SECTION III: ADAPTATIONS OF B.A.B. 66-KEY MUSIC TO THE 165 SCALE



The B.A.B. Organ Company, Brooklyn, N.Y., grew out of a partnership formed in the 1920's between two Italian-Americans, Ernesto Bona* and Andrew Antoniazzi. The partnership was later expanded to include Dominick Brugnolotti, and from the initials of these three men the company took its name. According to an interview with Mr. Antoniazzi taped by Tim Trager, the company originally made barrel-operated street pianos, later expanding into the organ business. Tim Trager's research suggests that B.A.B. took over the book music department of the Berni Organ Company, included in which acquisition were foot-operated book punching machines from Gavioli's New York Bond Street office, headed by Louis Berni, Gavioli's agent for America and Canada.

During the time period which concerns this catalog, B.A.B.'s main business was the conversion of band organs using European cardboard music books or using American roll systems for which music had become unavailable. From this conversion work developed the other principal B.A.B. activity: producing music rolls for organs converted to the B.A.B. system, which was an Artizan-like pressure system, not using vacuum to read the rolls as Wurlitzer did. This of course made no difference in the music roll, only in the organ pneumatics.

To accommodate the scales of the organs converted to play their rolls, the company manufactured music rolls of several different sizes. The notebooks of Oswald Wurdeman, who acquired part of the assets of the B.A.B. Organ Company, show listings for 46-key, 61-key, 65-key, 66-key, 82-key, and 87-key tunes, and Reblitz/Bowers (see below) shows others, though the majority of rolls produced were apparently 46-key, 48-key, 66-key, and 87-key rolls. The 66-key roll (actually it has 67 holes, counting the first hole, shown on scale diagrams as a "shut off") had a scale almost idenitcal to the Wurlitzer 165 scale. Therefore it was a relatively simple task for Play-Rite to switch the lines leading from its roll reader to the punching dies of its production perforator so that the notes punched into a B.A.B. roll would be properly re-positioned to make a playable style 165 copy of the B.A.B. roll. Thus were created the 56 rolls listed below.

B.A.B. rolls have 8 holes per inch for a .125" spacing on center. The roll itself is 9 inches wide compared to the Wurlitzer 165 width of 9 5/8 inches. A principal difference between the B.A.B. roll and its Wurlitzer counterpart is that the B.A.B. system uses multiplexing within the organ to control both the triangle and the bass drum by the same perforation, while the snare drum perforation (actually there are two holes for the snare drum, one for each drumstick) also controls the castanets. When the organ's loud registers are on, the multiplexing switches the bass drum and snare drum into play; when the loud registers are off, the triangle and castanets play instead of the drums. Play-Rite adaptations of B.A.B. 66-key rolls to the 165 scale did not reckon with this complication, so that these converted rolls play only the drums, while the triangle and castanets remain silent throughout every converted roll.

B.A.B. produced only forty-four 66-key rolls before going out of business in 1957. These rolls were numbered from 1 (issued in 1928) to 44 (issued in 1957). Rolls shown below with numbers higher than 44 result from a vexatious policy of Ozzie Wurdeman, who produced rolls using the old B.A.B. masters and equipment after 1957: customers willing to pay a premium price for the privilege could choose the tunes to be included on a roll; the extra copies were held in stock to be sold at regular prices. Consequently Wurdeman B.A.B. rolls repeat certain tunes from roll to roll ad nauseam, and the tunes on a given roll often lack musical coherence with each other.

It is possible to reconstruct the contents -- or nearly so -- of all but the earliest of the original 44 66-key rolls, using the Wurdeman notebooks supplemented by other sources and the knowledge of B.A.B. afficionados such as Larry Villano and George Karpel. (Our reconstruction is shown in the Appendix to this catalog). Apparently Ozzie Wurdeman himself made an attempt in that direction, with limited success, using the data he had. The B.A.B. masters for each roll were kept together in a large bag, but with the passage of time and the diaspora of the masters between Minneapolis (Wurdeman) and Virginia City, Mont. (Senator Bovey), that evidence had become as garbled as many B.A.B. tune titles. Most -- perhaps all -- B.A.B. music was arranged by J. Lawrence Cook, better known for his work for the QRS Piano Roll Company. Tunes selected for B.A.B. rolls reflect the company's Italian roots in the number of Italian or European tunes used. They were often tunes published by Italian Book Company, a New York music publisher -- a relationship similar to that which seems to have existed between Wurlitzer and the Vandersloot Music Publishing Company in Williamsport, Pa. Many of the misspellings of B.A.B. tunes titles clearly stem from someone's inability to read another's handwriting -- particularly difficult to do when the language is foreign to the reader. The Wurdeman notebooks carry ample evidence of this problem, and at the same time have allowed us to arrive at correct spellings by collecting and comparing the various misspellings. * The spelling "Borna" given in Reblitz/Bowers is incorrect; "Bona" appears on an original company decal seen by me on a street piano sold by Bona and Antoniazzi, and the spelling "Bona" is corroborated by Fred Dahlinger, Jr., historian-archivist, Circus World Museum, Baraboo, Wisc. Also, Ernesto is given in sources as "Ervista," but that is not a normal Italian forename, and Brugnolotti descendants remember his name as "Ernesto." (Sources: Reblitz/Bowers Treasures of Mechanical Music (Vestal, N.Y. : Vestal Press, 1981); Oswald Wurdeman's notebooks; personal recollections of George Karpel; papers of Gavin McDonough (B.A.B. Organ Company, Richmond, Va.), who also extensively corrected the B.A.B. tune listings as reflected on Play-Rite labels; information from band organ historian Tim T. Trager; correspondence with Brugnolotti grandson, Edward Radonic, and other members of the family)



A. ROLLS WITH LETTERS ASSIGNED BY PLAY-RITE


NOTE: Also issued by Play-Rite as roll M-2. On the label for roll M-2 the order of tunes 3 and 6 is transposed. The correct order is as shown above. Although roll 308 has not been checked, it is likely that the same mistake occurs on its label.

B.A.B. ROLL NUMBER 309

B.A.B. ROLL LETTERED "B"

see
B.A.B. ROLL NUMBER 509



B.A.B. ROLL LETTERED "C"
"Factory Roll"

1. The Song Is Ended (But The Melody Lingers On)

(Irving Berlin)

(Nov 11, 1927)

Waltz

2. Tell Me You're Mine

(Joseph Frangipane)

(Aug 25, 1942)

Waltz

3. My Favorite Song

(Joe Burke)

(Feb 21, 1944)

Fox Trot

4. Say It With Your Heart

(Nelson & Kaye)

(Dec 15, 1952)

Fox Trot

5. Salomee With Her Seven Veils
(From "Hazel Flagg")

(Jule Styne)

(Jan 12, 1953)

One Step

6. Forever Yours

(Ted Johnson)

(Feb 6, 1950)

Fox Trot

7. Powder Blue

(Hal Pruden)

(May 18, 1942)

Fox Trot

8. Early Bird
(From the 20th Century Fox film "Captain January")

(Lew Pollack)

(Feb 28, 1936)

Fox Trot

9. You Can Fly! You Can Fly! You Can Fly!
(From the Walt Disney film "Peter Pan")

(Sammy Fain)

(Nov 17, 1952)

Fox Trot

10. Don't Let The Stars Get In Your Eyes

(Slim Willet)

(Oct 22, 1952)

Fox Trot





B.A.B. ROLL LETTERED "H"

see
B.A.B. ROLL NUMBER 026



B.A.B. ROLL LETTERED "K"

see
B.A.B. ROLL NUMBER 309



B.A.B. ROLL LETTERED "M-2"

see
B.A.B. ROLL NUMBER 308



B.A.B. ROLL LETTERED "M-5"

