed Tuck’s Gramophone Record Postcard ?Maurice Elwin (uncredited). 1929? P1X Bonnie banks of Loch Lomond Tuck’s A-3 IS IT ELWIN? Possibly. YouTube user @Twiddlybobby identified Elwin’s voice on Tuck’s Gramophone Record Postcard no. 7688 (the same matrix appears also on postcards 3276, 3566, 7136, and 7537). I am inclined to agree with him, but I would like to hear a clearer transfer. BLM-Tuck’s 294 Unconfirmed “Bert and Bob” (Decca) “Bert and Bob” seem often to have been Maurice Elwin and Cavan O’Connor, but not always. BERT AND BOB, vocal duet, with pianoforte accompaniment; at the piano: CLAUDE IVY. January 31, 1930. MB-911-1-2-3 I’ll be reminded of you (film The Vagabond Lover) (Smith) Dec F-1633 MB-912-1-2 A little kiss each morning (Harry Woods) Dec F-1633 MB-913-1-2 A night of happiness (Conrad-Mitchell-Gottler) Dec F-1659 NOTE: Smith notes that the file entry shows Bert and Bob’s identities to be “HODGES AND PLANT, amended to read THE TWO MACS” (MS-F). IS IT ELWIN? Probably. On the same day, in the four subsequent matrices, Maurice Elwin sang vocal refrain for the Rhythm Maniacs. MS-F BERT AND BOB. February 21, 1930. MB-984-1-2-3 Sitting by the windows (Conrad-Mitchell-Gottler) Dec F-1659 NOTE: As at the previous session, “Bert and Bob” are really “Hodges and Plant,” names which have been further amended in the file to read “The Two Macs” (MS-F). IS IT ELWIN? Maybe. The preceding four matrices are of Elwin singing vocal refrain for the Rhythm Maniacs, but they were made the previous day. MS-F 295 THE SINGING SERENADERS. C. February 1927. E-1177-2 She’s still my baby Par E-5756, Ar 4211 E-1178-2 Lay me down to sleep in Carolina Par E-5756, Ar 4210 E-1179-2 My cutie’s due at two-to-two today Par E-5748, Ar 4205 E-1180 Blondy Par E-5748 NOTE: E-1177 and E-1178 have piano accompaniment, according to Thomas (MGT-Ar). I have found a transfer of a version of “My cutie’s due at two-to-two today” labeled simply as “Ronnie Munro Band” (archive.org, https://ia903004.us.archive.org/14/items/78rpmCollection1920s1930sPopularMusic/11%20 My%20cutie_s%20due%20at%20two%20to%20two.m4a). It consists of a duet between Maurice Elwin and another man—but not Jack Plant. Ronnie Munro is not listed as having recorded that song by Rust and Forbes (BDBR), but it is possible that the mystery transfer is of Parlophone E-5748 or Ariel 4205 and that Ronnie Munro is mentioned on the label as having accompanied the duet. Obviously, I would very much like to see and hear the record itself. AB-Par, MGT-Ar THE SINGING SERENADERS, with piano accompaniment. February-March 1929. E-1217 Crying for the moon Par E-5795 E-1218 High-high-high up in the hills Par E-5773, Ar 4210 E-1219 Drifting and dreaming (Gillespie-van Alstyne-SchmidtCurtis) Par E-5795, Ar 4227 E-1220-2 Alice’s ’ouse Par E-5773 AB-Par, MGT-Ar 302 THE SINGING SERENADERS, with piano duet by RONNIE MUNRO and BARRY MILLS. C. Summer 1927. E-1404 My heart stood still (from One Dam Thing After Another) (Lorenz Hart-Richard Rodgers) Par E-5818 E-1405-2 The birth of the blues (de Sylva-Brown-Henderson) Ar 4275 E-1405-3 The birth of the blues (de Sylva-Brown-Henderson) Par E-5818, Ar 4249 NOTE: Thomas has mx. E-1405-3 as having been issued on Ar 4249 and mx. E-1405-2 as