A snappy number written by pianist Seger Ellis first recorded by Tram and his band in 1929 – just two days before Tram and the entire Paul Whiteman Orchestra – including musicians, vocalists, arrangers, and electricians – boarded the Old Gold Special Train headed for Hollywood to film “The King of Jazz”.
On the way out West, the band stopped in city after city, recording special radio programs in Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Cleaveland, Toledo, Detroit, Fort Wayne, Chicago, Springfield, Indianapolis, St. Louis, Kansas City, Omaha, Lincoln, Denver, Salt Lake City, and San Francisco before settling in to Los Angeles to start filming on June 28.
Recorded in New York City on May 22, 1929.
Released in the U.K. as Parlophone R 511.
Originally released in the U.S. as OKeh 41268.
Credits:
Frank Trumbauer – C-melody sax, alto sax, director
Charlie Margulis, Andy Secrest – cornet
Bill Rank – trombone
Chester Hazlett – alto sax
Irving “Izzy” Friedman – clarinet, tenor sax
Min Leibrook – bass sax
Joe Venuti – violin
Roy Bargy – piano
Eddie Lang – guitar
George Marsh – drums