Joe Haymes Orch - Pray for the lights to go out (1932)

Joe Haymes (1908-1964)

was an American jazz bandleader and arranger.

Haymes grew up in Springfield, Missouri and worked in a circus as a youth, performing as a trapeze artist and playing bass drum in the circus band. An autodidact on piano, he played locally before being hired by Ted Weems toward the end of the 1920s. He arranged the hit "Piccolo Pete", among others.

He struck out on his own in 1930, leading a band in Tulsa, Oklahoma and then New York City. He recorded with them in 1932, but in late 1933 Buddy Rogers took control of the group. He then put together a swing jazz group, but after Tommy and Jimmy Dorsey split in 1935, twelve of Haymes's players took jobs in Tommy's new orchestra. He arranged a third band and recorded with it until 1937 but it was not successful.

Haymes toured as an arranger with Lee Brown in 1938, and then found work writing and arranging anonymously for Hollywood and for CBS Records from the 1940s into the 1960s.


Joe Haymes Orchestra, Jimmy Underwood & chorus - Pray for the lights to go out (1932)

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[Rudipolt]

Fine Song

Thanks for posting!

Aloha from Hawaii!

[Rudipolt]

Fine Song! Thanks for Posting!

Aloha from Hawaii!

[HOGEFAN]

Love it love it!

[RatPfink66]

Actually, this is the RCA take recorded at Joe's first ever session May 4, 1932, Victor 24040 (reissued on Bluebird B-6376 and the Haymes 2LP set).

[fromthesidelines]

Recorded on June 24, 1932, and originally credited to "Duke Wilson and His Ten Blackberries" on Perfect [#15662].

[RatPfink66]

What a surprise to discover Joe Haymes on You Tube! I profiled him for a jazz magazine in 1993.

His family told me the circus story was made up - tho it was once reported that he could hang by his toes from a door frame!

Joe was an orderly in an Army hospital in WW2, and then arranged for name bands including Jack Teagarden, Clyde McCoy, and Lawrence Welk.

The song played here was from 1916 and was called "a negro shouting song." Joe Haymes was among the first to revive forgotten song hits.

[heinbanjo12]

Very Good!