having been issued on Ar 4275 (MGT-Ar). AB-Par, MGT-Ar THE SINGING SERENADERS, with piano. C. Summer 1927. E-1424-2 Mine Par E-5847, Ar 4255, Ar 4275 E-1425-2 The little white house Par E-5847 E-1426-2 Kentucky lullaby Par E-5848 E-1427 Why should I say that I’m sorry? Par E-5848 AB-Par, MGT-Ar THE SINGING SERENADERS, with piano. C. Summer 1927. E-1538-2 Souvenirs (Edgar Leslie-Horatio Nicholls) Par E-5902, Ar 4253 E-1539-2 Old names of old flames Par E-5902, Ar 4249 AB-Par, MGT-Ar 303 THE SINGING SERENADERS. C. November 1927. E-1614-2 Oh! Baby don’t we get along? (De Sylva-BrownHenderson) Par E-5963, Ar 4263 E-1615 At the end of an Irish moonbeam Par E-5961 E-1616-2 Sing to me of ould Ireland Par E-5961 E-1617-2 Tonight you belong to me Par E-5946 AB-Par, MGT-Ar THE SINGING SERENADERS, with piano. C. December 1927-January 1928. E-1678 Is she my girl friend? Par E-5981 E-1679 Bless her little heart (Paul Denniker) Par E-5963 E-1680 Sunset down in Somerset Par E-5962, Ar 4263, Ar 4426 E-1681 Every morn, every noon, every night Par E-5962 AB-Par, MGT-Ar L. SILBERMAN’S TRIO. March-April 1928. E-1816 Yvonne (Percy Edgar-Harry Solloway) Par E-6007 E-1817 Rita (Tom Burke-Harry Solloway) Par E-6007 E-1818 The song is ended (Berlin) Par E-6008 E-1820 (I’m in heaven when I see you smile) Diane (Erno Rapee-Lew Pollack) Par E-6008 NOTE: These two records are known to have had vocal choruses (Christopher Stone [Peppering], Gramophone, May 1928, 508). Hayes and Carpenter mention that Elwin had recorded with the “Silverman Trio (label unknown).” AB-Par 304 WILSON AND WALLER (?Maurice Elwin and ?Eddie Collis), with orchestra. C. August 7, 1929. E-2712-2-1 [sic] Tho’ you threw me down Par E-6193 E-2713-2 Don’t make my heart your plaything Par E-6193 E-2714 We toddle up the hill together Par E-6204 E-2715 Little baby curls Par E-6204 IS IT ELWIN? Possibly. Elwin and Collis seem to have been “Wilson and Waller” at least most of the time, and Elwin recorded the two subsequent matrices with Ronnie Munro. AB-Par 305 Unconfirmed “Melody Boys” (Homochord) THE MELODY BOYS, vocal duet with piano. B Studio, Hayes, Middlesex, January 3, 1927. HH-10024-1 Let’s all go to Mary’s house (C. Conrad-L. Wood) Hom D-1065 HH-10025-1-2 Tell me you love me (L. Hare-A. Lange-R. A. King) Hom D-1066 HH-10026-1-2 In a little garden (E. Whittemore-F. S. Iula) Hom D-1066 HH-10027-1-2 The more we are together (J. Campbell-R. Connelly) Hom D-1065 ADM-Hom, GCD THE MELODY BOYS, vocal duet with piano. B Studio, Hayes, Middlesex, February 16, 1927. HH-10175-1 Let’s all go to Alice’s house (Barclay-R. A. King) Hom D1080 HH-10176-1-2 Drifting and dreaming (H. Gillespie-E. van Alstyne-L. Curtis-E. R. Schmidt) Hom D1081 HH-10177-1 Sunny Swanee (R. Wallace-R. Tabbush) Hom D1080 HH-10178-1 Picardy (B. Rose-J. Campbell-R. Connelly) Hom D1081 ADM-Hom, GCD 306 THE MELODY BOYS, vocal duet with piano. B Studio, Hayes, Middlesex, March 2, 1927. HH-10228-1-2 Kentucky lullaby (N. Miller-C. Cohn) Hom D1092 HH-10229-1-2 It made you happy (when you made me cry) (W. Donaldson) Hom D1093 HH-10230-1-2 Shepherd of the hills (E. Leslie-H. Nicholls) Hom D1092 HH-10231-1-2 High, high, high up in the hills (S. Lewis-J. Young-M. Abrahams) Hom D1093 ADM-Hom, GCD THE