Ben Bernie and all the lads playing Sweet Georgia Brown in 1924-25. Note! This film contains the first ever Sax solo recored on film.. + Informações

Ben Bernie and His Hotel Roosevelt Orch. - Ain't She Sweet?, Brunswick 1927. + Informações

Here is yet another great clip of Ben Bernie and All the Lads, perfroming a medley of songs consisting of, "Rose Marie" "Oh, Lady Be Good" "Tell her in the Springtime" "Rose Marie (reprise)" "Indian Love Call" "Tea for Two" and, "Facinatin' Rhythm" This clip, as with the other Ben Bernie clips i have uploaded, were recorded using a sound on film process, called, Phono film, which was created by the director of this film, Lee Deforest. Enjoy!. + Informações

"SWINGING DOWN THE LANE" Ben Bernie and His Orchestra composed by Isham Jones and Gus Kahn Recorded February 1923 Vocalion 14537 Personnel: Donald Bryan and unknown - trumpet EM Caffrey - trombone unknown - reeds Ben Bernie - leader, violin J. Kenn Sisson - piano, arranger Paul Nito - banjo Harry Henson - tuba Sam Fink - drums Ben Bernie was the first to record this popular tune. Isham Jones, the composer did not record it until three months later, in May of 1923. Born in 1891, Ben Bernie was a popular bandleader in the 1920s and 1930s. He attended New York College of Music, City College of New York and Columbia School of Mines. Before 1920, he played vaudeville as a monologist-violinist. In 1922 Bernie formed a dance band beginning a 20 career as bandleader. By the mid 1920s his band had achieved popularity and was recording and playing on the radio. In 1928, Bernie had a role in Broadway musical "Here's How." By the early 1930s the band developed into an excellent outfit, sweet-styled but sometimes semi-hot. He had his own radio broadcast and was known for his deep, soothing voice and humourous remarks. He dubbed himself "The Old Maestro" and referred to the band as "Ben Bernie and All the Lads." The band appeared in movies throughout the 1930s. The public and music world was saddened by his death in 1943.. + Informações

Ben Bernie and All The Lads playing the signature sign-off song from Ben's 1940's radio show, originally written in 1930 by Jack Meskill and Jean Schwartz. In the summer of 1980 I listened to a weekly radio show emanating from somewhere in the vicinity of Red Bluff, California that also featured this song as the sign-off theme. If anyone has any info about that radio program, let me know.... + Informações

"The Man I Love" Music by George Gershwin Lyrics by Ira Gershwin Performed by Ben Bernie and his Hotel Roosevelt Orchestra Vocal by Harold "Scrappy" Lambert Recorded January 6, 1928, New York Born in 1891, Ben Bernie was a popular bandleader in the 1920s and 1930s. He attended New York College of Music, City College of New York and Columbia School of Mines. Before 1920, he played vaudeville as a monologist-violinist. In 1922 Bernie formed a dance band beginning a 20 career as bandleader. By the mid 1920s his band had achieved popularity and was recording and playing on the radio. In 1928, Bernie had a role in Broadway musical "Here's How." By the early 1930s the band developed into an excellent outfit, sweet-styled but sometimes semi-hot. He had his own radio broadcast and was known for his deep, soothing voice and humourous remarks. He dubbed himself "The Old Maestro" and referred to the band as "Ben Bernie and All the Lads." The band appeared in movies throughout the 1930s. The public and music world was saddened by his death in 1943. Harold "Scrappy" Lambert (1901-1987) was a freelance singer with many recordings in the 1920s and 1930s; also active in radio. Sang with Ben Bernie in 1925, on Smith Brothers radio Show 1926 with Don Voorhees. Led his own band in 1928. On radio with "Men About Town" and Revelers vocal groups. 1932 on Ed Wynn Texaco Show and Firestone Show with Frank Black. In 1934-35 on Fred Allen Show and with Nat Shilkret Orchestra on Trade and Mark .... + Informações

Popular Jazz Band. + Informações

Ben Bernie - the composer of "Sweet Gerogia Brown" - and his Orchestra (one of the best hot dance bands ever play in the United States) performs one of the most beautiful tunes ever composed. Ben Bernie & His Orch. - What Is This Thing Called Love? (Cole Porter), Brunswick 1930. + Informações

Ben Bernie Hotel Roosevelt Orchestra, voc. Scrappy Lambert - I've Got A Feeling I'm Falling (Rose/Link/T."Fats" Waller), Brunswick 1929. + Informações

This is an early film of Ben Bernie and all the Lads performing, "Titina". + Informações

