Phil Baxter and his Orchestra - Something Tells Me (1925)

Phil Baxter (Sept.5,1896 - 1972)

was an American songwriter, singer and band leader.

Born on September 5, 1896 in Navarro County, Texas, he graduated from Daniel Baker College. He is perhaps best known for his novelty song, "Piccolo Pete", a notable hit for Ted Weems and His Orchestra. Another song, "I'm a Ding Dong Daddy from Dumas" was successfully recorded by many artists, including Sidney Bechet, Bennie Moten and Louis Armstrong.

Baxter led his own orchestra in the 1920s through the mid-1930s, leading two recording sessions, the first in October 1925 in St. Louis, Missouri, and the second in October 1929, in Dallas, Texas. In June 1927, "Phil Baxter and His Texas Tommies" performed at the just-opened El Torreon Ballroom in Kansas City, Missouri, becoming, as "Phil Baxter and His El Torreon Orchestra", the ballroom's houseband from 1927 to 1933.Baxter would open and close each night with the band's theme song, "El Torreon", and their nightly performances were frequently broadcast by KMBC. He ultimately suspended much of his musical activities due to difficulties stemming from arthritis.


Phil Baxter and his Orchestra - Something Tells Me (1925)

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[fillra01]

@fillra01 Lennie, try this: Uninstall Real Player, then re-install it. Good luck!

[fillra01]

@lennietristanojazz (Sorry, I missed this bit out) With ubuntu, go to Main Support Categories, then click on Multimedia and Video.

I found it too complicated. So I found another forum ('radio dis muke forums', no spaces) which says "If Real Player is not working, do a clean install which means getting rid of the bad version and installing another version different than the failing one."

Hey Lennie!! I've just tried Red Hot Jazz again without re-installing Real Player and everything is fine!!

[fillra01]

@lennietristanojazz And they don't work for me either, I've tried a few times recently. But since you contacted me, I found this, it may be of some help to both of us, there's a couple of links:

ubuntu forums. org (no spaces),

[lennietristanojazz]

@fillra how do you listen to the audio files on redhotjazz? they dont work on realplayer for me

[Ullarobinlilly]

Thats a real good photo and pretty good music, thank you!!!

[fillra]

Thankyou, Edmundus for this toe-tapping tune. Nice photo... I wonder if each member of the band each had his own car.

Unusual for the banjo (Red Reeves?) to be so prominent in the mix.

Plenty more audios of Phil Baxter and the band on redhotjazz.