Chick Bullock 's Orch. - Anytime, Any Day, Anywhere 1933

From Big Bands Database:

CHICK BULLOCK was born in 1908, Mutte, MA, died in 1981, California, USA.
While his English parents wanted him to be a doctor, Chick was attracted to vaudeville and singing. His career started in the early motion picture studios where he first would sing to a series of pictures changing on a screen behind him. He gained his fame when he became the in-house vocalist for the American Record Corporation (ARC). All during the 1930s, his was one of the best-known singing voices in America, yet today he is all but forgotten. Chick had a somewhat disfiguring ailment that caused the 'White' of one of his eyes to turn 'Black', and this limited his show business career to performances only on records and radio.
In the very early 1930s, most of Chick Bullock's recordings were backed by studio bands, which, while the leader's name changed, the musicians remained the same. In fact he was listed many times as bandleader when he was in fact only the vocalist on the sessions. In reality, his "Levee Loungers" were an ARC studio orchestra that often included some of the era's top jazz talent in a staff that changed from session to session. Often the very same men in the "Levee Loungers" were heard under different band names. In the mid 1930's, Bullock worked on radio and records. His voice was so recognizable that studios often used pseudonyms for him on the record labels. They could do this because Bullock was not under contract as a solo performer but rather a studio singer. In 1941, his contracts expired and he gave up recording and faded from the music scene. In 1946, he moved to Southern California and opened his own real estate firm.

Recording:
Chick Bullock's Levee Loungers: Any Time, Any Day, Anywhere (Victor Young/ Lee Wiley) Banner 1933

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• 1930s
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[RatPfink66]

Chick was actually from Butte, Montana. "Mutte, Mass." was probably some British miswriting - he never was quite forgotten over there.

You wonder why he didn't adopt an eye patch. It could have been a great trademark.

[BuyBenco]

@JCJasion It's very modern for the year, when only the crooning style of instrumentals was present and some klazzy jazz.

[JCJasion]

While not of a standard Swing Era orchestra, what with the strings, it nonetheless evokes the Swing Era and then some extra sophistication. Wonder who the arranger was for this. Sounds like Jimmy Dorsey was out there on clarinet.

[MickeyClark69]

There is a stylistic similarity between Otto Heimel and this guitarist - check out After You've gone by Gene Austin from 1934. The video is on Youtube

[renata1934]

Lee Wiley rules!!!

[RUSSVJM]

This was on a late 15000 series Vocalion and not on ARC (these titles on ARC are different sessions) which is why few have heard it...definitely Berigan on trumpet

[teebeesea]

Thanks, Mickey. I was looking in the "old" Rust. But my ears still tell me it's Lang on guitar...most of Rust's personnel listings are guesses...that's what Allan Sutton and other discographers have told me. Best wishes to you and thanks for the info. Taylor B.

[MickeyClark69]

The info I presented is from page 220 of Rust's Jazz Records. However, Lang did play on the previous session a month before according to Rust.

[teebeesea]

Thanks for this info. Where did you find that personne? I checked in Rust who suggests Lang and possibly Klein or Berigan on tpt. I think it sounds more like Klein and I've never heard McD do single-note playing like the guitar solo on this record. But it's all guess work at this point and most importantly it's a great record no matter who is on it!

[MickeyClark69]

The personnel is Bunny Berigan, Tommy and Jimmy Dorsey, Fulton McGrath-p, Dick McDonough-g, Artie Bernstein-sb, Stan King-d