MELODY BOYS, vocal duet with piano and ukulele. B Studio, Hayes, Middlesex, April 29, 1927. HH-10663-1-2 Waitin’ for the moon (J. Brown-S. Lerner) Hom D-1117 HH-10664-1-2 When the love bird leaves the nest (H. Wade) Hom D-1118 HH-10665-1 Waiting for the rainbow (E. Little-H. M. Tennent) Hom D-1118 HH-10666-1 Charleston crazy (P. Grainger-B. Ricketts) Hom D-1117 ADM-Hom, GCD THE MELODY BOYS (Maurice Elwin with partner), vocal duet. June 1, 1928. BL-919 In old Vienna (Nicholls-Leslie) Hom D-1278 BL-920 Ramona (Mabel Wayne-L. W. Gilbert) Hom D-1279 ADM-Hom 307 THE MELODY BOYS, vocal duet with piano. B Studio, Hayes, Middlesex, June 8, 1927. HH-11011-1-2 Mamma’s gone young — Papa’s gone old (R. P. Weston-B. Lee) Hom D-1138 HH-11012-1-2 Dear little Irish mother (M. O’Brien) Hom rejected HH-11013-1-2 So blue (B. de Sylva-L. Brown-R. Henderson) Hom D-1137 HH-11014-1-2 I’m looking over a four leaf clover (M. Dixon-H. Woods) Hom D-1138 NOTE: I am hypothesizing about the rejected takes of H-11012. ADM-Hom, GCD THE MELODY BOYS, vocal duet with piano. B Studio, Hayes, Middlesex, June 29, 1927. HH-11012-3 Dear little Irish mother (M. O’Brien) Hom D-1137 ADM-Hom, GCD, ML THE MELODY BOYS, vocal duet, with piano. B Studio, Hayes, Middlesex, January 26, 1928. HH-12615-1 I’m gonna settle up (N. Osborne-G. B. McConnell) Hom D-1222 HH-12616-1 Are you happy? (J. Yellen-M. Ager) Hom D-1222 HH-12617-1-2 The song is ended (but the melody lingers on) Hom D-1221 HH-12618-1-2 Give me a night in June (C. Friend) Hom D-1221 ADM-Hom, GCD 308 THE MELODY BOYS, vocal duet with piano. May 22, 1928. HH-13385-1-2 Ol’ man river (from Show Boat) (J. Kern) Hom D1271 HH-13386-1 Can’t help lovin’ dat man (from Show Boat (O. Hammerstein-J. Kern) Hom D1271 HH-13387-1-2 You can tell her anything under the sun (A. Bryan-H. Paley-J. Kendis) Hom D1270 HH-13388-1-2 How long has this been going on? (B. Davis-P. Wenderling) Hom D1270 ADM-Hom, GCD THE MELODY BOYS (Maurice Elwin and partner). BL-? My inspiration is you (E. Leslie-H. Nicholls) Hom D-1278 BL-? Someday you’ll be sorry (C. Seyler-R. Morgan) Hom D-1279 ADM-Hom 309 Unconfirmed Mellow and Rich MELLOW AND RICH (Cavan O’Connor and Maurice Elwin). c. April 1933. 389 Have you ever been lonely? (Peter de Rose) Bcst 965 390 Where the wild, wild roses bloom (Jack Brown-Milt Taggart-Mary Woolsey) Bcst 965 IS IT ELWIN? Possibly. “Mellow and Rich” was normally a pseudonym for Cavan O’Connor and Tom Barratt; in this instance, it would appear that Elwin stood in for Barratt (VR). Hayes and Carpenter mention “Mellow and Rich” as at least occasionally including Elwin (1980b, 32). Thomas, on the other hand, lists the duettists on this record as O’Connor and Barratt (MGTBcst). VR, MGT-Bcst 310 Unconfirmed Sterno Recordings ARTHUR WATSON, baritone, with orchestra. C. 1931. ?I found a million-dollar baby St 822 ?Love letters in the sand St 822 IS IT ELWIN? Probably. Elwin sings as Arthur Watson on St 823. MGT-St 311 Cavan O’Connor and partner as CREIGHTON AND LAUGHTON, vocal duets with instrumental accompaniment. November 13, 1930. GB-2274-1-2-3 Never swat a fly (film Just Imagine) (de Sylva-BrownHenderson) Dec F2139 GB-2275-1-2 Walkin’ my baby back home (Turk-Ahlert) Dec F-2139 NOT ELWIN: Elwin is