Bert Lown - Bye Bye Blues, 1930

Bert Lown And His Hotel Biltmore Orchestra - Bye Bye Blues (Hamm/Bennett), Hit-Of-The-Week 1930

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• Lown
• Biltmore
• Hotel
• 1930s
• Los
• Angeles
• jazz
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• 78s
• shellack
• nostalgia

[trudbol]

I can't get enough of this tune. I love the human trumpets in the beginning, I so wish music today sounded like that. What a nightmare, that auto tune. Why did people stop singing? Bye... bye... bluuuuuues

[HarborGuy]

Bye, Bye, with music like this you can say a good bye to all problems - hence the reason during the Depression of l930's.........love it!

[ErnieHollerhagen]

FlyingRobert has already asked, but he's right, this guitar is of the finest in the land. Like a pad of whipped cream on top of the song.

It's not Eddie Lang (I think), I know this guy, but who is it....Must be a white one, I guess, as Lown's was a white band, and integration wasn't there yet, during these times. Carl Kress??

[tubahead16]

@trudbol You Sure got that right!!!!

[horarwgt]

A native of White Plains, New York, violinist-bandleader Bert Lown (1903-1962) co-wrote "Bye Bye Blues," which was his first of eight hits between 1930 and 1932. It reached #5 over a seven week run beginning Auugst 23, 1930 as Columbia 2258. The vocal is by the Biltmore Rhythm Boys (named after the band's home base, the Biltmore Hotel). In the mid-'30s Bert gave up bandleadering, became a booking agent and manager and then finally a TV executive. He died of a heart attack in Portland, Oregon.

[arschka]

And I'm back in Overlook Hotel and its eternal night club.

[TheFlyingRobert]

There is beautiful guitar work in this song. Does anybody know who it is?

[thewikerman]

cooking your breakfast while listening to this makes you feel like somthing straight from a pixar film :)

[bangulo2012]

@trudbol There is still plenty of music like this Open your ears and mind! Turn off your radio if all you hear is auto tune. There is plenty of music to explore if you're willing to find it.

[SipterJust]

I absolutely love this, thank you so much for uploading it

[Bigband78]

Gregorz,as a friend,I just uploaded my HOW 1090 recorded in July,1930 by Bert Lown's Biltmore Orch and it has Scrappy Lambert on the vocal.Yours must be a Victor recording.

Lou

[tongapuss]

@shorty20bellota THE OLD LAMPLIGHTER. Lovely song which emanates from the 40s. I know its a year since you posted this, but hey you might enjoy it if you hear it.

[cafewindows]

I have an MP3 of this. Is this the original?

[LukeFrickinSkywalker]

your on a page arent you? just use this one

[perfectjazz78]

As far as I know, Bert Lown only performed in the New York Biltmore, as Earl Burtnett had the L.A. Biltmore. While the L.A. Biltmore still survives, the N.Y.C. Biltmore was gutted long ago for offices.

[shorty20bellota]

hooo!!! man,, i´m in trouble, i have to find a representative song from the 30s 40s 50s any help!!! please!!!!

[hapeverse]

Lovely. The blues has gone.

[islandblackberryvine]

Another Great Song!

Thank You

[kspm01]

This indeed is Lown's typical sound I love; in my opinion he had one of the most refined and underrated orchestras. However, according to the Dismuke message board this may be the New York Biltmore, and not the one in Los Angeles.

[barbcard]

Thanks. It's one of my favorite movies. In fact, tonight on TV here there will be a special on MM: the anniversary of her death, perhaps?

[barbcard]

OK, that's my New York chauvinism coming through. Thanks for this pleasant old song anyway.

[barbcard]

Do you really mean the LA Biltmore, not the much older and more famous one in NYC? Every high school kid in New York, myself included, went there for the Senior Prom.

I'm not sure it's still there, however.