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\"OKeh<\/p>\n

Background information about the recordings can be found below the audio selections.
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“Where’s My Sweetie Hiding?”
\nArcadia Peacock Orchestra of St Louis; Chic Harvey, vocal
\n(OKeh 40254-B\u00a0 \u00a0mx 8764-A)\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 November 29, 1924<\/p>\n

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“Let Me Be The First To Kiss You Good Morning”
\nArcadia Peacock Orchestra of St Louis
\n(OKeh 40254-A\u00a0 \u00a0mx8767-B)\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 November 29, 1924<\/p>\nhttps:\/\/www.early1900s.org\/notes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Arcadia-Peacock-Orchestra-of-St-Louis-Let-Me-Be-The-First-To-Kiss-You-Good-Morning.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n

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From the Edward Mitchell Collection, here are two sides by an excellent St. Louis jazz band, directed by violinist Jack Ford, which took its name from the city’s long-since-demolished Arcadia Ballroom<\/a>.<\/p>\n

This band had a rather distinctive, and I think very nice, style.\u00a0 It’s unfortunate that its entire recorded output of twelve sides, made for OKeh between January 1924 and March 1925, was produced with the soon-to-be-obsolete pre-microphone era acoustic recording technology.\u00a0 (The British Parlophone label issued a 1927 electrical recording credited to the Arcadia Peacock Orchestra of St. Louis, but the band on it is the Sol S. Wagner Orchestra.)<\/span><\/p>\n

In my opinion, both of these recordings are outstanding. “Where’s My Sweetie Hiding?” is by far the jazziest of the two, but I think the band’s arrangement of “Let Me Be the First to Kiss You Good Morning” is incredibly charming, making it my favorite.<\/p>\n

While digging around online for information about the band, I came across this interesting article<\/a> on the Syncopated Times’<\/em><\/a> website about its banjo player, Porter Brown.<\/p>\n

I know that at least one additional record by this band exists in Eddie’s collection.\u00a0 But I am not sure where within the collection it is located.\u00a0 Once I come across it, I will definitely prioritize it for digitization.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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