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California Ramblers

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Aliases
Almanac Hotel Dance Orchestra
Broadway Melody Makers [California Ramblers]
The California Ramblers
Five Birmingham Babies
Golden Gate Dance Orch.
Golden Gate Dance Orchestra
Golden Gate Orchestra
Golden Gate Syncopators
The McAlpineers
Palace Garden Orchestra
The Saxopators [California Ramblers]
The Six Black Diamonds [California Ramblers]
Six Black Diamonds [California Ramblers]
The Tennessee Tooters [US1]
University Six
Varsity Eight
Country
United States
Comments
This dance band recorded under many pseudonyms due to contractual arrangements and minor personnel variations. Said to be one of the earliest dance bands to incorporate jazz influences.
Members
Adrian Rollini Bass Saxophone (1922-1927)
Tony Sacco
Ted Raph
Ed Kirkeby Leader
Related
The Goofus Five
The Vagabonds [US2]
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Title Performer Release date Originally by
listen on Internet Archive i (California Ramblers) 1926 (unknown)
i (California Ramblers) 1927 Campbell and Burr
listen on Internet Archive   1923 Lucille Hegamin and Her Blue Flame Syncopators REC, Florence Mills PRF
(California Ramblers) 1927 Lou Gold with The Melody Man – Vocal Chorus, Murray Amster
1927 Johnny Marvin
listen on Internet Archive   1926 Marie Saxon, Jack Whiting and Chorus PRF, Okeh Syncopators (Harry Raderman, Director) REC
listen on Internet Archive i   (California Ramblers) 1925 Carl Fenton's Orchestra (Walter Haenschen) REC, Coon-Sanders Original Nighthawk Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by J. L. Sanders REL
listen on Internet Archive   1929 Ethel Waters BRD,REC,REL
listen on Internet Archive i (California Ramblers) 1924 (unknown)
(California Ramblers) 1929 George Olsen and His Music
i (California Ramblers) 1924 Lucille Hegamin - Accompanied by Blue Flame Syncopators
(California Ramblers) 1929 Sam Lanin and His Troubadours – Vocal Chorus William Smith
i (California Ramblers) 1927 Prince's Band
listen on Internet Archive i (California Ramblers) February 1923 Ted Lewis and His Band
i (California Ramblers) February 1925 Victor Military Band
i September 1924 Dolly Kay with The Georgians
November 1928 Frankie Trumbauer and His Orchestra [Featuring Bix Beiderbecke]
i Blue-Eyed Sally Golden Gate Orchestra (California Ramblers) 1925 Unverified
(California Ramblers) 1927 The Harmonizers
i 1922 Ernest Hare
listen on Internet Archive (California Ramblers) 1926 Missouri Jazz Band [Sam Lanin] - Vocal Chorus Irving Kaufman
November 6, 1935 Richard Himber and His Ritz-Carlton Orch. - Vocal Refrain by Stuart Allen
i (California Ramblers) November 1925 The Happy Collegians - Vocal Chorus by Arthur Fields
i   March 1924 Al Jolson PRF, Al Jolson with Isham Jones Orchestra REC
(California Ramblers) 1928 (unknown)
listen on Internet Archive (Irving Kaufman, California Ramblers) 1929 Roy Ingraham and His Orchestra
i   (California Ramblers) 1925 Elisabeth Welch and Chorus PRF, The Ambassadors [US2] REC, Arthur Gibbs and His Gang REL
i September 1924 Puritan Novelty Orchestra
listen on Internet Archive August 1925 (unknown)
i (California Ramblers) 1928 American Standard Orchestra
(California Ramblers) 1927 Jay C. Flippen and His Gang
listen on Internet Archive   1927 Evelyn Preer & Her Gang REC, Jack Kaufman REL
(California Ramblers) 1925 Waring's Pennsylvanians
June 1926 Sam Lanin's Dance Orchestra – Vocal Chorus Billy Jones
listen on Internet Archive (California Ramblers) 1927 Bill Perry's Entertainers - Vocal Duet The Radio Imps
listen on Internet Archive 1927 Bill Perry's Entertainers - Vocal Duet The Radio Imps
listen on Internet Archive i (California Ramblers) 1922 Arthur Lange's Orchestra
1929 Rudy Vallée and His Connecticut Yankees