(The seven tunes shown below may be part of a test recutting; they all appear on roll 309 in the same order. A copy owned by Gavin McDonough has this notation on its leader: Master B.A.B. conversion to 165, 9/21/81, # M-5)

3. The Continental
(From the RKO film "The Gay Divorcee")

(Con Conrad)

(Sep 4, 1934)

Fox Trot

4. College Rhythm
(From the Paramount film "College Rhythm")

(Gordon & Revel)

(Oct 12, 1934)

Two Step

5. Don't Fence Me In
(From the Warner Brothers film "Hollywood Canteen")

(Cole Porter)

(Oct 10, 1944)

Fox Trot

6. When I'm Walkin' With My Sweetness, Down Among The Sugar Cane
(From the Warner Brothers film "So Long Letty")

(Peter De Rose)

(Jan 23, 1929)

Two Step

7. Dark Eyes = Ochi Chornya (Russian gypsy folk song)

(traditional)

Waltz

8. The Farmer Takes A Wife

(Tobias, Freed & Mencher)

(Jan 2, 1935)

Two Step

9. Happy Days Are Here Again
(From the 1930 MGM film "Chasing Rainbows" and the 1930 Columbia film "Rain Or Shine")

(Milton Ager)

(Nov 7, 1929)

Fox Trot




B.A.B. ROLL LETTERED "X"

see
B.A.B. ROLL NUMBER 025



B. ADAPTATIONS OF ORIGINAL B.A.B. ROLLS 001 TO 044


B.A.B. ROLL NUMBER 025 (1944)

1. Sweet Rosie O'Grady

(Maude Nugent)

(Jul 25, 1896)

Waltz

2. Pistol Packin' Mama
(From the Republic film "Pistol Packin' Mama")

(Al Dexter)

(Jun 24, 1943)

One Step

3. Victory Polka
(From the 1944 Columbia film "Jam Session")

(Jule Styne)

(Jul 13, 1942)

Polka

4. My Wild Irish Rose
(From the stage revue "A Romance Of Athlone")

(Chauncey Olcott)

(1899)

Waltz

5. They're Either Too Young Or Too Old
(From the Warner Brothers film "Thank Your Lucky Stars")

(Arthur Schwartz)

(Jun 25, 1943)

One Step

6. Paper Doll

(Johnny S. Black)

(Aug 27, 1942)

Fox Trot

7. Mairzy Doats (And Doazy Doats)

(Drake, Hoffman & Livingston)

(Dec 10, 1943)

Fox Trot

8. Voltaro (Italian song)

Waltz

9. Shoo-Shoo Baby
(From "Three Cheers For The Boys" and the 1944 Columbia film "Beautiful But Broke")

(Phil Moore)

(Sep 22, 1943)

Fox Trot

10. No Love, No Nothin'
(From the 20th Century Fox film "The Gang's All Here")

(Harry Warren)

(Oct 8, 1943)

Fox Trot




B.A.B. ROLL NUMBER 026 (1944)

1. V For Victory

(Lew Tobin)

(Oct 5, 1943)

March

2. By The Sleepy Lagoon (Valse serenade)

(Eric Coates)

(Nov 10, 1930)

Waltz

3. The World's Progress

(Victor Herbert)

(Jul 5, 1916)

March

4. Paradise
(From the 1932 RKO film "A Woman Commands")

(Nacio Herb Brown)

(Dec 29, 1931)

Waltz

5. The Long Islanders

March

6. Save The Last Dance For Me

(Frank Magine)

(Oct 29, 1931)

Waltz

7. I Can't Remember

(Irving Berlin)

(Mar 25, 1933)

Waltz

8. Welcome Home
Possibilities:
Welcome Home (From "On With The Show")
Welcome Home (From "Blaze Of Glory")



(Harry Akst)
(James F. Hanley)



(May 18, 1929)
(Jan 10, 1930)

March

9. My Angeline

(Mabel Wayne)

(Jan 24, 1929)

Waltz

10. Sabre And Spurs (March Of The American Cavalry)

(John P. Sousa)

(Jul 6, 1918)

March




B.A.B. ROLL NUMBER 027 (1945)

1. Meet Me In St. Louis, Louis

(Kerry Mills)

(Feb 2, 1904)

Waltz

2. Trolley Song
(From the 1946 MGM film "Meet Me In St. Louis")

(Blane & Martin)

(Aug 15, 1944)

One Step

3. Strip Polka

(Johnny Mercer)

(Aug 11, 1942)

Polka

4. Cha-Da-Boom
(From the Universal film "I'll Remember April")

(Al Sherman)

(Feb 15, 1945)

Waltz

5. Dance With A Dolly (With A Hole In Her Stockin')

(Eaton, Shand & Leader)

(Mar 18, 1940)

Fox Trot

6. There Goes That Song Again
(From the Columbia film "Carolina Blues")

(Jule Styne)

(Sep 27, 1944)

Fox Trot

7. Too-Ra-Loo-Ra-Loo-Ral (That's An Irish Lullaby)
(Featured in the 1944 Paramount film "Going My Way")
(From the stage musical "Shameen Dhu")

(J. R. Shannon)

(Jul 14, 1913)

Fox Trot

8. Down In The Valley

(traditional)

Waltz

9. Don't Fence Me In
(From the Warner Brothers film "Hollywood Canteen")

(Cole Porter)

(Oct 10, 1944)

Fox Trot

10. Rum And Coca-Cola

(Sullivan & Baron)

(Dec 11, 1944)

Fox Trot




B.A.B. ROLL NUMBER 033 (1949)

1. Cruising Down The River

(Beadell & Tollerton)

(Dec 12, 1945)

Waltz

2. Song Of The Old Time Dance

(Billy Patiences)

(Jul 3, 1926)

March

3. Pavanne

(Morton Gould)

(Apr 12, 1938)

Fox Trot

4. You Can't Be True, Dear
(Based in the German song "Du Kannst Nicht Treu Sein," by Hans Otten, Jan 1, 1935)

(Otten & Griffin)

(Mar 12, 1948)

Waltz

5. More Beer Polka

(Julian Henry Miller)

(Jul 19, 1948)

Polka

6. Lavender Blue (Dilly Dilly)
(From the Walt Disney film "So Dear To My Heart")

(Eliot Daniel)

(Sep 24, 1948)

Fox Trot

7. Down By The Station

(Ricks & Gaillard)

(Dec 31, 1948)

Fox Trot

8. Engagement Waltz
(Based on Brahms' Waltz In A-flat)

(Shelley & Kahn)

(Jun 21, 1947)

Waltz

9. "A"--You're Adorable (The Alphabet Song)

(Kaye, Wise & Lippman)

(Mar 21, 1949)

Fox Trot

10. Once In Love With Amy
(From the stage musical comedy "Where's Charlie")

(Frank Loesser)

(Sep 27, 1948)

Fox Trot




B.A.B. ROLL NUMBER 040 (1954)

1. That's Amore (That's Love)
(From the York Pictures Corp. film "The Caddy")

(Harry Warren)

(Jul 9, 1953)

Waltz

2. How Did He Look

(Abner Silver)

(Nov 1, 1940)

Waltz

3. Twilight *
(From the stage revue "Earl Carroll Vanities")

(Morris Hamilton)

(Sep 4, 1926)

Fox Trot

4. Vaya Con Dios = May God Be With You

(Russell, James & Pepper)

(Jun 26, 1953)

Waltz

5. The Tennessee Wig-Walk

(Larry Coleman)

(Feb 1, 1952)

Fox Trot

6. A Little Lie

(Gladys Shelley)

(Dec 5, 1953)

