1927 TWO COLOR Mottled PATHE RECORD LUCKY DEVILS Waiting for yo Willard Robison
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A series of great JAZZ Records from early Ragtime to Beb-Bop on 78 rpm Victrola Records
More great Jazz and Vocal Records in my other listings!
Rare Two Colored MOTTLED early electric Pathe Actuelle Record (which they probably did by mixing the batches from Actuelle (black) with batches from Perfect (brown):
In two Hot Jazz Sides
36659 LUCKY DEVILS WAITING FOR YOU (vW+M) ? PE14840 - - STILLMAN,Jack
36659 MIKE SPECIALE & HIS ORCH ANNABELLE LEE (vBilly Carola) ? PE14840 - - CLARE-POLLACK
Please see top of the page for condition
The Lucky Devils
This funny pseudonym stands for Willard Robison (1894-1968) & His Orchestra. Although he was a gifted songwriter and occasional bandleader, little material can be found about him today. He wrote several standards, of which several of the sheet music covers are included in the video). Robison played piano and led a few territory bands in the Southwest during the '20s and recorded several dozen sides in New York with his Levee Loungers and the Deep River Boys. He also made sides as part of Busse's Buzzards, His 1929 composition "A Cottage for Sale" became his best-known, with over 100 performances and popular recordings. Robison's last major composition, "Don't Smoke in Bed," was a hit for Peggy Lee in 1948, and he also wrote a book, Willard Robison's Six Studies in Syncopation, for Piano. This outstanding record was made in 1927, with a vocal by Wilson and McClelland. It should be noted I found several homonymous song posters, but not the present Jack Stillman composition.
Mike Speciale was a dance band leader in the 1920s. He made numerous recordings for the Edison and Pathé companies, and appeared regularly on radio from the mid 1920s until at least 1934.
History
Mike Speciale is known to have an organized band by mid 1921 that was based in Norfolk, Virginia, his place of residence at the time.[1] In 1924 he was the office manager for Cosmopolitan Orchestras, Inc., Ray Miller's booking agency.[2] By mid-1929 he was based out of New York, though touring extensively across the eastern half of the United States, and had named his musical outfit the "Crusaders."[3][4] His orchestra gained significant popularity in the Coal Region.[5]
Recordings
Beginning October 1924 and ending February 1929, Speciale recorded nearly one hundred sides, appearing on Apex Records, Cameo Records, Edison Records, Harmony Records, Homochord [de], Lincoln Records,, Pathé Records, Perfect Records, Regal Recordings and Romeo Records.[6] Besides "Mike Speciale and His Orchestra", these recordings appear under the names "Carlton Terrace Orchestra", "Eldon's Dance Orchestra", "Lenox Dance Orchestra", and "Windsor Orchestra."[6] Mistakenly, recordings also appear as "Lanin's Arcadians" and "Ben Selvin and His Orchestra".[6]
In 1931 he made a series of electrical transcriptions for radio distribution.[7]
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