not the partner. MS-F BERT AND BOB (Jack Plant and Foster Richardson), vocal duets with CLAUDE IVY, piano accompaniment. June 16, 1930. MB-1507-1-2 Cheer up and smile (Con Conrad) Dec F-1811 MB-1508-1-2 Here comes Emily Brown (Con Conrad) Dec F-1811 MB-1509-1-2 I don’t need atmosphere (Coslow-Harling) Dec rejected NOT ELWIN: I am hypothesizing that the first two takes of MB-1509 were recorded at this session; if not, they would have been soon afterwards. See July 3, 1930 for takes 3 and 4. MS-F, ML BERT AND BOB (Jack Plant and Foster Richardson), vocal duets, with pianoforte accompaniment (Claude Ivy). July 3, 1930 MB-1509-3-4 I don’t need atmosphere (film Honey) (Coslow-FrankeHarling) Dec F1846 MB-1570-1-2-3Have a little faith in me (film Spring Is Here) (Warren) Dec F1846 MS-F, AGK, ML 318 BERT AND BOB (Jack Plant and Foster Richardson), vocal duet, with piano accompaniment. August 28, 1930. MB-1749-1-2 Meet me in my dreams tonight (Nicholls) Dec F1911 MB-1750-1-2-3 On the sunny side of the street (from Lew Leslie’s International Revue) (McHugh-Fields) Dec F1911 MB-1751-1-2 One night alone with you (Andrew Jeffrey) Rejected MB-1752-1-2 Here in my heart (Campbell-Connelly) Rejected NOT ELWIN: Smith erroneously listed MB-1751 and MB-1752 under Dec F-3407 and made a correction in his “Amendments,” although even then the situation is muddled with misprints (MS-F [inc. Amendments]). I have sorted out this and the following session as best I can. MS-F (inc. Amendments), ML BERT AND BOB (Jack Plant and Foster Richardson), vocal duets with piano accompaniment. September 12, 1930. MB-1751-3-4 One night alone with you (Andrew Jeffrey) Dec F-1912 MB-1752-3-4 Here in my heart (Campbell-Connelly) Dec F-1912 NOT ELWIN: Takes 1 and 2 probably recorded at the August 28 session. MS-F, ML CREIGHTON AND LAUGHTON (Cavan O’Connor and partner), vocal duet, with instrumental accompaniment. London, September 25, 1930. GB-1926-1-2-3 Be careful with those eyes (Woods) Dec F-1955 GB-1927-1-2-3 Where can you be? (film Cheer Up and Smile) (Greer) Dec F-1955 NOT ELWIN: Elwin is not the partner. MS-F, JRR, AGK 319 BERT AND BOB (Tom Barratt and Cavan O’Connor), vocal duets with piano accompaniment. November 24, 1930. GB-2010-1 Down the lane to home sweet home (Alan Crocker) Dec F-2180 NOT ELWIN: Mike Langridge identifies Barratt and O’Connor in GB-2010-1 (ML). MS-F BERT AND BOB (Cavan O’Connor and Foster Richardson), vocal duet, with pianoforte accompaniment. January 30, 1931. GB-2449-4-5 I wasn’t ashamed of you, mother (Hammond-Lincoln) Dec F-2215 GB-2451-3-4-5 What’s the use? (Newman-Jones) Dec F-2215 GB-2592-1-2 I’m alone because I love you (Joe Young) Dec F-2225 GB-2593-1-2 Pasadena rose (Kennedy-Renard) Dec F-2225 GB-2595-1-2 Waiting by the silv’ry Rio Grande (Moll-Mencher) Dec F-2310 NOT ELWIN: Mike Langridge confirms Cavan O’Connor and Foster Richardson on Dec F-2225, so it seems safe to assign the whole session to them. MS-F, ML BERT AND BOB (Cavan O’Connor and partner), vocal duets, with pianoforte accompaniment. April 14, 1931. GB-2770-1-2 When it’s sunset on the Nile (Ellison-Renard) Dec F-2310 GB-2771-1-2 River, stay ’way from my door (Woods) Dec F-2322 GB-2772-1-2 Once in a lifetime (Jurmann) Dec F-2322 NOT ELWIN: I have aurally confirmed that Elwin is not on Dec F-2322. MS-F, AGK 320 Bert and Bob (as LYTE AND DARK), vocal duet, with pianoforte accompaniment. June 8, 1931. GB-2864-1-2 The little old church in the valley (Kahn-Arnold-van Alstyne) Dec F-2365 GB-2865-1-2 Pretty Kitty Kelly (Johns) Dec F-2365 NOT ELWIN: These duets do not include Maurice Elwin. MS-F, AGK THE RHYTHMIC EIGHT (John Firman dir.). A Studio, Hayes, c. August 23, 1931. 