Fox Trot

7. Love Is A See-Saw, A He-Saw, A She-Saw

(Fogarty & Wilson)

(May 14, 1953)

Waltz

8. Oh, My Papa = O Mein Papa
(From the German musical comedy "Der Schwarze Hecht")

(Paul Burkhard)

(Nov 17, 1948)

Fox Trot

9. You, You, You = Du, Du, Du

(Lotar Olias)

(Oct 15, 1952)

Fox Trot

10. Bimbo

(Rod Morris)

(Nov 13, 1953)

Fox Trot

* Some B.A.B. labels list tune 3 under its later title: Stranger in Paradise.
(Also recut by Play-Rite as roll 407)



B.A.B. ROLL NUMBER 043 (1956)

1. The Rock And Roll Waltz

(Phil Allen)

(Dec 12, 1955)

Waltz

2. Old MacDonald Had A Farm

(traditional)

Fox Trot

3. Love And Marriage
(From the NBC-TV Producer's Showcase "Our Town")

(James Van Heusen)

(Sep 20, 1955)

Fox Trot

4. The Poor People Of Paris (Jean's Song)

(Marguerite Monnot)

(Feb 15, 1956)

Fox Trot

5. Go On With The Wedding

(Korb, Purvis & Yakus)

(Dec 19, 1955)

Waltz

6. Lisbon Antigua = Lisbõa Antigua (In Old Lisbon)

(Portella, Galhardo & do Valle)

(Dec 31, 1954)

Fox Trot

7. Little Child; Daddy Dear (The Little Boy And The Old Man)

(Wayne Shanklin)

(Jan 18, 1956)

Waltz

8. Chain Gang

(Quasha & Yakus)

(Jan 3, 1956)

Fox Trot

9. Experience Unnecessary

(Shelley, Whitman, Peretti & Creatore)

(Jun 15, 1955)

Fox Trot

10. Sixteen Tons

(Merle Travis)

(Jun 9, 1947)

Fox Trot




B.A.B. ROLL NUMBER 044 (1957)

1. True Love
(From the Loew's Inc. film "High Society")

(Cole Porter)

(May 22, 1956)

Waltz

2. Thunder And Blazes
(Entry Of The Gladiators)

(Julius Fucik)

(Mar 1, 1902)
(Apr 13, 1911)

Triumphal March

3. Cindy, Oh Cindy

(Barron & Long)

(Sep 27, 1956)

Calypso Fox Trot

4. I Dreamed

(Grean & Moore)

(Nov 5, 1956)

One Step

5. Singing The Blues *

(Melvin L. Endsley)

(Aug 14, 1956)

Fox Trot

6. Cinco Robles = Five Oaks

(Dorothy Wright)

(Nov 30, 1956)

Waltz

7. Mama, Look A Booboo (Shut Yuh Mouth, Go Away)

(Lord Melody)

(Feb 18, 1957)

Calypso

8. Frankie And Johnny

(anonymous)

Fox Trot

9. The Money Tree

(Mark McIntyre)

(Nov 21, 1956)

Fox Trot

10. Young Love

(Joyner & Cartey)

(Dec 28, 1956)

Fox Trot

* Some copies have Ninety-Nine Ways (Anthony September) (Mar 22, 1957) as tune 5. Ozzie Wurdeman's notebook shows tune 5 both ways.

C. ADAPTATIONS OF WURDEMAN CUSTOM-MADE B.A.B. COMPOSITES

Available evidence suggests that Oswald Wurdeman numbered all rolls composited by him from original B.A.B. masters -- no matter whether 46-key, 66-key, or other size -- in one continuous 3-digit series. Therefore the numbering of his 66-key rolls (which are the only ones concerning this catalog) shows intermittent gaps when Mr. Wurdeman was cutting rolls of another size. Additional gaps in this catalog are due to the fact that Play-Rite did not transcribe to the 165 scale every 66-key roll known; rolls 389, 409, 411, 444, and 456 for example, have not been transcribed.


B.A.B. ROLL NUMBER 100

(For the roll issued by Play-Rite with this number see the "Bacigalupi Special" roll in Section II-A of this catalog. Although listed here for convenience as a Wurdeman custom-made roll, Ozzie Wurdeman probably never issued it. His custom-made rolls were all numbered in the 300's and up.)


B.A.B. ROLL NUMBER 307

1. Amapola = Poppy
(Made famous by the 1939 Universal film "First Love")

(Joseph M. Lacalle)

(Dec 15, 1924)

Fox Trot

2. At The Balalaika
(From the 1939 Loew's Inc. film "Balalaika")

(George Posford)

(Dec 18, 1936)

Waltz

3. Beer Barrel Polka
(From the stage revue "Yokel Boy")

(Brown & Voda)

(Mar 30, 1939)

Polka

4. On The Beautiful Blue Danube (Op. 314)

(Johann Strauss)

(May 1867)

Waltz

5. Dance With A Dolly (With A Hole In Her Stockin')

(Eaton, Shand & Leader)

(Mar 18, 1940)

Fox Trot

6. The Laughing Polka

(Lande, Meehan & James)

(Feb 27, 1950)

Polka

7. Junior Order March

(William Edward Menghi)

(Oct 26, 1932)

March

8. Chinese Patrol *

(H. Fliege)

(Jan 20, 1921)

March

9. Alice Blue Gown
(From the stage revue "Irene")

(Harry Tierney)

(Nov 8, 1919)

Waltz

* Tune 8 incorrectly labeled "Genese Patrol"

B.A.B. ROLL NUMBER 308

1. La Cucaracha (Mexican folk song)
(From the RKO-Radio film "La Cucaracha")

(adap. Juan Y. d'Lorah)

(Aug 9, 1934)

Tango

2. Wabash Moon

(Dreyer, Downey & McKenny)

(Jan 28, 1931)

Waltz

3. Rock & Rye Polka (Mr. Rock An' Rye)

(Larry Wellington)

(Sep 17, 1940)

Polka

4. Rum And Coca-Cola

(Sullivan & Baron)

(Dec 11, 1944)

Fox Trot

5. Missouri Moon

(Henry Lodge)

(Oct 23, 1929)

Waltz

6. Man With The Mandolin

(Cavanaugh, Redmond & Weldon)

(Jun 29, 1939)

Two Step

7. Second Finale from "La Traviata"

(Giuseppe Verdi)

(1853)

8. Meet Me In St. Louis, Louis

(Kerry Mills)

(Feb 2, 1904)

Waltz

9. Moonlight And Roses (Bring Mem'ries Of You)
("Adapted from 'Andantino in D-flat' by Edwin H. Lemare")

(Black & Moret)

(Jan 10, 1925)

Waltz

1. True Love
(From the Loew's Inc. film "High Society")

(Cole Porter)

(May 22, 1956)

Waltz

2. Entry Of The Gladiators (Op. 68)
(Thunder And Blazes)

(Julius Fucik)

(Apr 13, 1911)
(Mar 1, 1902)

Triumphal March

3. The Continental
(From the RKO film "The Gay Divorcee")

(Con Conrad)

(Sep 4, 1934)

Fox Trot

4. College Rhythm
(From the Paramount film "College Rhythm")

(Gordon & Revel)

(Oct 12, 1934)

Two Step

5. Don't Fence Me In
(From the Warner Brothers film "Hollywood Canteen")

(Cole Porter)

(Oct 10, 1944)

Fox Trot

6. When I'm Walkin' With My Sweetness, Down Among The Sugar Cane
(From the Warner Brothers film "So Long Letty")

(Peter De Rose)

(Jan 23, 1929)

Two Step

7. Dark Eyes = Ochi Chornya (Russian gypsy folk song)

(traditional)

Waltz

8. The Farmer Takes A Wife

(Tobias, Freed & Mencher)