listen on Internet Archive i (California Ramblers) 1927 Miss Annette Hanshaw and The Red Heads
i (California Ramblers) 1926 Harmony Dance Orchestra [William C. Polla]
i (California Ramblers) 1924 The Benson Orchestra of Chicago - Vocal Refrain by Frank Sullivano
i 1937 Fletcher Henderson and His Orchestra
(California Ramblers) 1929 Abe Lyman and His California Orchestra
i Easy Melody Varsity Eight (California Ramblers) February 1924 Unverified
Easy Melody Golden Gate Orchestra - Vocal Chorus – Geo. Perry (Arthur Hall, California Ramblers) 1923 Unverified
i 1924 Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra
i (California Ramblers) May 1925 Aileen Stanley
listen on Internet Archive i July 1925 Salt and Pepper
1926 Sam Lanin and His Orchestra
  (California Ramblers) 1929 Nat Shilkret and The Victor Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Burt Lorin REL, The Diplomats [US2] REC
  1926 Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra REL, The Singing Sophomores (The Revelers [US1]) REC
listen on Internet Archive 1929 Sam Lanin's Dance Orchestra
listen on Internet Archive i (California Ramblers) 1926 Ethel Waters and Her Ebony Four
i Go Emmaline Five Birmingham Babies (California Ramblers) December 1924 Unverified
listen on Internet Archive 1926 The Astorites - Vocal Chorus by Paul Hagan
(California Ramblers, Arthur Fields) 1927 Stella Mayhew
i (California Ramblers) 1924 Cliff Edwards (Ukulele Ike)
listen on Internet Archive i (California Ramblers) 1926 The Dixie Stompers [US1] (Fletcher Henderson)
listen on Internet Archive i (California Ramblers) 1926 The Vagabonds [Harry Reser]
i (California Ramblers) 1926 George Olsen and His Music
listen on Internet Archive i August 1922 Synco Jazz Band (Joseph Samuels)
i (California Ramblers) April 1925 Marion Harris
listen on Internet Archive i 1924 Margaret Young
(California Ramblers) 1926 Ruth Etting
i 1926 Jack Smith (The Whispering Baritone)
listen on Internet Archive (California Ramblers) 1925 Miss Lee Morse and Her Blue Grass Boys
listen on Internet Archive i 1923 Jack Haley
i   (California Ramblers) 1926 Johnny Marvin "The Ukulele Ace" REL, Aileen Stanley REC
1930 Dorothy Lee and Bert Wheeler
i I'm Going Back Again To Old Nebraska Gaiety Dance Band (California Ramblers) 1928 Unverified
Is She My Girl-Friend? (How-de-ow-dow!) University Six (California Ramblers) 1927 Unverified
Is She My Girl Friend? (How-De-Ow-Dow) Golden Gate Orchestra (Vocal Chorus, Ted Wallace) 1928 Unverified
i June 1924 The Ambassadors [US2]
1931 Gus Arnheim and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Bing Crosby
January 29, 1936 Freddy Martin and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Terry Shand
1927 Dolly Kay
listen on Internet Archive 1927 Gene Morgan and His Orchestra (Sam Lanin)
listen on Internet Archive i   October 1924 Phyllis Cleveland and Skeets Gallagher PRF, Carl Fenton's Orchestra (Walter Haenschen) REC
i December 1922 Ladd's Black Aces (Original Memphis Five)
i (California Ramblers) 1926 Ethel Waters
i (California Ramblers) May 1925 The Cotton Pickers (Original Memphis Five)
(California Ramblers) 1928 Gene Austin
listen on Internet Archive 1927 (unknown)
i   (California Ramblers) 1925 Waring's Pennsylvanians - Vocal Refrain by Tom Waring REC, Al Jolson BRD
  (California Ramblers) 1923 Winnie Lightner PRF, Criterion Male Quartet REC
i (California Ramblers) 1926 Sam Lanin's Troubadours - Vocal Chorus Jerry Underhill
listen on Internet Archive (California Ramblers) 1926 Sam Lanin's Troubadours - Vocal Chorus Jerry Underhill
i 1924 The Brox Sisters
(California Ramblers) 1927 Peggy English
1927 Peggy English
1928 Sam Lanin and His Famous Players
listen on Internet Archive (California Ramblers) 1928 Broadway Broadcasters (Sam Lanin)
i 1924 Bailey's Lucky Seven
i Little Old Clock On The Mantel Golden Gate Orchestra (California Ramblers) 1924 Unverified