0Y-1604-1-2-3 All change for happiness (Baker-Johns-Barker) Zon 5990 NOT ELWIN: Only Rust and Forbes (in their supplement) correctly note that 0Y-1604 has no vocal (BDBR inc. Suppl.). BDBR (inc. Suppl.), FA-Zon, JRR, GCD BERT AND BOB (Cavan O’Connor and Foster Richardson), vocal duet, with pianoforte accompaniment. August 13, 1931. GB-3122-1-2 Springtime reminds me of you (Rotter-Carter-Jurmann) Dec F-2448 GB-3123-1 When the moon comes over the mountains (Woods) Dec F-2448 NOT ELWIN: I have aurally identified O’Connor and Richardson on this disc. MS-F, AGK 321 BERT AND BOB (Cavan O’Connor and Foster Richardson); with orchestra (-1); with piano accompaniment (-2). London, September 4, 1931. GB-3174-1-2 Pagan serenade (Payne-Campbell-Connelly) Dec F2507 (-1) GB-3175-1-2-3 My heart is where the Mohawk flows tonight (Carson J. Robison) Dec F2507 (-1) GB-3176-2-3 If I had my time over again (Tilsley-Stanley) Dec F2465 (-2) GB-3177-1-2 My old Irish mother (Gerald O’Donnell) Dec F2465 (-1) NOT ELWIN: Mike Langridge informs me, and I have confirmed, that Foster Richardson was O’Connor’s partner for this session. MS-F, JRR, ML BERT AND BOB (Cavan O’Connor and partner), vocal duet, with instrumental accompaniment. London, September 23, 1931. GB-3296-1-2 The twilight waltz (Kennedy-Dobson) Dec F-2561 GB-3297-1-2 She was a girl called Angel Eyes (Kennedy-Dobson) Dec F-2561 GB-3298-1-2 Honeymoon lane (Moll-Dowling-Hanley) Dec F-2590 GB-3299-1-2 Lucerne (Nicholls) Dec F-2590 NOT ELWIN: I have aurally confirmed that Elwin is not on Dec F-2590. MS-F, JRR, AGK 322 BERT AND BOB (Cavan O’Connor and Foster Richardson), vocal duet, with orchestral accompaniment. November 12, 1931. GB-3572-1-2 Just a song called “Home, sweet home” (Kennedy-Winston) Dec F-2691 GB-3573-1-2-3 Kiss me goodnight (Gottler-Nicholls) Dec F-2691 GB-3574-1-2 For the sake of days gone by (Wallace) Dec F-2696 GB-3575-1-2 When the chapel bells were ringing (Gaskill) Dec F-2696 NOT ELWIN: Mike Langridge confirms Foster Richardson to be O’Connor’s partner for this session. MS-F, AGK, ML PEGGY COCHRANE, novelty piano solo, with xylo and other effects by RUDY STARITA. Uncredited male singer. May 1932. A-1121 A cuckoo in the nest (Sievier-Norton) Bcst 3201 A-1122 Dance of the little Dutch dolls (Walker-Green) Bcst 3201 NOT ELWIN: Badrock suggests that the singer on this record could be either Sam Browne or Maurice Elwin (2001, 3162), and Frank Andrews et al. identify Browne (VR), but Mike Taylor points out the he is Dan Donovan. PC, VR, JW, MT PEGGY COCHRANE, syncopated piano solos, with vocal effects. August 1932. A-1178-2 “Soft lights and sweet music” (in “A posy of popular tunes, pt. 1”) Bcst 3236 A-1179-2 “Wherever you are” (in “A posy of popular tunes, pt. 2”) Bcst 3236 NOT ELWIN: Badrock suggests that the