(Jan 2, 1935)

Two Step

9. Fit As A Fiddle

(Goodheart & Hoffman)

(Oct 6, 1932)

Fox Trot

10. Happy Days Are Here Again
(From the 1930 MGM film "Chasing Rainbows" and the 1930 Columbia film "Rain Or Shine")

(Milton Ager)

(Nov 7, 1929)

Fox Trot




B.A.B. ROLL NUMBER 353
"Length of a ten-tune roll"

1. Light Cavalry Overture

(Franz von Suppe)

(1869)

2. Wedding Of The Winds

(John T. Hall)

(Apr 2, 1896)

Grand Waltzes

3. Poet And Peasant: Overture

(Franz von Suppe)

(May 1854)

4. Waltzes from the opera "Faust"

(Charles Gounod)

(1859)

Waltzes




B.A.B. ROLL NUMBER 354

1. Emperor Waltz (Op. 437)

(Johann Strauss)

(1888)

Waltz

2. Old Timers Waltz. Medley: The Bowery (From "A Trip To Chinatown")
The Sidewalks Of New York
Sweet Rosie O'Grady
A Bicycle Built For Two (Daisy Bell)
Comrades
Little Annie Rooney
Two Little Girls In Blue
The Band Played On
After The Ball (Introduced in "A Trip To Chinatown")

(Mayhew L. Lake)

(Percy Gaunt)
(Lawlor & Blake)
(Maude Nugent)
(Harry Dacre)
(Felix McGlennon)
(Michael Nolan)
(Charles Graham)
(Charles B. Ward)
(Charles K. Harris)

(Oct 2, 1917)

(1892)
(Aug 27, 1894)
(Jul 25, 1896)
(1892)
(1887)
(Apr 4, 1889)
(1893)
(1895)
(Nov 12, 1892)

Waltz

3. The World's Progress *

(Victor Herbert)

(Jul 5, 1916)

March

4. Bolero, from "Sicilian Vespers = I Vespri Siciliani"
(Likely: arrangement by R. E. Hildreth)

(Giuseppe Verdi)


(Jul 28, 1928)

Bolero

5. Welcome Home
Possibilities:
Welcome Home (From "On With The Show")
Welcome Home (From "Blaze Of Glory")



(Harry Akst)
(James F. Hanley)



(May 18, 1929)
(Jan 10, 1930)

March

6. Gavotte (Dance) (Op. 12)
(From "Cinderella")

(Sergei Prokofiev)

(1914)

Overture

7. Just A Gigolo = Schöner Gigolo

(Leonello Casucci)

(Dec 12, 1930)

Fox Trot

8. The Last Waltz (Our Last Waltz Tonight)
(From "Greenwich Village Follies Of 1921")

(Carey Morgan)

(Sep 19, 1921)

Waltz


NOTE: Some recuts omit numbers 7 and 8, and have in their place the following:
........7. Ah, Sweet Mystery Of Life (Victor Herbert) (Nov 21,1910)
A few minor recutting errors suggest this may have been a test cutting. * Tune 3 misidentified on Play-Rite labels (an error probably stemming from the label of Wurdeman's B.A.B roll 354) as Benjamin Hapgood Burt's Nov 15, 1907, march "Captain Willie Brown." The Herbert march appeared on original B.A.B. roll 026; the Burt march appeared on original B.A.B. roll 016.



B.A.B. ROLL NUMBER 355

1. Sleepy Valley
(From the Paramount Lasky Corp. film "The Rainbow Man")

(James F. Hanley)

(Mar 24, 1929)

Waltz

2. Ten Pretty Girls

(Grosz & Kennedy)

(Aug 4, 1937)

Fox Trot

3. True Love
(From the Loew's Inc. film "High Society")

(Cole Porter)

(May 22, 1956)

Waltz

4. I'm Sorry I Made You Cry

(N. J. Clesi)

(Jan 1, 1916)

Fox Trot

5. My Angeline

(Mabel Wayne)

(Jan 24, 1929)

Waltz

6. I Get The Blues When It Rains

(H. Stoddard)

(Mar 23, 1928)

Fox Trot

7. Rock Me In A Cradle Of Kalua

(Pete Wendling)

(Apr 16, 1931)

Waltz

8. Ninety-Nine Ways

(Anthony September)

(Mar 22, 1957)

Calypso

9. Little Sweetheart Of The Prairie

(Solman & Brown)

(Jan 22, 1931)

Waltz

10. Paul Lincke's Barn Dance (Satyr-Tanz)

(Paul Lincke)

(Jan 13, 1910)

Tango

11. Missouri Moon

(Henry Lodge)

(Oct 23, 1929)

Waltz

12. Un Bicchiere d'Acqua E Un Baccio (Mazurka) = A Glass Of Water And A Kiss

(Vittorio Mascheroni)

(Aug 1, 1934)

Waltz

13. Moonlight And Honeysuckle

(Holland Robinson)

(Dec 22, 1930)

Waltz




B.A.B. ROLL NUMBER 356

1. On The Beautiful Blue Danube (Op. 314)

(Johann Strauss)

(May 1867)

Waltzes

2. Entry Of The Gladiators (Op. 68)
(Thunder And Blazes)

(Julius Fucik)

(Apr 13, 1911)
(Mar 1, 1902)

Triumphal March

3. Second Finale from "La Traviata"

(Giuseppe Verdi)

(1853)

4. American Patrol

(F. W. Meacham)

(Mar 30, 1885)

March

5. Voltaro (Italian song)

Waltz

6. Under The Double Eagle = Unter den Doppeladler

(J. F. Wagner)

(Jun 10, 1913)

March

7. The Official West Point March

(Philip Egner)

(Jun 1, 1928)

March

8. Golden Gate

(Edwin Franko Goldman)

(Jan 27, 1939)

March




B.A.B. ROLL NUMBER 358

1. Hail To The National Flag Lady

March

2. The Gondoliers

(Procida Bucalossi)

(1890)

Waltz

3. Chinese Patrol *

(H. Fliege)

(Jan 20, 1921)

March

4. Beneath The Chapel Tower

(Oscar B. Rich)

(Dec 30, 1941)

Waltz

5. Life Is Just A Bowl Of Cherries
(From the 1931 edition of "George White's Scandals")

(Brown & Henderson)

(Aug 21, 1931)

Fox Trot

6. When I'm Walkin' With My Sweetness, Down Among The Sugar Cane
(From the Warner Brothers film "So Long Letty")

(Peter De Rose)

(Jan 23, 1929)

Two Step

7. Moonlight And Roses (Bring Mem'ries Of You)
("Adapted from 'Andantino in D-flat' by Edwin H. Lemare")

(Black & Moret)

(Jan 10, 1925)

Waltz

8. Crying Myself To Sleep

(Pete Wendling)

(Nov 6, 1930)

Two Step

9. Potato Bug Parade; Aroostook Episode

(George L. Cobb; arr. A. J. Weidt)

(Feb 1, 1928)

Fox Trot

10. The One Rose That's Left In My Heart

(Lyon & McIntyre)

(Apr 16, 1929)

Waltz

* Tune 3 incorrectly labeled "Genese Patrol"

B.A.B. ROLL NUMBER 361

1. Honey

(Simons, Gillespie & Whiting)

(Apr 22, 1929)

Fox Trot

2. The Waltz You Saved For Me

(Wayne King)

(Aug 1, 1930)

Waltz

3. Paradise
(From the 1932 RKO film "A Woman Commands")

(Nacio Herb Brown)

(Dec 29, 1931)

Waltz

4. You're A Grand Old Flag
(From the stage revue "George Washington, Jr.")

(George M. Cohan)