From Wikipedia: BEN BERNIE (May 30, 1891, Bayonne, New Jersey - October 23, 1943), born Bernard Anzelevitz, was an American jazz violinist and radio personality, often introduced as The Old Maestro. He was noted for his showmanship and memorable bits of snappy dialogue. By the age of 15 he was teaching violin, but this experience apparently diminished his interest in the violin for a time. He returned to music doing vaudeville, appearing with Phil Baker as Baker and Bernie, but he met with little success until 1922 when he joined his first orchestra. Later, he had his own band, "The Lads," seen in the early DeForest Phonofilm sound short, Ben Bernie and All the Lads (1924-1925), featuring pianist Oscar Levant. He toured with Maurice Chevalier and also toured in Europe. Bernie's orchestra recorded throughout the 1920s and 1930s, mainly for Vocalion and Brunswick. In 1925 Ben Bernie and his orchestra did the first recording of the most famous of Ben Bernie's compositions: "Sweet Georgia Brown". ------------------------------- Recording: Ben Bernie & His Hotel Roosevelt Orch., vocals: Bessinger, Wright, O'Keefe - Calling Me Home, Brunswick 1926. + Informações

Ben Bernie and His Hotel Roosevelt Orchestra -- Hello! Swanee, Hello! Fox-Trot (Coslow-Britt), with Vocal Duet, Brunswick 1926 (USA) NOTE: Ben BERNIE (born Bernard Anzelevitz in Bayonne, NJ in 1891 -- d. in1943 in NYC) American jazz violinist and radio personality, often introduced as The Old Maestro. He was noted for his showmanship and memorable bits of snappy dialogue (his signature trademark, "yowsah, yowsah, yowsah" also spelled "yowsa" or "yowza", became a national catchphrase). Born into a large family, Bernie was a childhood prodigy, by the age of 15 he played violin so well that he was teaching it. He also attended a technical college but as soon as he completed it he broke into music. In age of 20 he appeared in vadeuville shows with accordionist and comedian Phil Baker as Baker & Bernie, but he met with little success. In 1922 he joined his first band and in 1923 he had his own orchestra "The Lads". The new band debuted in 1923 at New York's Roosevelt Hotel, the first orchestra to perform at the hotel, and stayed on until 1929. Ben and his band can be seen live in DeForest Phonofilm sound shorts, playing the seriues of the hottest hits of the season 1924-25 "Titina" youtu.be "Craving" youtu.be or "Sweet Georgia Brown" Ben Bernie was a co-composer of. He was heard on radio as early as 1923, broadcasting on WJZ and the NBC Blue Network in 1930-31, after 1832 in CBS program sponsored by Pabst Beer (during Prohibition they sold malt syrup, the primary ingredient in .... + Informações

US Billboard 1 - Jun 1925 (13 weeks) - Ben Bernie and his orchestra did the first recording of Sweet Georgia Brown. Bernie was the co-composer of this jazz standard, which became the theme song of the Harlem Globetrotters. Ben Bernie Hotel Roosevelt Orchestra Kenneth Casey, Maceo Pinkard,Ben Bernie (May 30, 1891, Bayonne, New Jersey - October 23, 1943), born Bernard Anzelevitz, was an American jazz violinist and radio personality, often introduced as The Old Maestro. He was noted for his showmanship and memorable bits of snappy dialogue. Ben Bernie was noted for always having a cigar in hand and some speculate this may have hastened his death in 1943. Bernie was a free-mason, member of Keystone Lodge n.º 235, New York City. Kenneth Casey (10 January 1899 -- 10 August 1965) was a United States composer, publisher, author and child actor. He is best remembered as the lyricist for the song "Sweet Georgia Brown".. + Informações

BEN BERNIE Born Benjamin Anselvitz in 1891, died in 1943. Actor, bandleader, author, violinist. He began his career in vaudeville. Educated at the New York College of Music, City College of New York, and Columbia School of Mines, he joined his first orchestra in 1922. For the next twenty years he toured with his band called "The Lads" and considered today one of the best hot dance American orchestras of the Jazz Age. Ben Bernie's band can be seen in the early DeForest Phonofilm sound short Ben Bernie and All the Lads (1924-1925), featuring pianist Oscar Levant. Bernie's band recorded many sides throughout the 1920s and 1930s, mainly for Vocalion and Brunswick, also labelled as Ben Bernie and His Hotel Roosevelt Orchestra. He toured with Maurice Chevalier in Europe and appeared on radio and in films. His films include "Love And Kisses" (1937), "Wake Up And Love" (1937), "Stolen Harmony" (1935), and "Shoot The Works" (1934). He also wrote the songs "Sweet Georgia Brown," "Who's Your Little Whozis," "I Can't Believe It's True," "Holding My Honey's Hand," "A Bowl Of Chop Suey And Yooey," "After The Dance Was Over," "Was Last Night The Last Night?," "Ain't That Marvelous (My Baby Loves Me)," and "Strange Interlude." Today, he is best remembered from the the one of the most popular shows in the history of the NBC "Red" Radio Network: "Ben Bernie's Orchestra" during the "Old Maestro's" 1932-1933 season. Sponsored by Blue Ribbon Malt, it pulled a 33.7 audience share. Bernie?known .... + Informações

