Cover submission
The Sheik of Araby by Cleartone Dance Orchestra
Submitted by
On April 10, 2018
Performance
The Sheik
By Cleartone Dance Orchestra
Cover of
Written by Harry B. Smith, Ted Snyder, Francis Wheeler
Completeness
Processed by
On September 14, 2019
Created performance
Created release
by Cleartone Dance Orchestra
1922
- Language
- (instrumental)
- Release
- The Sheik / Sal-O-May
Cleartone Dance Orchestra
- Info
- Country
- United States
The Sheik / Sal-O-May
- Release date
- 1920
- Label
- Cleartone Records (2)
- Catalog number
- P-108
- Format
- Single 78rpm
Additional comments and sources
History
Unfortunately with no credits on the label and no audio/video available of this recording, there's not enough info to verify whether this is actually a cover or a new song trying to take advantage of a popular song of the era.
Probability favors the A side being Ted Snyder's "The Sheik of Araby", but true rigor would require that the disc be audited and the song identified by someone who knows it. Anybody could have, and many probably did, cash in on the popularity of a hit song like Snyder's by waxing a similarly titled tune of their own.
I did find a site claiming to have a download of the audio from the disc, but you have to register for a free trial and provide either PayPal or credit card info in order to access it and I'd rather not give some random download site my payment info