{"id":2023,"date":"2025-05-23T13:27:34","date_gmt":"2025-05-23T18:27:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.early1900s.org\/notes\/?p=2023"},"modified":"2025-05-23T13:35:59","modified_gmt":"2025-05-23T18:35:59","slug":"jean-goldkette-and-his-orchestra-george-olsen-and-his-music-1927","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.early1900s.org\/notes\/2025\/05\/23\/jean-goldkette-and-his-orchestra-george-olsen-and-his-music-1927\/","title":{"rendered":"Jean Goldkette And His Orchestra\/George Olsen And His Music &#8211; 1927"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.early1900s.org\/notes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Victor20472B.jpg\" alt=\"Victor 20472 B label image &quot;Look At The World And Smile&quot; Jean Goldkette And His Orchestra\" width=\"489\" height=\"496\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2024 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.early1900s.org\/notes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Victor20472B.jpg 489w, https:\/\/www.early1900s.org\/notes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Victor20472B-296x300.jpg 296w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 489px) 100vw, 489px\" \/><em>Background information about the recordings can be found below the audio selections.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"height: 31px;\">\n<td style=\"background-color: #f2ebeb; padding-left: 40px; height: 31px; width: 628px;\">\u201cLook At The World And Smile\u201d<br \/>\nJean Goldkette And His Orchestra<br \/>\nFebruary 1, 1927\u00a0 \u00a0 (Victor 20472-B)<br \/>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-2023-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.early1900s.org\/notes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Jean-Goldkette-And-His-Orchestra-Look-At-The-World-And-Smile.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.early1900s.org\/notes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Jean-Goldkette-And-His-Orchestra-Look-At-The-World-And-Smile.mp3\">https:\/\/www.early1900s.org\/notes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Jean-Goldkette-And-His-Orchestra-Look-At-The-World-And-Smile.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 13px;\">\n<td style=\"height: 13px; width: 628px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12px;\"><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 31px;\">\n<td style=\"background-color: #f2ebeb; padding-left: 40px; height: 31px; width: 628px;\">\u201cSomebody Else\u201d<br \/>\nGeorge Olsen And His Music; Fran Frey, Bob Borger, Bob Rice, vocal<br \/>\nFebruary 4, 1927\u00a0 \u00a0 (Victor 20472-A)<br \/>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-2023-2\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.early1900s.org\/notes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/George-Olsen-And-His-Music-Somebody-Else.mp3?_=2\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.early1900s.org\/notes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/George-Olsen-And-His-Music-Somebody-Else.mp3\">https:\/\/www.early1900s.org\/notes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/George-Olsen-And-His-Music-Somebody-Else.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Here is a nice record from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.early1900s.org\/notes\/2024\/01\/10\/update-edward-mitchell-78-rpm-collection\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Edward Mitchell collection<\/a> featuring two songs from the 1927 Broadway production, <a href=\"https:\/\/ovrtur.com\/production\/2882296\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Yours Truly<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jean_Goldkette\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jean Goldkette<\/a> was a Detroit-based dance band impresario whose organization secured bookings throughout the Midwest for dozens of bands he owned or managed.\u00a0 He also owned venues such as Detroit&#8217;s legendary <a href=\"https:\/\/historicdetroit.org\/buildings\/graystone-ballroom\">Greystone Ballroom<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Goldkette&#8217;s band on this recording features an all-star lineup of the era&#8217;s top white jazz talent, including <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bix_Beiderbecke\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bix Beiderbecke<\/a> on cornet, <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tommy_Dorsey\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tommy Dorsey<\/a> on trombone.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Frankie_Trumbauer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Frank Trumbauer<\/a>, on C-melody saxophone, <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Eddie_Lang\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Eddie Lang<\/a> on guitar, and<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Joe_Venuti\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Joe Venuti<\/a> on violin.\u00a0 All of the men mentioned were subsequently hired away by<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Paul_Whiteman\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Paul Whiteman<\/a> later on in 1927.<\/p>\n<p>While it was largely forgotten by the middle part of the century, during the 1920s,<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/George_Olsen\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> George Olsen&#8217;s<\/a> band was a strong rival to Paul Whiteman&#8217;s and <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fred_Waring\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fred Waring&#8217;s<\/a> in terms of popularity and remained very prominent on network radio into the early 1930s.\u00a0 I think this recording of <span><em>\u201cSomebody Else\u201d<\/em> is very pleasant and rather charming.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two recordings of songs from the 1927 Broadway production <em>Yours Truly<\/em> by Jean Goldkette and His Orchestra and George Olsen and His Music. <a 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