Ben Bernie (May 30, 1891, Bayonne, New Jersey - October 23, 1943), born Bernard Anzelevitz, was an American jazz violinist and radio personality, often introduced as The Old Maestro. He was noted for his showmanship and memorable bits of snappy dialogue. Ben Bernie was noted for always having a cigar in hand and some speculate this may have hastened his death in 1943. Bernie was a free-mason, member of Keystone Lodge n.º 235, New York City. "Yes Sir, That's My Baby" is a US popular song from 1925. The music was written by Walter Donaldson and the lyrics by Gus Kahn. It was a hit for Ace Brigode in 1925 and for Eddie Cantor in 1930. It was later a hit for Rick Nelson in the 1950s and Frank Sinatra in the 1960s. The song has become a standard that has been recorded by over 100 artists in genres from jazz to rock, marimba and country. Opening line: "Yes sir, that's my ba - by, no sir, don't mean may - be, Yes sir, that's my ba - by now...." According to one source, the song was written when Donaldson & Kahn were visiting Eddie Cantor. Cantor's daughter Marjorie brought out one of her favorite toys, a walking mechanical pig. She wound it up and it started walking in rhythm while 2 notes kept coming from the little creature. Kahn was inspired and started working lyrics to these notes in rhythm with the pig, coming up with the title and opening line of the chorus in short order. A Yiddish version entitled "Yes Sir, Iz May Kalleh" (Yes Sir, That's My Bride) was recorded by .... + Informações

Ben Bernie (May 30, 1891, Bayonne, New Jersey - October 23, 1943), born Bernard Anzelevitz, was an American jazz violinist and radio personality, often introduced as The Old Maestro. He was noted for his showmanship and memorable bits of snappy dialogue. By the age of 15 he was teaching violin, but this experience apparently diminished his interest in the violin for a time. He returned to music doing vaudeville, appearing with Phil Baker as Baker and Bernie, but he met with little success until 1922 when he joined his first orchestra. Later, he had his own band, "The Lads," seen in the early DeForest Phonofilm sound short, Ben Bernie and All the Lads (1924-1925), featuring pianist Oscar Levant. He toured with Maurice Chevalier and also toured in Europe. Bernie's orchestra recorded throughout the 1920s and 1930s; Vocalion (1922-1925), Brunswick (1925-1933), Columbia (1933), Decca (1936), and ARC (Vocalion and OKeh) (1939-1940). In 1925 Ben Bernie and his orchestra did the first recording of Sweet Georgia Brown. Bernie was the co-composer of this jazz standard, which became the theme song of the Harlem Globetrotters. Ben Bernie Orchestra, Zelma O'Neil - I Want To Be Bad (1929). + Informações

Ben Bernie & His Hotel Roosevelt Orch. - Because My Baby Don't Mean Maybe Now (Walter Donaldson), Brunswick 1928. + Informações

Ben Bernie & His Hotel Roosevelt Orch. with Vocal Chorus - Crying For The Carolines (from "Spring Is Here"); (Words by Sam H. Lewis and Joe Young, Music by Harry Warren), Brunswick 1929 Originally it was sung by Ruth Etting, in 1929. What's for me most haunting in Ben Bernie's interpretation, is he plays the the blues, the "choral". The performances I know, are mostly jazzy, upbeat, like an excellent Ben Pollack's version, which can be found at kspm01 site. In that sense, Ben Bernie melancholic blues, or slowfox - whatever - is quite unique.. + Informações

Glad Rag Doll Words by Jack Yellen, Music by Milton Ager and Dan Dougherty - 1929 Lit -tle pain -ted la -dy with your love -ly clothes, Where are you bound for, may I ask? What your dia -monds cost you, Ev -'ry -bod -y knows. All the world can see be -hind your mask. Chorus: All dolled up in glad rags, To -mor -row may turn to sad rags, They call you Glad Rag Doll. Ad -mir -ed, de -sir -ed, By lov -ers who soon grow tir -ed, Poor lit -tle Glad Rag Doll. You're just a pret -ty toy they like to play with; You're not the kind they choose to grow old and gray with, Don't make this the end dear, It's nev -er too late to mend, dear, Poor lit -tle Glad Rag Doll. ______. + Informações

