Shake That Thing

America’s Top Bands of the 20’s

1981: ASV/Living Era CD AJA 5002

1. I Wanna Be Loved By You

   The Broadway Nitelites, vocal refrain by Vaughn de Leath, 16 October 1928

2. Shakin’ the Blues Away

   Ben Selvin and his Orchestra, vocal refrain by Franklyn Bauer, 25 August 1927

3. Hello! Swanee, Hello

   Al Lentz and his Orchestra, vocal refrain by Al Lentz, 15 October 1926

4. Mighty Blue

   Waring’s Pennsylvanians, vocal refrain by Tom Waring, 4 September 1925

5. What a Day!

   Ted Weems and his Band, vocal refrain by Parker Gibbs, 25 June 1929

6. Melancholy Lou

   Howard Lanin’s Ben Franklin Orchestra, 29 September 1925

7. Confessin’

   Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians, vocal refrain by Carmen Lombardo, 22 July 1930

8. Shake That Thing!

   Abe Lyman’s California Orchestra, 1 February 1926

9. Everything’s Made for Love

   Vincent Lopez and his Orchestra, vocal refrain by Franklyn Bauer, Lewis James, Elliott Shaw, Wilfred Glenn, 3 January 1927

10. Wabash Blues

    The Charleston Chasers, 25 February 1927

11. Smile

    Paul Whiteman and his Orchestra, vocal refrain by Jack Fulton, Charles Gaylord, Austin Young, and Al Rinker, 24 January 1928

12. Let’s Misbehave

    Irving Aaronson and his Commanders, vocal refrain by Phil Saxe & Chorus, 1 March 1928

13. Just a Night for Meditation

    Nat Shilkret and the Victor Orchestra, vocal refrain by Frank Crumit, 12 July 1928

14. Bugle Call Rag

    Ted Lewis and his Band, 22 November 1926

15. ’Sposin’

    Rudy Vallee and his Connecticut Yankees, vocal refrain by Rudy Vallee, 29 April 1929

16. He’s the Last Word

    Ben Bernie and his Hotel Roosevelt Orchestra, vocal refrain by Scrappy Lambert and Billy Hillpot, 23 December 1926

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