(Jun 2, 1906)

One Step

5. Perfumed Zephyr

Mazurka

6. Miss You

(Henry H. Tobias)

(Jun 1, 1929)

Fox Trot

7. Where The Blue Of The Night Meets The Gold Of The Day
(From the 1932 Paramount film "The Big Broadcast")

(Turk, Crosby & Ahlert)

(Oct 27, 1931)

Waltz

8. There's A Silver Moon On The Golden Gate

(Tobias, Rothberg & Meyer)

(Sep 17, 1936)

Waltz

9. Sabre And Spurs (March Of The American Cavalry)

(John P. Sousa)

(Jul 6, 1918)

March

10. The National Game

(John P. Sousa)

(Jul 6, 1925)

March




B.A.B. ROLL NUMBER 362

1. A.B.A. March
(A.B.A. = American Bandmasters Association)

(Edwin Franko Goldman)

(Jun 26, 1931)

March

2. Dark Eyes = Ochi Chornya (Russian gypsy folk song)

(traditional)

Waltz

3. When The Rest Of The Crowd Goes Home (I Always Go Home Alone)

(Joe Burke)

(Sep 11, 1931)

Waltz

4. The Limited Express

(V. N. Scholes; arr. R. E. Hildreth)

(Mar 16, 1926)

Galop

5. Weary River
(From the First National film "Weary River")

(Louis Silvers)

(Jan 24, 1929)

Fox Trot

6. Speed King March

(George Theodore Johnson)

(Feb 16, 1942)

March

7. Mean To Me

(Turk & Ahlert)

(Feb 1, 1929)

Fox Trot

8. By The Waters Of The Minnetonka (An Indian Love Song)

(Thurlow Lieurance)

(Dec 14, 1914)

9. Red Sails In The Sunset
(From the stage revue "Provincetown Follies")

(Hugh Williams)

(Aug 14, 1935)

Two Step

10. Don't Tell A Lie About Me, Dear (And I Won't Tell The Truth About You)

(Cavanaugh, Redmond & Weldon)

(Mar 18, 1942)

Waltz




B.A.B. ROLL NUMBER 376

1. Irish Washerwoman

(anonymous)

(1792)

Jig

2. Over The Waves = Sobre Las Olas

(Juventino Rosas)

(Aug 1888)

Waltz

3. Down At Coney Island = Kato Sto Yialo

(Demos Zattas)

(Feb 4, 1941)

Two Step

4. Dark Eyes = Ochi Chornya (Russian gypsy folk song)

(traditional)

Waltz

5. The Farmer Takes A Wife

(Tobias, Freed & Mencher)

(Jan 2, 1935)

Two Step

6. I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now
(From the stage revue "The Prince Of Tonight")

(Joseph E. Howard)

(Feb 1, 1909)

Waltz

7. Three O'Clock In The Morning
(Introduced in "Greenwich Village Follies Of 1921")

(Julian Robledo)

(Jun 2, 1921)

Waltz

8. Happy Days Are Here Again
(From the 1930 MGM film "Chasing Rainbows" and the 1930 Columbia film "Rain Or Shine")

(Milton Ager)

(Nov 7, 1929)

Fox Trot

9. There's A Silver Moon On The Golden Gate

(Tobias, Rothberg & Meyer)

(Sep 17, 1936)

Waltz

10. Paper Doll

(Johnny S. Black)

(Aug 27, 1942)

Fox Trot




B.A.B. ROLL NUMBER 382

1. Some Sunday Morning
(From the Warner Brothers film "San Antonio")

(Jerome & Heindorf)

(Jul 17, 1945)

Fox Trot

2. You Can't Be True, Dear
(Based on the German song "Du Kannst Nicht Treu Sein," by Hans Otten, Jan 1, 1935)

(Otten & Griffin)

(Mar 12, 1948)

Waltz

3. Mañana (Is Soon Enough For Me)

(Barbour & Lee)

(Jan 26, 1948)

Fox Trot

4. Hello, Young Lovers
(From the stage musical "The King And I")

(Richard Rodgers)

(Aug 17, 1951)

Fox Trot

5. Mairzy Doats (And Doazy Doats)

(Drake, Hoffman & Livingston)

(Dec 10, 1943)

Fox Trot

6. Zip-a-dee-doo-dah
(From the RKO-Walt Disney film "Song Of The South")

(Allie Wrubel)

(Oct 7, 1946)

Fox Trot

7. This Is My Song

(Kahn & Van Alstyne)

(Jan 24, 1938)

Waltz

8. So Long (It's Been Good To Know Ya) *

(Woody Guthrie)

(Sep 23, 1940)

Waltz

9. Too-Ra-Loo-Ra-Loo-Ral (That's An Irish Lullaby)
(Featured in the 1944 Paramount film "Going My Way")
(From the stage musical "Shameen Dhu")

(J. R. Shannon)

(Jul 14, 1913)

Fox Trot

10. The Trolley Song
(From the 1946 MGM film "Meet Me In St. Louis")

(Blane & Martin)

(Aug 15, 1944)

One Step

* Tune 8 copyrighted as "Dusty Old Dust (So Long, It's Been Good To Know Ya)"

B.A.B. ROLL NUMBER 383

1. You're The One I Care For

(Chauncey Gray)

(Oct 5, 1930)

Two Step

2. The Waltz You Saved For Me

(Wayne King)

(Aug 1, 1930)

Waltz

3. Cha-Da-Boom
(From the Universal film "I'll Remember April")

(Al Sherman)

(Feb 15, 1945)

Waltz

4. How Many G's In Peggy

(Lawrence Cook)

(Jan 17, 1951)

One Step

5. Rock Me In A Cradle Of Kalua

(Pete Wendling)

(Apr 16, 1931)

Waltz

6. Perfidia
(From the RKO-Radio film "Perfidia")

(Alberto Dominguez)

(Mar 4, 1939)

Fox Trot

7. The Old Lamp-Lighter

(Nat Simon)

(Aug 8, 1946)

Fox Trot

8. Cuckoo Waltz

(Johan Emanuel Jonasson)

(Dec 15, 1920)

Waltz

9. I'm Sorry I Made You Cry

(N. J. Clesi)

(Jan 1, 1916)

Waltz

10. Rosalie
(From the MGM film "Rosalie")

(Cole Porter)

(Sep 2, 1937)

Two Step




B.A.B. ROLL NUMBER 384

1. (Does Your Mother Know You're Out) Cecilia

(Dave Dreyer)

(Jun 20, 1925)

Fox Trot

2. Spring In Montmartre

(Larry Fotine)

(Aug 5, 1955)

Waltz

3. I'm Always Chasing Rainbows
(From the stage musical "Oh, Look")
("Based on Chopin's 'Fantasie Impromptu in C-sharp minor'")

(Harry Carroll)

(Mar 2, 1918)

Fox Trot

4. The Waltz You Saved For Me

(Wayne King)

(Aug 1, 1930)

Waltz

5. Weary River
(From the First National film "Weary River")

(Louis Silvers)

(Jan 24, 1929)

Fox Trot

6. Rock & Rye Polka (Mr. Rock An' Rye)

(Larry Wellington)

(Sep 17, 1940)

Polka

7. Singing The Blues

(Melvin L. Endsley)

(Aug 14, 1956)

Fox Trot

8. Stars And Stripes Forever

(John P. Sousa)

(May 14, 1897)

March

9. My Wild Irish Rose
(From the stage revue "A Romance Of Athlone")

(Chauncey Olcott)

(1899)

Waltz

10. Sweet Rosie O'Grady

(Maude Nugent)

(Jul 25, 1896)

Waltz




B.A.B. ROLL NUMBER 385

1. Angelina, The Waitress At The Pizzeria

(Roberts & Fisher)

