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Song: "Blue Skies"  --- (fox trot)

Composer: Irving Berlin

Performed By: The Knickerbockers (under the direction of Ben Selvin) Vocalist: Charles Kaley

Columbia Record: 860-D matrix # W143312 (possibly take 02 of 04)

Recorded in New York on 01/15 1927

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"Speedy Boy" (foxtrot) 1928 =================================== Words by: Raymond Klages

Music by: Jesse Greer

As performed by: Ben Selvin & his Orchestra

Vocal refrain by: Irving Kaufman (recording as Frank Harris)

Columbia Record: 1341-D  matrix # W145776 (Take 03)

Recorded on: 03 / 17/ 1928 (recorded in New York) ===================================

Harold Lloyd meets Babe Ruth in “Speedy” (1928) ("Speedy" was Harold's actual nickname.)

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Bob Effros 1920s-30s Trumpet Star - 28 July Phantom Dancer

Bob Effros 1920s-30s Trumpet Star – 28 July Phantom Dancer

Bob Effros is this week’s Phantom Dancer feature artist.

His granddaughter, Barbara Effros is writing a book about this 1920s jazz trumpet great. She adds some background in this week’s blog about her grandfather whose trumpet you’ve heard probably hundreds of times without knowing.

Hear his trumpet on this week’s Phantom Dancer mix in a 1930 cardboard Hit of the Week recording in which he takes…

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