singer on this record could be either Sam Browne or Maurice Elwin (2001, 3162), and Frank Andrews et al. identify Browne (VR), but in reality the vocalist is neither Elwin nor Browne. PC, VR, JW 323 PEGGY COCHRANE, with vocal refrain. December 1932. A-1252-2 “When the morning rolls around” (Woods-Campbell-Connelly) (in “Popular melodies on a piano, part 1”) Bcst 3278 A-1253 “Masquerade” (Webster-Loeb) (in “Popular melodies on a piano, part 2”) Bcst 3278 NOT ELWIN: Badrock suggests that the singer on this record could be either Sam Browne or Maurice Elwin (2001, 3162), and Frank Andrews et al. identify Browne (VR), but in reality the vocalist is neither Elwin nor Browne. PC, VR, JW PEGGY COCHRANE, syncopated piano selections, with vocal refrain (by Sam Browne). March 1933. A-1324-2 “Let me give my happiness to you” (in “The Good Companions”) (Posford) Bcst 3304 A-1325 “Look what you’ve done” (in “The Kid from Spain”) (Kalmar-RubyAkst) Bcst 3304 NOT ELWIN: Badrock suggests that the singer accompanying Peggy Cochrane might be either Sam Browne or Maurice Elwin (and seems to lean towards Elwin; 2001, 3162–3163), but the voice on this record is clearly that of Browne. PC, MGT-Bcst 324 JACK JACKSON AND HIS ORCHESTRA. Vocals by Jack Jackson, George Melachrino, and chorus. Studio 2, Abbey Road, London, March 31, 1933. 0B-6490-1-2 Music is a friend of love (Rose-Alvin*) HMV B-6338 NOT ELWIN: Hayes and Carpenter thought that Elwin had participated in this recording of one of his own compositions (1980b, 32), but there is no evidence of his having done so, and he is not audible in the recording. *Elwin is the composer. CH2, BDBR, FAEB, GCD PEGGY COCHRANE, fascinating rhythm melodies on the piano. Uncredited male singer. May 1933. A-1373-3 Moon song (film Hello, Everybody) (Johnston) Bcst 3329 NOT ELWIN: Badrock suggests that the singer might be Elwin (2001, 3163), but it sounds like Sam Browne. PC, VR, JW 325 APPENDIX: CONVENTIONS USED IN THIS DISCOGRAPHY 1. Session Headers Capital letters are used to identify personal names, group names, and personal and group pseudonyms that actually appear on record labels, whereas mixed-case names are supplementary and do not appear on the labels. When not otherwise specified, a single, male name in capital letters will either be a variation on Elwin’s real name (“NORMAN BLAIR” or “MacPHAIL BLAIR”), his most common pseudonym (“MAURICE ELWIN”), or one of his other sixty-odd pseudonyms. Other information from the labels (e.g., “vocal refrain,” “baritone,” “with orchestral accompaniment”) is supplied in lowercase, with supplemental information not found on the labels (such as the identity of the accompaniment or musical director) put between parentheses. Any information after the first period is entirely supplemental and will not be found on a label. Locations are provided when they are known, as are dates or approximate dates. I sometimes provide my own guesses at session dates in italics. I offer these tentatively, as they are (mostly) based on matrix number sequences or (rarely) on issue dates. Matrix numbers are really best understood as unique identifiers rather than as pure serial numbers; they were assigned in ways that are not always perfectly understood and do not necessarily reflect a straightforward timeline. Issue dates provide a perfect terminus ante quem—the last conceivable date the recording could have been made—but only that. I do not generally identify individual band personnel, but many of them can be found in Rust and Forbes (1989) or Rust (2016). 