(Jun 26, 1944)

Two Step

2. I'm Looking Over A Four Leaf Clover *

(Harry Woods)

(Jan 17, 1927)

Fox Trot

3. Some Enchanted Evening
(From the stage musical "South Pacific")

(Richard Rodgers)

(Feb 23, 1949)

Fox Trot

4. Paradise
(From the 1932 RKO film "A Woman Commands")

(Nacio Herb Brown)

(Dec 29, 1931)

Waltz

5. Red Sails In The Sunset
(From the stage revue "Provincetown Follies")

(Hugh Williams)

(Aug 14, 1935)

Fox Trot

6. Pennsylvania Polka
(From the Universal film "Give Out Sisters")

(Lee & Manners)

(May 22, 1942)

Polka

7. The Long Islanders

March

8. Running Between The Rain-Drops

(Carroll Gibbons)

(Feb 9, 1931)

Fox Trot

9. Down By The Station

(Ricks & Gaillard)

(Dec 31, 1948)

Fox Trot

10. More Beer Polka

(Julian Henry Miller)

(Jul 19, 1948)

Polka

* Tune 2 incorrectly labeled "I Found A Four Leaf Clover," a 1922 tune by George Gershwin. The error stems from B.A.B. or Wurdeman.

B.A.B. ROLL NUMBER 386

1. Ninety-Nine Ways

(Anthony September)

(Mar 22, 1957)

Calypso

2. Let's Waltz For Old Time's Sake

(Sam H. Stept)

(Oct 28, 1937)

Waltz

3. Carnival March

(Billy Whitlock)

(Mar 2, 1950)

March

4. Don't Tell A Lie About Me, Dear (And I Won't Tell The Truth About You)

(Cavanuagh, Redmond & Weldon)

(Mar 18, 1942)

Waltz

5. Fit As A Fiddle

(Goodheart & Hoffman)

(Oct 6, 1932)

Fox Trot

6. I'll Always Be In Love With You
(From the RKO film "Syncopation" and the Universal film "Stepping High")

(Ruby, Green & Stept)

(Mar 8, 1929)

Waltz

7. Tic-Tock Polka

(Gaetano Lama)

(May 2, 1950)

Polka

8. Paul Lincke's Barn Dance (Satyr-Tanz)

(Paul Lincke)

(Jan 13, 1910)

Tango

9. Who Knows Why
(Popularized from Verdi's "La Traviata"

Fox Trot

10. Sabre And Spurs (March Of The American Cavalry)

(John P. Sousa)

(Jul 6, 1918)

March




B.A.B. ROLL NUMBER 387

1. Anniversary Waltz

(Dubin & Franklin)

(Sep 7, 1941)

Waltz

2. Salomee With Her Seven Veils
(From "Hazel Flagg")

(Jule Styne)

(Jan 12, 1953)

One Step

3. Un Bicchiere d'Acqua E Un Baccio (Mazurka) = A Glass Of Water And A Kiss

(Vittorio Mascheroni)

(Aug 1, 1934)

Waltz

4. Rum And Coca-Cola

(Sullivan & Baron)

(Dec 11, 1944)

Fox Trot

5. A.B.A. March
(A.B.A. = American Bandmasters Association)

(Edwin Franko Goldman)

(Jun 26, 1931)

March

6. Meet Me In St. Louis, Louis

(Kerry Mills)

(Feb 2, 1904)

Waltz

7. My Favorite Song

(Joe Burke)

(Feb 21, 1944)

Fox Trot

8. The Laughing Polka (Let Us Be Gay)

(Sam H. Stept)

(Sep 15, 1934)

Polka

9. There Goes That Song Again
(From the Columbia film "Carolina Blues")

(Jule Styne)

(Sep 27, 1944)

Fox Trot

10. Tennessee Waltz

(Stewart & King)

(Feb 26, 1948)

Waltz




B.A.B. ROLL NUMBER 388

1. Mean To Me

(Turk & Ahlert)

(Feb 1, 1929)

Fox Trot

2. Junior Order March

(William Edward Menghi)

(Oct 26, 1932)

March

3. (In The Gloaming) By The Fireside

(Noble, Campbell & Connelly)

(Jan 18, 1932)

Fox Trot

4. The Music Goes 'Round And Around

(Farley & Riley)

(Dec 9, 1935)

Fox Trot

5. When The Rest Of The Crowd Goes Home (I Always Go Home Alone)

(Joe Burke)

(Sep 11, 1931)

Waltz

6. Shuffle Off To Buffalo
(From the 1933 Warner Brothers film "Forty Second Street")

(Harry Warren)

(Nov 30, 1932)

Fox Trot

7. Peggy O'Neil

(Pease, Nelson & Dodge)

(Mar 26, 1921)

Waltz

8. This Is Worth Fighting For
(From the Universal film "When Johnny Comes Marching Home")

(De Lange & Stept)

(May 13, 1942)

March

9. Just A Gigolo = Schöner Gigolo

(Leonello Casucci)

(Dec 12, 1930)

Fox Trot

10. The Last Waltz (Our Last Waltz Tonight)
(From "Greenwich Village Follies Of 1921")

(Carey Morgan)

(Sep 19, 1921)

Waltz

NOTE: This is the tune order shown on the B.A.B.-to-Wurlitzer transcription. Wurdeman's B.A.B. notebooks and the label on a Circus World Museum copy of the original B.A.B. roll show tunes 1 and 4 reversed.

B.A.B. ROLL NUMBER 390

1. Miss You

(Henry H. Tobias)

(Jun 1, 1929)

Fox Trot

2. Play, Hurdy-Gurdy, Play

(Harvey & Grant)

(Aug 31, 1949)

Waltz

3. I'm Beginning To See The Light

(George, Hodges, James & Ellington)

(Dec 4, 1944)

Fox Trot

4. Little Sweetheart Of The Prairie

(Solman & Brown)

(Jan 22, 1931)

Waltz

5. The Marines' Hymn

(L. Z. Phillips)

(Aug 19, 1919)

March

6. I'm Just A Vagabond Lover
(From the Paramount film "Glorifying The American Girl")

(Vallee & Zimmerman)

(Apr 9, 1929)

Fox Trot

7. Missouri Moon

(Henry Lodge)

(Oct 23, 1929)

Waltz

8. Pavanne

(Morton Gould)

(Apr 12, 1938)

Fox Trot

9. Why Do They Always Say No

(Nelson & Glason)

(Dec 1, 1920)

One Step

10. V For Victory

(Lew Tobin)

(Oct 5, 1943)

March




B.A.B. ROLL NUMBER 391

1. Goodnight, Irene

(Ledbetter & Lomax)

(Jul 7, 1950)

Waltz

2. At The Balalaika
(From the 1939 Loew's Inc. film "Balalaika")

(George Posford)

(Dec 18, 1936)

Fox Trot

3. Beer Barrel Polka
(From the stage revue "Yokel Boy")

(Brown & Voda)

(Mar 30, 1939)

Polka

4. If I Had A Talking Picture Of You
(From the Fox Film Corporation photoplay "Sunnyside Up")

(Brown, De Sylva & Henderson)

(Jul 29, 1929)

Fox Trot

5. Alice Blue Gown
(From the stage revue "Irene")

(Harry Tierney)

(Nov 8, 1919)

Waltz

6. The National Game

(John P. Sousa)

(Jul 6, 1925)

March

7. Emperor Waltz (Op. 437)

(Johann Strauss)

(1888)

Waltz

8. Lavender Blue (Dilly Dilly)
(From the Walt Disney film "So Dear To My Heart")

(Eliot Daniel)

(Sep 24, 1948)