Beb Bernie & His Hotel Roosevelt Orch., voc. Scrappy Lambert - I Kiss Your Hand, Madame (Ich küsse Ihre Hand, Madame) (Ralph Erwin/Fritz Rotter) Brunswick 1929. + Informações

Back In Your Own Back Yard Ben Bernie and his Hotel Roosevelt Orchestra on Br. 3837. Scrappy Lambert On Vocal. + Informações

Harold "Scrappy" Lambert (May 12,1901 Nov.30,1987, New Brunswick, New Jersey) was an American jazz band vocalist. He appeared on hundreds of recordings from the 1920s to the 1940s. He attended Rutgers University, where he was a cheerleader and played piano for a jazz group called the "Rutgers Jazz Bandits." He and fellow student Billy Hillpot formed a musical duo, which was discovered in 1926 by Ben Bernie, who signed them to perform with his orchestra. Lambert and Hillpot appeared on many recordings with the orchestra and remained under Bernie's employ until 1928. -----------Ben Bernie (May 30,1891, Bayonne, New Jersey - Oct.23,1943), born Bernard Anzelevitz, was an American jazz violinist and radio personality, often introduced as The Old Maestro. He was noted for his showmanship and memorable bits of snappy dialogue. By the age of 15 he was teaching violin, but this experience apparently diminished his interest in the violin for a time. He returned to music doing vaudeville, appearing with Phil Baker as Baker and Bernie, but he met with little success until 1922 when he joined his first orchestra. Later, he had his own band, "The Lads," seen in the early DeForest Phonofilm sound short, Ben Bernie and All the Lads (1924-1925), featuring pianist Oscar Levant. He toured with Maurice Chevalier and also toured in Europe. Bernie's orchestra recorded throughout the 1920s and 1930s; Vocalion (1922-1925), Brunswick (1925-1933), Columbia (1933), Decca (1936), and ARC (Vocalion .... + Informações

Ben Bernie (May 30,1891, Bayonne, New Jersey - Oct.23,1943), born Bernard Anzelevitz, was an American jazz violinist and radio personality, often introduced as The Old Maestro. He was noted for his showmanship and memorable bits of snappy dialogue. By the age of 15 he was teaching violin, but this experience apparently diminished his interest in the violin for a time. He returned to music doing vaudeville, appearing with Phil Baker as Baker and Bernie, but he met with little success until 1922 when he joined his first orchestra. Later, he had his own band, "The Lads," seen in the early DeForest Phonofilm sound short, Ben Bernie and All the Lads (1924-1925), featuring pianist Oscar Levant. He toured with Maurice Chevalier and also toured in Europe. Bernie's orchestra recorded throughout the 1920s and 1930s; Vocalion (1922-1925), Brunswick (1925-1933), Columbia (1933), Decca (1936), and ARC (Vocalion and OKeh) (1939-1940). In 1925 Ben Bernie and his orchestra did the first recording of Sweet Georgia Brown. Bernie was the co-composer of this jazz standard, which became the theme song of the Harlem Globetrotters. Ben Bernie and all the Lads - Just a Gigolo (1931). + Informações

Thanks to Binniedol for this nugget of info: This is Ben Bernie & His Hotel Roosevelt Orchestra. They were a Big Band around the 1930's. Big Bands played a lot at hotels etc. back then and couples would dance to the bands. Tks for posting-this is absolutely terrific! What a moving song. ?. + Informações

Columbia Records 50371-D - Ben Bernie & All The Lads - Who's Afraid Of The Big Bad Wolf? - US Billboard #8 - 1933 (5 weeks) - written by Frank Churchill & Ann Ronell. - From walt disneys silly symphony the three little pigs. "Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf" is a popular song written by Frank Churchill with additional lyrics by Ann Ronell, which originally featured in the 1933 Disney cartoon Three Little Pigs, where it was sung by Fiddler Pig and Fifer Pig (voiced by Mary Moder and Dorothy Compton) as they arrogantly believe their houses of straw and twigs will protect them from the Big Bad Wolf (voiced by Billy Bletcher). The song's theme made it a huge hit during the 1930s and it remains one of the most well-known Disney songs, being covered by numerous artists and musical groups. Additionally, it was the inspiration for the title of Edward Albee's 1963 play Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Ben Bernie (May 30, 1891 --October 23, 1943), born Bernard Anzelevitz, was an American jazz violinist and radio personality, often introduced as The Old Maestro. He was noted for his showmanship and memorable bits of snappy dialogue.. + Informações