Berlin Jazz 1922 MAREK WEBER Argentine Tango MANGIA PAPIRUSA/ My Electric Girl
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A series of great Solo instrumentals - Piano Violin Cello Harp, Winds and Brass on 78 rpm records
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Weimar Republic Jazz in two great dance tunes by Marek Weber with his Kuenstlerkapelle (Artists Orch) from the Berlin Hotel Esplanade in two up-to-date 1922 Hits
Mangia, mangia, papirusa - Argentine tango first recorded 1920 by Roberto Firpo Buenos Aires
"My Electric-Girl", Shimmy-Fox recorded in the US by Leo Reisman 1923
master 2-6031 D30 AN
GER: Berlin, Carl Lindström AG, SO.33, Schlesische Straße 26
1922.10.09 Mon
Mangia, mangia, Papirusa! — Tango milonga (Arturo de Bassi)
Marek Weber (MD). — Marek Weber und sein Orchester (orchestra).
Parlophon (Germany) P 1388-II D30 AN
OKeh 3046
master 2-5979 D30 AN
GER: Berlin, Carl Lindström AG, SO.33, Schlesische Straße 26
1922.08.17 Thu
Electric Girl — Shimmy [Foxtrot] (Otto Helmburgh-Holmes)
Marek Weber (MD). — Marek Weber und sein Orchester (orchestra).
Parlophon (Germany) P 1373-I D30 AN
Parlophone (UK) E 10026 D30 AN
OKeh 3046
Please see top of the page for condition
Mangia, mangia, papirusa an Argentine tango by Arturo de Bassi, published 1922
Billed as Europe's Greatest Sensation
"Electric-Girl", Shimmy-Fox, was recorded in the US and several other countries
Otto Helmburgh-Holmes, Librettist/Textautor: instrumental, "Electric-Girl", Shimmy-Fox, Graphiker: Wolfgang Ortmann, Befa-Verlag, Berlin 1922.
Lyrics
There's a little girl, her eyes sparkle fire
When you take her hand, love turns on the wire
Ev'ry time she smiles, the current is higher
When by her side, you are electrified
This electric girl has some winning way
Her electric glances turn night to day
With a little smile she steals hearts away
Her eyes are like a flash of lightning
She gives you just one look, and you'll say
Chorus
"I don't care what becomes of me
I'm "shock" full of electricity
When I meet your eye
I see the bright sparks fly
That flash! dash! Electric girl of mine"
[ Marek Weber Orch. ]
b: Oct. 25, 1888, Lemberg (Galizia); d: Feb. 9, 1964, Chicago, IL, USA.
Instrument: Violin.
. In 1906, at age 17, Marek came to Berlin where he studied music at the Stern Conservatory. At just age 20, he formed his own band which was heard at Berlin's Cafe Schoen, and in the Eden Cafe and Esplanade Hotel. In 1926, he was resident at Berlin's famed Hotel Adlon. His orchestra was also heard in concerts, in the large Schauspielhaus, among other places.
Circa 1933, Weber led what can be described as a "classical" Berlin city hotel orchestra, -perhaps the most well-known beside the Dajos Bela Orchester. In 1933, he traveled to England where he appeared in films, and later traveled to Switzerland and many other European countries. In 1937, Marek emigrated to the USA, where he found a career first as " Radio's Waltz King " and then as a farm owner. Here are some photos of Marek Weber when he was in America leading the orchestra on the Carnation Condensed Milk, radio program. (The show was aired over the NBC "Red" network, whose flagship station was WEAF in New York City. NBC also owned the "Blue" network whose flagship station was WJZ also in New York. For those interested in such things, NBC was also instrumental in forming 'White', "Orange", and "Gold" network. The "Blue" was eventually sold to Edward Noble who renamed it ABC.) Over his career, his bands were recorded innumerable times, and Marek had a big hit with his 1927 recording of "Crazy Words".
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