PAUL WHITEMAN AND HIS NEW PALAIS ROYAL ORCHESTRA - side A

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PAUL WHITEMAN AND HIS NEW PALAIS ROYAL ORCHESTRA
Coral ‎– CRL 57008

Coral Records—New York
Unknown studio group— musicians drawn from the ABC staff orchestra.
February 14, 1955

Black Bottom (Buddy De Sylva—Lew Brown—Ray Henderson)
The first in a series of 1920s-era dance numbers that Whiteman recorded which were cross-promoted with Fred Astaire Dance Studios across the country. Slap tongue baritone sax and a “doo-wacka-doo” insertion give this the feel of a 1920's nightclub performance.

Charleston (Cecil Mack—Jimmie Johnson)
This was the favored dance in the 1920s, well rendered here in the style of the times.

Grizzly Bear (George Botsford—Irving Berlin)
The Grizzly Bear dance was introduced around the turn of the 20th century in San Fran­cisco. It was a clumsy dance in imitation of a dancing bear. Single string banjo and saloon-style piano in the upper register set the mood on this disk

Texas Tommy Swing (Sid Brown—Val Harris)
Another San Francisco dance from the same period, a frenetic dancc born in the infamous Barbary Coast section of the city which became a favorite at the fashionable Fairmont Hotel in the early 1900's.


PAUL WHITEMAN AND HIS NEW PALAIS ROYAL ORCHESTRA
Coral Records—New York
Unknown studio group— musicians drawn from the ABC staff orchestra
February 15, 1955

Everybody’s Doin' It Now (Irving Berlin)
Vocalists: New Rhythm Boys
Popular Irving Berlin dance number from 1911; vocals by the New Rhythm Boys.

Put Your Little Foot Right Out (Larry Spier)
Vocalists: New Rhythm Boys
Dance tune, derived by Larry Spier from the traditional polka, “Varsouviana.” The de­scriptive words, “put your little foot right out,” are Spier’s.

Ballin’ the Jack (Jim Burris—Chris Smith)
Vocalists: New Rhythm Boys
Over the years, “Ballin’ the Jack,” an early jazz song and dancc sensation in 1913, has been reprised many times.

Too Much Mustard (Cecil Macklin)
Raucous dance hall number, first recorded in 1913 by James Reese Europe. Originally written as a march for military bands, over time it became more of a ragtime/jazz song.


PAUL WHITEMAN AND HIS ORCHESTRA
Coral Records—New York
Unknown studio group— musicians drawn from the ABC staff orchestra
February 16, 1955

Three O’Clock in the Morning (Julian Robledo)
A popular Irving Berlin dancc number from 1911, here with New Rhythm Boys vocals.

Jukin’ (Bill Katz—Dick Jacobs—Ruth Roberts)
Vocalists: New Rhythm Boys
Mid-1950s style recording which swings in spots, with a good vocal by the New Rhythm Boys. Undoubtedly the best of Whiteman's pop records with Coral.

Beer Barrel Polka (Roll Out the Barrel) (Lew Brown—Wladimir A. Timm—Vasek Vaclav Zeman)
Probably the most famous polka of them all. This is a spirited rendition, complete with the obligatory accordion.

Dengozo (Maxixe) (Ernesto Nazareth)
This is the fast, Brazilian tango, made popular by Vernon and Irene Castle. Good arrangement that captures the spirit of this animated dance number.

Nights of Gladness (Ballard MacDonald—Charles Ancliffe)
Well-known waltz composed in 1912. It was popular throughout the world.