Fox Trot

9. Let Me Call You Sweetheart (I'm In Love With You)

(Leo Friedman)

(Apr 8, 1910)

Waltz

10. I Get The Blues When It Rains

(H. Stoddard)

(Mar 23, 1928)

Fox Trot




B.A.B. ROLL NUMBER 399

see
B.A.B. ROLL NUMBER 044



B.A.B. ROLL NUMBER 400

1. Love Song Of Renaldo
(From the fifth edition of "The Royal Palm Revue")

(Sammy Fain)

(Feb 21, 1940)

Waltz

2. The Woodpecker Song = Reginella Campagnola
(From the Republic film "Ride, Tenderfoot, Ride")

(Eldo do Lazzaro)

(Feb 15, 1940)

Two Step

3. A Bushel And A Peck
(From the 1951 stage musical "Guys And Dolls")

(Frank Loesser)

(Sep 15, 1950)

Fox Trot

4. How Are Things In Glocca Morra?
(From the 1947 musical production "Finian's Rainbow")

(Burton Lane)

(Dec 7, 1946)

Fox Trot

5. The Rock And Roll Waltz

(Phil Allen)

(Dec 12, 1955)

Waltz

6. Whistle While You Work
(From the RKO-Walt Disney production "Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs")

(Frank Churchill)

(Dec 14, 1937)

Two Step

7. Zing Zing - Zoom Zoom

(Sigmund Romberg)

(Nov 24, 1950)

Two Step

8. Managua Nicaragua

(Irving Fields)

(Nov 1, 1946)

Fox Trot

9. The Poor People Of Paris (Jean's Song)

(Marguerite Monnot)

(Feb 15, 1956)

Fox Trot

10. For The Flag, For The Home, For The Family (For The Future Of All Mankind)

(George M. Cohan)

(Jan 22, 1942)

Two Step




B.A.B. ROLL NUMBER 401

1. Melody Of Love

(H. Engelmann)

(Jan 16, 1903)

Waltz

2. Honey

(Simons, Gillespie & Whiting)

(Apr 22, 1929)

Fox Trot

3. Sincerely

(Fuqua & Freed)

(Dec 10, 1954)

Fox Trot

4. Tweedlee Dee

(Winfield Scott)

(Dec 20, 1954)

Fox Trot

5. Let Me Go, Lover!

(Jenny Lou Carson)

(Oct 8, 1953)

Waltz

6. Mambo Italiano

(Bob Merrill)

(Nov 8, 1954)

Mambo

7. The Man I've Been Looking For

(June Winters Peretti)

(Apr 20, 1955)

Fox Trot

8. Tic-Tock Polka

(Gaetano Lama)

(May 2, 1950)

Polka

9. Hearts Of Stone

(Rudolph Jackson)

(Nov 15, 1954)

Fox Trot

10. The Naughty Lady Of Shady Lane

(Tepper & Bennett)

(Nov 5, 1954)

One Step




B.A.B. ROLL NUMBER 402

1. Amapola = Poppy
(Made famous by the 1939 Universal firm "First Love")

(Joseph M. Lacalle)

(Dec 15, 1924)

Fox Trot

2. Falling Stars = Pioggia di Stelle

(Ernesto Becucci)

(Jul 1, 1920)

Concert Waltz

3. Tico-Tico
(From the 1942 RKO-Walt Disney cartoon "Saludos Amigos")

(Marcotte & Abreu)

(Apr 30, 1943)

Samba

4. No! No! A Thousand Times No
("A melodrama in song")

(Sherman, Lewis & Silver)

(Nov 1, 1934)

Waltz

5. America (A Land That Stands For Freedom)

(Anne M. Evans)

(Dec 22, 1941)

Two Step

6. La Donna E Mobile
(From the opera "Rigoletto")

(Giuseppe Verdi)

(1851)

Waltz

7. Lisbon Antigua = Lisbõa Antigua (In Old Lisbon)

(Portella, Galhardo & do Valle)

(Dec 31, 1954)

Fox Trot

8. Vaya Con Dios = May God Be With You

(Russell, James & Pepper)

(Jun 26, 1953)

Waltz

9. Helena Polka

(traditional)

Polka

NOTE: tune 2 is a concert waltz with a brief pause between its two parts. It has been listed on labels as tunes 2 and 3, "Falling Stars, Part I" and "Falling Stars, Part II."

B.A.B. ROLL NUMBER 403

1. Tico-Tico
(From the 1942 RKO-Walt Disney cartoon "Saludos Amigos")

(Marcotte & Abreu)

(Apr 30, 1943)

Samba

2. Vieni Vieni

(Vincent Scotto)

(May 6, 1937)

Two Step

3. The Laughing Polka (Let Us Be Gay)

(Sam H. Stept)

(Sep 15, 1934)

Polka

4. Pennsylvania Polka
(From the Universal film "Give Out Sisters")

(Lee & Manners)

(May 22, 1942)

Polka

5. Victory Polka
(From the 1944 Columbia film "Jam Session")

(Jule Styne)

(Jul 13, 1942)

Polka

6. Alexander's Ragtime Band

(Irving Berlin)

(Mar 18, 1911)

Fox Trot

7. Beer Barrel Polka
(From the stage revue "Yokel Boy")

(Brown & Voda)

(Mar 30, 1939)

Polka

8. Irish Washerwoman

(anonymous)

(1792)

Jig

9. La Cucaracha (Mexican folk song)
(From the RKO-Radio film "La Cucaracha")

(adap. Juan Y. d'Lorah)

(Aug 9, 1934)

Tango

10. The Poor People Of Paris (Jean's Song)

(Marguerite Monnot)

(Feb 15, 1956)

Fox Trot




B.A.B. ROLL NUMBER 404

1. Entry Of The Gladiators (Op. 68)
(Thunder And Blazes)

(Julius Fucik)

(Apr 13, 1911)
(Mar 1, 1902)

Triumphal March

2. Under The Double Eagle = Unter den Doppeladler

(J. F. Wagner)

(Jun 10, 1913)

March

3. The Official West Point March

(Philip Egner)

(Jun 1, 1928)

March

4. Golden Gate

(Edwin Franko Goldman)

(Jan 27, 1939)

March

5. American Patrol

(F. W. Meacham)

(Mar 30, 1885)

March

6. Sabre And Spurs (March Of The American Cavalry)

(John P. Sousa)

(Jul 6, 1918)

March

7. Junior Order March

(William Edward Menghi)

(Oct 26, 1932)

March

8. The Whip

(Abe Holzmann)

(Feb 11, 1913)

March-TS

9. Stars And Stripes Forever

(John P. Sousa)

(May 14, 1887)

March

10. The Army Air Corps
("Official song of the United States Army Air Corps")

(Robert Crawford)

(Oct 17, 1939)

March




B.A.B. ROLL NUMBER 407

see
B.A.B. ROLL NUMBER 040



B.A.B. ROLL NUMBER 408

1. Kdyz já libê spím *

(Anthony L. Maresh)

Waltz

2. Doctor, Lawyer, Indian Chief
(From the Paramount film "Stork Club")

(Hoagy Carmichael)

(Sep 25, 1945)

One Step

3. Waltzing Matilda (Australian Bush song)

(Marie Cowan)

(Dec 23, 1936)

Fox Trot

4. The Creaking Old Mill On The Creek

(Lewis, Stock & Rose)

(Nov 2, 1939)

Waltz

5. Speranze Perdute = Lost Hope

(A. Morelli)

(Dec 31, 1914)

Waltz

6. Be My Love
(From the MGM film "The Toast Of New Orleans")

(Nicholas Brodszky)

(Jun 23, 1950)

Fox Trot

7. I Have But One Heart

(Johnny Farrow)

(Jun 25, 1945)

Fox Trot

8. If

(Tolchard Evans)

(Mar 15, 1934)

Waltz

9. Powder Blue

(Hal Pruden)

(May 18, 1942)

Fox Trot

10. Oh Wah Tah Goo Siam (Oh What A Goose I Am)

(Marvin Kahn)

(Feb 23, 1951)

Fox Trot

* Tune 1 incorrectly labeled "K.D.Y.Z. Jalibe Spin." The Czech title translates literally as "When I Am Sweetly Sleeping." Wurlitzer Pianino roll 5002 contains the tune, titling it "In Dreamland."

