The California Ramblers - She Belongs To Me, 1926

After 2-weeks break, here is my comeback present for all You Tube fans of the hot dance music of the Roarig Twenties! The warmest hello I'm sending to all friends who wished me a happy holiday and who waited patiently for the new uplodas in this site after my South European adventure. Unfortunately, I don't seem to have any Portuguese tune in my collection... so, my Hello-Everybody tune must be a good old fox-trot/charleston from the wonderful American year, of 1926.

She Belongs To Me, Fox-Trot (Howard Johnson, Andy Razaf, Paul Denniker) -- California Ramblers, Columbia 1926 (USA)

The California Ramblers -- American hot dance and jazz orchestra that recorded under different record labels throughout the 192o. In later years, some of the members of the band, Ed Kirkeby, Red Nichols, Elwood Madeo Jr., Jimmy Dorsey, and Tommy Dorsey, would go on to front jazz bands of the United States. The original bandmembers were from Ohio, but chose the name California Ramblers because they thought people would be less inclined to listen to a jazz band from the Midwest. The band was instantly successful, and would remain well-known throughout the decade. They were one of the most prolific recording groups in the 1920s. In 1921 they recorded for Vocalion, yet in 1922 the original band broke up and new California Ramblers made their recordings for the Emerson Record Company. In late 1924 the Ramblers signed a contract with Columbia Records and then, in conjunction with their manager Ed Kirkeby, agreed to waive all royalties to Columbia for the right to record for other companies under different names. They recorded for nearly every independent label in the U.S., Canada and the U.K., using over 100 unique aliases, among which the most notable were the jazz recordings made as Golden Gate Orchestra and The Goofus Five. They played at Shanleys Dance Hall, The Monte Carlo and the California Ramblers Inn and in 1928 at the McAlpine Hotel. The California Ramblers were the first group to record the classic song "Has Anybody Seen My Gal?", in 1925. Also, their recording of two jazz standards "The Charleston" and "Sweet Georgia Brown" made in 1925 for the Edison Diamond Disk, belong to evergreen classics and are often quoted in hot dance anthologies of the Roaring 1920s in the USA.

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[daeien]

Welcome Back!

Thank you for posting such wonderful music.

[240252]

@daeien Hello :-))) I'm glad I'm back with all of you!

[gusynzenga]

Welcome back and many thanks for your great work!! We missed you!!

[240252]

@gusynzenga And I missed all of you too. Thank You!! :-))

[MrRabkent]

Thanks for this as yet unheard (by me) track. I haven't checked but with this quality of recording it must be a Columbia; Nice Bobby Davis (alto) and Chelsea Qhealey(Tpt)-the only slight disappointment is the absence of an Adrian Rollini bass sax solo,but one can't have everything !

[HarborGuy]

Red hot NY Jazz love to have been at the Ramblers Inn to dance to this awesome sound.



[240252]

@1920sbuff Thank you for your recommendation! I just checked ther site and it looks really interesting! :-))

[1920sbuff]

@240252 You may well be interested in the YT eradogramophone channel where some exquisite vintage Portuguese 78rpm discs are to be found.

[1920sbuff]

The California Ramblers in brilliant form :-)

[barbcard]

@240252 Yes, I agree that Lisboa is a lovely city, especially those tiles and mosaic sidewalks. Been there a couple of times. Alas, I also totally agree about the state of the world. Reminds me of that old Chinese curse: may you live in interesting times. :)):((

[240252]

@bill3murr Hello, I'm hapy to be back and uploading again! California Ramblers are for me absolutely the first five of American hot bands of the 1920s! I am particularily fond of their instumental arrangements as the Goofus Five.

[240252]

@Turkeydoodlers So, I'm back and riding again! How good to see again all dear nicknames of yours in this site. Thank you :-)))