2. Tables The tables that represent the recordings made at each session provide: 1. Matrix and take numbers: A matrix number is a number that is often preceded or followed by a prefix or suffix. In this discography, prefixes and suffixes are separated from the matrix numbers themselves by hyphens that do not always appear on the records. Following the matrix number or suffix, there are frequently take numbers 326 (when they are known), and takes that are known to have been actually issued are underlined. Note that I mention all takes explicitly mentioned by my sources. This practice results in a certain amount of necessary unevenness between my treatment of recordings made by the Gramophone Company and Decca, for which we know all takes made, and the output of most other record labels, for which only the issued takes are known. I have decided to err on the side of reporting all known take information whenever possible. 2. Song name and songwriter(s): Each song’s name is listed as much as possible exactly as it appears on the record; that includes any element of the song name that occurs in small type (which I surround with parentheses). When the record label explicitly refers to a show or a film that a song comes from, that is noted in parenthesis, e.g., “(from Show Title)” or “(film Movie Title).” When Maurice Elwin has sung one or more elements of a medley, they are listed in quotes, along with the medley name itself, thus: “First song title” and “Third song title” (in “Medley name”). Songwriters are listed in parentheses, with their names separated by hyphens. When possible, I list the names as they appear on the record label, allowing myself to correct spelling errors or occasionally to add known songwriters whose names have been omitted (a common occurrence). 3. Record label(s), catalogue number(s), etc.: For each known 78 rpm-era record pressed from a given matrix I list the label name (when possible using the abbreviations found in Rust and Forbes [1989]) and the catalogue number. Non-UK issues use a two-letter country code in parentheses when there could be any question as to which market a record was released in. When a UK issue is known to have been released with the same catalogue number in Australia, it is listed thus: “(inc. AU).” If no takes of a particular matrix made at a session were ever issued, I term them “rejected” if another attempt was made to record them and “unissued” if no further attempt was made. On one occasion I refer the reader to an LP that contains a song that was never issued in the 78 rpm era; the LP’s name is underlined. I like to scrutinize labels for discographical information when possible; when I have yet to do so for a particular label, I italicize it in the tables. 3. Session Notes Any further discussion of a session or its resulting output that does not fit into the abbreviated format of the tables is contained below them in italics. References to 327