Russian Blues (Noel Coward) played by Jack Hylton's Orchestra, 1923
Right in the middle of a craze for tin-pan-alley songs with "Blues" in their title, here Jack Hylton plays Noel Coward's "Russian Blues". This song was written for, and performed by, Gertrude Lawrence in "London Calling", Coward's first produced musical work, and opened on 4 September 1923. This Hylton recording was made at HMV's Hayes factory 6 days later, on 10 September 1923. Jack Hylton, dir; Jack Raine - Charlie Pemell, t; Lew Davis, tb; Noel "Chappie" D'Amato, as; Leslie Norman + another, as; Johnny Raitz, cl-ts; Alfred Gill (Alfredo), vn; Cecil Norman, pn; bj; George Shannon, bb; Basil Wiltshire, d.
Right in the middle of a craze for tin-pan-alley songs with "Blues" in their title, here Jack Hylton plays Noel Coward's "Russian Blues". This song was written for, and performed by, Gertrude Lawrence in "London Calling", Coward's first produced musical work, and opened on 4 September 1923. This Hylton recording was made at HMV's Hayes factory 6 days later, on 10 September 1923. Jack Hylton, dir; Jack Raine - Charlie Pemell, t; Lew Davis, tb; Noel "Chappie" D'Amato, as; Leslie Norman + another, as; Johnny Raitz, cl-ts; Alfred Gill (Alfredo), vn; Cecil Norman, pn; bj; George Shannon, bb; Basil Wiltshire, d.