1927 University Six (California Ramblers)
listen on Internet Archive 1926 Waring's Pennsylvanians - Vocal Refrain by Fred and Tom Waring
i (California Ramblers) 1923 Al Jolson
1929 Frankie Trumbauer and His Orchestra with Vocal Refrain Smith Ballew
i 1923 Fry's Million Dollar Pier Orchestra
i (California Ramblers) 1928 Cook Sisters
1928 Cook Sisters
(California Ramblers) 1924 Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra
1929 Ruth Etting
listen on Internet Archive i (California Ramblers) 1924 David H. Silverman and His Orchestra
i 1925 (unknown)
(California Ramblers) 1928 The Bar Harbor Society Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Irving Kaufman
(California Ramblers) February 1928 Ed Lowry
i (California Ramblers) 1927 Arthur Briggs and His Savoy Syncop's Orchestra
i (California Ramblers) 1925 Mark Andrews [US1]
1927 Miss Annette Hanshaw
December 1926 Miss Annette Hanshaw
(California Ramblers) 1929 Bert Lown and His Orchestra – Vocal Chorus by Tom Frawley
i 1929 Charles W. Hamp
(California Ramblers) 1929 Abe Lyman's California Orchestra
listen on Internet Archive 1929 (unknown)
listen on Internet Archive i September 1923 Howard Lanin's Arcadia Orchestra
listen on Internet Archive (California Ramblers, Arthur Fields) 1929 Hal Kemp and His Orchestra
listen on Internet Archive (California Ramblers) 1924 Isham Jones Orchestra
1927 Bessie Brown
listen on Internet Archive i (California Ramblers) 1925 Jos. Samuels & His Music Masters
listen on Internet Archive i August 1922 Majestic Dance Orchestra – Vocal Chorus by Arthur Hall
i 1924 Isham Jones and His Orchestra
listen on Internet Archive 1926 Polly Walker
listen on Internet Archive 1927 Jack Loew
i 1922 All Star Trio and Their Orchestra
(California Ramblers) October 1927 Don Voorhees and His Orchestra
i (California Ramblers) 1926 Imperial Dance Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Irving Kaufman
listen on Internet Archive i   March 1925 Carl Fenton's Orchestra (Walter Haenschen) REC, Walter Catlett PRF
listen on Internet Archive i   (California Ramblers) 1922 Isham Jones Orchestra REL, Emil Coleman & His Montmartre Orchestra REC
Our Bungalow Of Dreams Gaiety Dance Band (California Ramblers) 1928 Unverified
i 1929 Nick Lucas "The Crooning Troubadour"
listen on Internet Archive (Irving Kaufman, California Ramblers) 1929 Nick Lucas "The Crooning Troubadour"
listen on Internet Archive i (California Ramblers) 1922 (unknown)
listen on Internet Archive i 1927 Don Voorhees and His Earl Carroll's "Vanities" Orchestra
i (California Ramblers) 1928 (unknown)
i (California Ramblers) 1926 Johnny Marvin
listen on Internet Archive i   (California Ramblers) 1924 Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra REC,REL, Fred Stone, Dorothy Stone, John Lambert, and The Stepping Stones Cast PRF
listen on Internet Archive 1928 The Rounders [US1]
i 1924 The Ambassadors [US2]
1927 (unknown)
listen on Internet Archive i (California Ramblers) 1924 The Benson Orchestra of Chicago under the direction of Roy Bargy
1925 Original Indiana Five
listen on Internet Archive i (California Ramblers) 1922 Eddie Elkins' Orchestra
listen on Internet Archive 1925 Earl Gresh and His Gangplank Orchestra
1926 New Princes' Toronto Band
i (California Ramblers) 1927 Jelly-Roll Morton's Red Hot Peppers
(California Ramblers) 1927 Ernest Hare
listen on Internet Archive i November 1923 Albert E. Short and His Tivoli Syncopaters
listen on Internet Archive 1927 Alberta Hunter and Ray's Dreamland Orchestra
i (California Ramblers) June 1926 Paul Specht and His Orchestra
listen on Internet Archive (California Ramblers) 1928 Jim Miller–Charlie Farrell
listen on Internet Archive i (California Ramblers) 1922 Nathan Glantz and His Orchestra
listen on Internet Archive i October 1924 Jack Shilkret's Orchestra
i 1922 Rudy Wiedoeft's Californians
