“Struttin’ at the Strutters Ball” – Original Memphis Five (1922)

Here we have a performance of “Struttin’ at the Strutters Ball” by Spencer Williams on the Famous label – a recording also released on the Paramount, Puritan, Banner, Broadway, Triangle, Emerson, Grey Gull, and Regal labels. This was the B side of OM5’s second recording of “I Wish I Could Shimmy Like My Sister Kate”, a big hit that they first recorded in June of 1922.

The Original Memphis Five (often abbreviated as OM5) were prolific in the 1920s – recording a large number of sides for a wide variety of labels – and under various pseudonyms such as Ladd’s Black Aces on the Gennett label and The Cotton Pickers on the Brunswick label.

Matrix 1168 Take 1
Recorded in New York City in August, 1922.
Released as Famous 3122, Banner 1110, Paramount 20161, Broadway 11165, Grey Gull 1140, Puritan 11161, and Regal 9363

Credits:
Phil Napoleon – trumpet
Miff Mole – trombone
Jimmy Lytell – clarinet
Loring McMurray – alto sax, tenor sax
Frank Signorelli – piano
Jack Roth – drums