My Blue Heaven - Don Voorhees and His Orchestra - 1927

"My Blue Heaven" played by Don Voorhees and His Orchestra, with vocal chorus by Lewis James; Columbia 1129-D (10"). Electrically recorded in New York on 9 September 1927. Personnel: Don Voorhees: director. ?: trumpet. Leo McConville: trumpet. Miff Mole: trombone. Bill Trone: mellophone. Phil Gleason: clarinet, soprano saxophone, alto saxophone. Fred Morrow: clarinet, soprano saxophone, alto saxophone. Paul Cartwright: clarinet, soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone. Joe Raymond: violin (if present). Lennie Hayton: piano, celeste. Dick McDonough: banjo, guitar. Jack Hansen: brass bass. Vic Berton: drums Lewis James: vocal. Played with an extra-soft-tone steel needle on a gramophone with a homemade 100 Hz. exponential horn, Victor Orthophonic soundbox, and HMV swan-neck tone-arm, currently in a prototype cabinet.