Roarin' 1920s: The Ipana Troubadours - Who? (J Kern) 1926

The Ipana Toubadours, Dir. S.C. Lanin with Vocal Chorus by The Singing Sophomores (aka The Revelers) -- Who? Fox-Trot from "Sunny" (J.Kern), Columbia 1926 (USA)
NOTE Sam LANIN (Samuel Charles Lanin, b. 1891 -- d. 1977) was an American jazz band leader of the Russian /Jewish origin, one of three Lanin brothers (Howard and Lester were also bandleaders). Sam played clarinet and violin while young, and in 1912 he was offered employment in Victor Herbert's orchestra, where he played through World War I. In 1918 he moved from Philadelphia to New York City and began playing at the Roseland Ballroom. Therefore, his first dance band was named the Roseland Orchestra and they started recording for the Columbia Company in the early 1920s. Through the whole decade of the 1920s, Sam Lanin's band made enormous number of sweet jazz sides for dancing, all of them clean, well-orchestrated arrangements, under countless pseudonyms: Lanin's Jazz Band, Lanin's Arcadians, Lanin's Famous Players, Lanin's Southern Serenaders, Lanin's Red Heads, Sam Lanin's Dance Ensemble. He also directed house bands for various ephemeric labels: Cameo, Diva, Velvet Tone, Harmony, Banner, Oriole. Among the bands he directed were Ladd's Black Aces, The Broadway Bell-Hops, The Westerners, The Pillsbury Orchestra, Bailey's Lucky Seven. He had a rotating cast of noted musicians playing with him: Phil Napoleon, Miff Mole, Red Nichols, Jimmy & Tommy Dorsey, Bix Beiderbecke, Eddie Lang, Bunny Berigan, Nick Lucas and Frankie Trumbauer. In addition to his recordings, he also played on radio: his first bband, the Roseland Orchestra performed on New York radio every Monday from 1923 to 1925. He entered into a sponsorship with Bristol-Myers for their toothpaste, Ipana - a top selling brand of toothpaste in the early 20th century. As a result, his ensemble was renamed The Ipana Troubadours. The exposure on network radio made the Ipana Troubadours one of the most well-known dance bands of the 1920s. In 1928 and 1929, Bing Crosby recorded with Sam Lanin.
Unfortunately, the 1929 stock market crash hit him hard; in 1931, Sam Lanin lost his contract with Bristol-Meyers, his radio show and the name Ipana Troubadors. By the middle of the 1930s, he was spending much of his time cutting transcription discs. While his fame had waned, he was still well off from the money he saved in the 1920s and retired from the music business by the end of the 1930s. Essentially forgotten, Sam Lanin died in 1977, having never returned to music.

[@OlgaNovakauskiene]

Piekna Bardzo !!! Dziekuje bardzo !!! Maja Piekny Weekend !!!

[@240252]

Dziękuję - i tego samego życzę :-))

[@danutakrzywda]

Leciutki sliczny utwor ,zjawiskowe kobiety !! Znowu piekny filmik!! Pozazdroscic taletu!Dziekuje za chwile przyjemnosci!!

[@240252]

"Who" to jest rzeczywiście istny brylancik wśród amerykanskich szlagierów lat 1920s. Ja tego mogę słuchac zawsze i wszedzie, bo unosi sie nad nim ten leciutki, beztroski duszek "szalonych lat dwudziestych" - kiedy jeszcze wszystkim sie zdawalo, ze to wszystko zmierza ku lepszemu. Pozdrawiam i dziekuje za niezasluzone komplementy :-)

[@johnritatasse5957]

This song Fascination, I sang on the stage at an army camp and it was meant for someone that liked me but did not love me yet. I loved this man and he finally noticed me. WE maried and stayed married 63 years till he passed away last year. He was my first and only love. Rita xoxoxoxo

[@Trombonology]

There's that marvelous Kern song again! -- love this of-the-period Lanin version. Mid-'20's lovelies and romantic dancing couples enhance the mood -- a much-needed audio-video getaway for me, with the snow falling, still, and cold temps. Divine!

[@240252]

Yes, Jerome Ker'ns "Who" belongs to those tunes which can be listened to ALWAYS - at any time of the day or the night, in any rendition etc. Thank you! :))

[@tango3721]

Hello Grzegorz and all the gang who clicks your fabulous channel! This vid sounds and looks superb. You uploaded another version of this "beauty" - a while ago. This cheery tune plus your great artwork are great uplifting stuff - for the coming weekend which is warmer in the East and Middle United States. As I mentioned a few days ago - that last arctic chill was brutal even though the ex-Canadians and people in Fairbanks, Alaska - consider us big "sissies" afraid of the "slight" dip the customary winter temps. Great weekend to you and the rest of us from hilly vicinity of New York City!!!

[@240252]

Hii Lana, indeed there are a few more versions of this lovely tune in this chanel: by Dorsey Bros, by Dajos Bela etc. Definetely, "Who" belongs to Top Ten of my favorits in my lifetime. I can listen to it almost as many times per day as to "Orchids in the Moonlight", "Shtet'l Belz" or "La Cumparsita". The weather in Poland looks today like in April. It's unbelievable. The apple trees are blooming again in the Szczecin region. I saw peasants plow the fields again because winter corn rot. All that is sort of amusing, yet also scary in one time.

[@bill3murr]

love the photos and images; and , of course, the great song. first time hearing this version. thank you. recovering from ten inches of snow on the ground and another inch this morning. hope all is well with you. take care.

[@janettewalker3991]

Don't envy you -very hot lovely summer here in the north although strangely a little snow down in the south this week. Whatever the weather we can enjoy this great recording.

[@240252]

When I'm watching the clips showing the snowy catastrophe in the US and then I move my eyes towards my winows and see through them a spring-like sunny landscape, green grass of the lawns and boys and girls walking in shorts - I can't believe my eyes. Take care, Ron, and lift your spirits: spring is near!

[@bill3murr]

240252 THINGS ARE LOOKING UP WEATHER WISE...IT WILL BE FIFTY-SEVEN F. HERE TOMORROW. STRANGE, BUT WELCOME. THANKS AND TAKE CARE.