listen on Internet Archive i March 1925 (unknown)
listen on Internet Archive i July 1925 Ben Bernie and His Hotel Roosevelt Orchestra
listen on Internet Archive i (California Ramblers) 1922 Van and Schenck
i   (California Ramblers) November 1925 Sam Lanin and His Orchestra (Vocal Chorus, Arthur Hall) REL, Raderman's Roysterers REC
1926 Park Lane Orchestra [Ruby Greenberg]
listen on Internet Archive i (California Ramblers) 1926 Imperial Dance Orchestra - Vocal Chorus Irving Kaufman
listen on Internet Archive i October 1923 Billy Murray–Ed Smalle
listen on Internet Archive i 1923 Isham Jones Orchestra
i (California Ramblers) November 1926 Billy Jones [US1]
i (California Ramblers) 1924 (unknown)
1928 Peggy English
listen on Internet Archive i (California Ramblers) 1926 Eva Puck and Sam White
listen on Internet Archive   1929 Marjorie Kane BRD, Harry Reser's Syncopators - Vocal Chorus by Tom Stacks REC,REL
listen on Internet Archive i   1926 The Melody Sheiks (Sam Lanin) REC, Eva Puck and Sam White PRF
The Grass Grows Greener ('Way Down Home) Dolly Kay - Accomp. by The University Six 1928 Unverified
i 1926 Hall and Ryan
1931 Rita Montaner, (unknown)
  (California Ramblers) 1928 Al Jolson REL,BRD, All Star Orchestra (Nathaniel Shilkret) REC
listen on Internet Archive (Irving Kaufman, California Ramblers) 1929 Jesse Stafford and His Palace Hotel Orchestra
i (California Ramblers) 1924 New Orleans Rhythm Kings
listen on Internet Archive (Irving Kaufman, California Ramblers) 1929 Nick Lucas "The Crooning Troubadour"
listen on Internet Archive i (California Ramblers) 1922 Arthur Lange's Orchestra
listen on Internet Archive i (California Ramblers) 1924 Margaret Young
listen on Internet Archive 1930 Hal Kemp and His Orchestra
listen on Internet Archive Wedding Bells Are Ringing for Sally The Varsity Eight (California Ramblers) Vocal by Eddie Walters (California Ramblers, Eddie Walters) 1930 Unverified
i December 1923 Majestic Dance Orchestra [Joseph Samuels]
i   1923 Arthur Lang's Orchestra REC,REL, Wilda Bennett PRF
(California Ramblers) 1929 The Rounders [US2] - Vocal Chorus Irving Kaufman
listen on Internet Archive August 1925 International Novelty Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Arthur Hall
listen on Internet Archive i (California Ramblers) 1926 Jack Smith (The Whispering Baritone)
1929 Colonial Club Orch. [Bob Haring]
  (California Ramblers) February 1928 Ben Selvin & His Orch. - Vocal Chorus by Lewis James REL, Mark Fisher [US] REC
listen on Internet Archive September 1926 Sam Lanin's Orchestra - Vocal Chorus Walter Johnston
listen on Internet Archive i 1925 Paul Van Loan and His Orchestra
i Where The Lazy Daisies Grow Golden Gate Orchestra (California Ramblers) 1924 Unverified
1926 Manhattan Dance Makers (Vocal Chorus by Arthur Hall)
1929 Nat Shilkret and The Victor Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Don Howard
listen on Internet Archive 1929 Coon-Sanders Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by J. L. Sanders
listen on Internet Archive i 1925 Isham Jones with Ray Miller's Orchestra
i (California Ramblers) 1924 (unknown)
listen on Internet Archive i (California Ramblers) 1922 Arthur Fields
1935 (unknown)
listen on Internet Archive 1926 Gene Austin
listen on Internet Archive 1927 California Ramblers - Vocal Chorus by Ed Kirkeby
1927 California Ramblers - Vocal Chorus by Ed Kirkeby
listen on Internet Archive   (California Ramblers) July 1923 Furman and Nash REC, Eddie Cantor PRF
i (California Ramblers) 1927 Jules Herbuveaux' Palmer House Victorians – Vocal Chorus by Frank Sylvano
listen on Internet Archive i 1924 (unknown)
i (California Ramblers) 1929 Ona Munson and Jack Whiting
listen on Internet Archive i 1923 Irving Kaufman - Selvin's Orchestra Accompaniment
listen on Internet Archive i (California Ramblers) 1927 Haring's Happy Harmonizers – Vocal Chorus, Jerry Macy