Roaring Twenties: Clyde Doerr Orch. - I Wish I Knew, 1920

I Wish I Knew (You Really Loved Me) Clyde Doerr & HO, Victor 1922
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Clyde DOERR (1894 -1973) - born in Coldwater, Michigan; American saxophonistr and bandleader. He studied violin when he was eight but took up saxophone in a high school, and an alto-saxophonist would bring him fame.

Hired by bandleader Art Hickman in 1916, Doerr arrived in New York in 1919 with the Hickman band, hired by Ziegfeld --- and struck out on his own shortly thereafter, forming orchestras that would serve as "house bands" for both New York City's Club Royale and Chicago's Congress Hotel.
After establishing a following at the St. Francis Hotel in San Francisco, the band traveled to New York in 1919 and enjoyed great success at the Biltmore Hotel. In addition to appearing on the radio as early as 1925, Doerr and his Orchestra would also tour the country via the vaudeville circuit.
His Club Royal Orchestra enjoyed success with its first Vuctor records in 1921. The recording of "The Sheik" (often known as "The Sheik of Araby" - it followed the success of Rudolph Valentino's movie The Sheik) became a gransd success Beginning in late 1922 he led his band in Chicago for two years at the Congress Hotel, and -- after dissolving this band, he returned to New York to work mainly as a session man but he occasionally led groups at record sessions. Clyde Doerr's Saxophone Orchestra made its first side for Columbia in 1925, he continued recording into the late 1920s for Cameo, Lincoln, Romeo, Edison.

He left New York City in 1934 to conduct for the National Broadcasting Company in San Francisco but that work ended with a strike. He returned to New York City, worked as a musician, taught music to aspiring saxophonists, and went through four years of chiropractic school, eventually opening a chiropractic Office. In 1943 he returned to Kalifornia and he lived with his sister in San Jose, unable to find housing, and worked for the lock company. eventually becoming chief inspection for precision grinding in an Oakland, doing that work into the 1970s.

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[hoss73ford1]

I have this one and playing it now to record on CD. Anyone know Clyde's lifespan? Seems he disappeared from the scene around 1925 just before electrical recording came in.

[EdisonSquirrel]

This has always been a personal favorite. Victor cranked out quite a few lively dance band records in '21 and '22, just prior to the advent of the hot sound that would soon characterize dance music.

[1888junkteam]

excellent work!

[kspm01]

Wonderful tune, great fashion pictures!

[LearningToFly84]

Ta muzyka ma w sobie niepowtarzalna magie i piekno. Przepadlam..

[dzheger]

Some cheerful music -- the banjo always makes things sound happy. And these 20's costumes are fabulous!

[Corrie121]

An age of sartorial elegance and great music.

Thank you for sharing this nice one.

[HarborGuy]

Also, the fashion prints are supper great!

[HarborGuy]

You lucked out this is great music for accoustic. 5 Stars!

[barbcard]

Thanks for introducing me to Clyde Doerr. Soothing as the music on an old Coney Island carousel. I wish I knew. . . (too many things to list here!)