Matrix BVE-32531. Bye bye blues / Fred Hamm Orchestra

Primary Title Source
Bye bye blues Disc label

Title Source
Bye bye blues (Primary title) Disc label
Fox trot (Title descriptor) Disc label
Blues de despedida (Parallel (translated) title) Disc label

Authors and Composers Notes
Dave Bennett (composer)
Fred Hamm (composer)

Composer information source: Disc label

Primary Performer Notes
Fred Hamm Orchestra (Musical group)

Description: Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo
Instrumentation: 3 saxophones, cornet, trombone, tuba, banjo, piano, and traps (takes 1-7)
Category: Instrumental with vocal refrain
Language: English
Master Size: 10-inch

Take Date and Place
Take
Status Label Name/Number
Format
Note
4/21/1925 (Camden, New Jersey) 1 Destroy
4/21/1925 (Camden, New Jersey) 2 Destroy
4/21/1925 (Camden, New Jersey) 3 Destroy
4/21/1925 (Camden, New Jersey) 4 Destroy
4/27/1925 (Camden, New Jersey) 5 Destroy
4/27/1925 (Camden, New Jersey) 6 Hold/destroy
4/27/1925 (Camden, New Jersey) 7 Destroy
4/30/1925 (Camden, New Jersey) 8 Destroy
4/30/1925 (Camden, New Jersey) 9 Destroy
4/30/1925 (Camden, New Jersey) 10 Destroy
4/30/1925 (Camden, New Jersey) 11 Destroy
4/30/1925 (Camden, New Jersey) 12 Destroy
5/1/1925 (Camden, New Jersey) 13 Master Victor 19662
10" disc
5/1/1925 (Camden, New Jersey) 14 Hold
5/1/1925 (Camden, New Jersey) 15 Destroy

Take Date and Place
Take
Status Label Name/Number
Format
Note
5/1/1925 (Camden, New Jersey)
13
Master Victor 19662
10" disc

Footnotes and Sources
Listed in Victor ledgers for takes 1-12 as by the Benson Orchestra of Chicago. Fred Hamm's Orchestra was "a unit within the Benson booking organization," according to Sutton's Pseudonyms on American records. Disc label notes "A Benson organization."
Instrumentation applicable to takes 1-7; instruments not specified for remaining takes.
Victor ledgers note for takes 13 and 15: "Screen used."
Source(s) consulted: disc; Victor ledgers.

Footnotes and Sources