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“Felix The Cat”
\nPaul Whiteman And His Orchestra; Austin Young, vocal
\n(Columbia 1478 D mx 146334)\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 May 25, 1928<\/p>\n

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Here’s a cute recording that I had been wanting to add to Radio Dismuke’s playlist for a while and found in the late Eddie Mitchell’s record collection<\/a>.\u00a0 The song was inspired by the Felix The Cat<\/em> animated cartoons that were played before the main feature in 1920s-era movie theaters.<\/p>\n

This was recorded the same month that Paul Whiteman switched his recording affiliation from Victor to Columbia.\u00a0 Luring away one of arch-rival Victor’s top artists was a big coup for Columbia which went all-out in terms of publicity.\u00a0 This included creating a colorful new label specifically for Paul Whiteman’s records.\u00a0 Collectors refer to this label as the “potato head label,” a reference to its caricature of Whiteman’s face.<\/p>\n

At 1:36 into the recording, you can hear the first of two solo passages by cornetist Bix Beiderbecke<\/a>.\u00a0 Immediately after the vocal, you can hear a solo by Frankie Trumbauer<\/a> playing the C-melody saxophone<\/a>.\u00a0 During this period the Whiteman band had about 26 musicians, not counting its vocal artists – large even for the era.<\/p>\n

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