B.A.B. ROLL NUMBER 442

1. American Patrol

(F. W. Meacham)

(Mar 30, 1885)

March

2. The Gridiron Club March

(John P. Sousa)

(Jul 18, 1926)

March

3. Nozze Principesche*

March

4. The Marines' Hymn

(L. Z. Phillips)

(Aug 19, 1919)

March

5. Over There

(George M. Cohan)

(Jun 1, 1917)

Two Step

6. Carnival March

(Billy Whitlock)

(Mar 2, 1950)

March

7. Under The Double Eagle = Unter den Doppeladler

(J. F. Wagner)

(Jun 10, 1913)

March

8. Stars And Stripes Forever

(John P. Sousa)

(May 14, 1897)

March

9. The Army Air Corps
("Official song of the United States Army Air Corps")

(Robert Crawford)

(Oct 17, 1939)

March

10. Thunder And Blazes
Entry Of The Gladiators (Op. 68)

(Julius Fucik)

(Mar 1, 1902)
(Apr 13, 1911)

Triumphal March

* Tune 3, an Italian title meaning "Marriage Of A Royal Prince," is mistitled in all Wurdeman records as "Nazzi Principal March."

B.A.B. ROLL NUMBER 444

1. Tell Me You're Mine

(Joseph Frangipane)

(Aug 25, 1942)

Waltz

2. Gin Rummy Polka

(Kahn & Hartmann)

(Feb 10, 1948)

Polka

3. We Did It Before (And We Can Do It Again)
(From the stage revue "Banjo Eyes" and the 1942 Columbia film "Sweetheart Of The Fleet")

(Friend & Tobias)

(Dec 22, 1941)

Two Step

4. Conchita Marquita Lolita Pepita Rosita Juanita Lopez
(From "Priorities Of 1943")

(Jule Styne)

(Jun 16, 1942)

Waltz

5. Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo (The Magic Song)
(From the RKO-Walt Disney cartoon fantasy "Cinderella")

(David, Hoffman & Livingston)

(Nov 14, 1949)

Fox Trot

6. Vieni, Vieni

(Vincent Scotto)

(May 6, 1937)

Fox Trot

7. The Continental
(From the RKO film "The Gay Divorcee")

(Con Conrad)

(Sep 4, 1934)

Fox Trot

8. You Can Fly! You Can Fly! You Can Fly!
(From the Walt Disney film "Peter Pan")

(Sammy Fain)

(Nov 17, 1952)

Fox Trot

9. Singin' In The Rain
(From the MGM film "Hollywood Revue Of 1929")

(Nacio Herb Brown)

(May 27, 1929)

Fox Trot

10. Ten Pretty Girls

(Grosz & Kennedy)

(Aug 4, 1937)

Fox Trot




B.A.B. ROLL NUMBER 455

1. The Little Old Church In The Valley

(Kahn, Arnold & Van Alstyne)

(Mar 16, 1931)

Waltz

2. Two Tickets To Georgia

(Young, Tobias & Coots)

(Mar 10, 1933)

Two Step

3. Yours And Mine

(Johnny Burke)

(Sep 3, 1930)

Two Step

4. Wah-Hoo

(Cliff Friend)

(Jan 30, 1936)

Two Step

5. What Do I Care?
(From the stage musical "Harry Carroll's Revue")

(Klages, Greer & Carroll)

(Sep 23, 1929)

Fox Trot

6. A Little Kiss Each Morning - A Little Kiss Each Night
(From the RKO film "The Vagabond Lover")

(Harry Woods)

(Nov 27, 1929)

Fox Trot

7. Maybe - Who Knows

(Tucker, Schuster & Etting)

(Apr 16, 1929)

Fox Trot

8. I'll Never Ask For More

(Turk & Ahlert)

(Nov 27, 1928)

Fox Trot

9. Love Is Good For Anything That Ails You
(From the Republic film "The Hit Parade")

(Friend & Malneck)

(Feb 17, 1937)

Fox Trot

10. All Of My Life

(Irving Berlin)

(Apr 13, 1944)

Fox Trot

NOTE: Recuts of tune 8 have a fault in the tempo compensation.

B.A.B. ROLL NUMBER 457

1. Let's Take An Old Fashioned Walk
(From the stage revue "Miss Liberty")

(Irving Berlin)

(May 25, 1949)

Waltz

2. Why Do They Always Say No

(Nelson & Glason)

(Dec 1, 1920)

One Step

3. With My Eyes Wide Open I'm Dreaming
(From the Paramount film "Shoot The Works")

(Gordon & Revel)

(May 25, 1934)

Two Step

4. Play, Hurdy-Gurdy, Play

(Harvey & Grant)

(Aug 31, 1949)

Waltz

5. How Many G's In Peggy

(Lawrence Cook)

(Jan 17, 1951)

One Step

6. Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo (The Magic Song)
(From the 1950 RKO-Walt Disney production "Cinderella")

(David, Hoffman & Livingston)

(Nov 14, 1949)

Fox Trot

7. Some Enchanted Evening
(From the stage musical "South Pacific")

(Richard Rodgers)

(Feb 23, 1949)

Fox Trot

8. Dear Hearts And Gentle People

(Sammy Fain)

(Oct 27, 1949)

Waltz

9. Enjoy Yourself (It's Later Than You Think)

(Carl Sigman)

(Apr 15, 1949)

Fox Trot

10. Music! Music! Music! (Put Another Nickel In)

(Weiss & Baum)

(Jan 16, 1950)

Fox Trot




B.A.B. ROLL NUMBER 458

1. "The Man With The Lollypop" Song
(From the 20th Century Fox film "Week-end In Havana")

(Harry Warren)

(Oct 8, 1941)

Fox Trot

2. (I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons

(William Best)

(Aug 22, 1946)

Fox Trot

3. Sahara
Possibilities:
Sahara; desert episode
Sahara



(H. J. Crosby)
(Egbert Van Alstyne)



(Sep 2, 1927)
(Feb 6, 1908)

Fox Trot

4. They Started Somethin' (But We're Gonna End It)

(Sour, McCray & Gold)

(Jan 2, 1942)

Two Step

5. Wake Up And Sing

(Lombardo, Friend & Tobias)

(Jan 31, 1936)

Two Step

6. Too Many Tears

(Harry Warren)

(Feb 24, 1932)

Fox Trot

7. Whistling In The Dark

(Dana Suesse)

(Feb 27, 1931)

Fox Trot

8. Deep Night

(Charlie Henderson)

(Feb 15, 1929)

Fox Trot

9. To Arms = Aux Armes (Op. 28, No. 8)

(Jules Devaux)

(Feb 1, 1915)

March Militaire

10. (Did You Ever Get) That Feeling In The Moonlight

(Schuster, Stock & Cavanaugh)

(Apr 24, 1944)

Fox Trot




B.A.B. ROLL NUMBER 459

1. Pagan Love Song
(Theme song from the MGM film "The Pagan")

(Nacio Herb Brown)

(Apr 13, 1929)

Waltz

2. This Year's Kisses
(From the 20th Century Fox film "On The Avenue")

(Irving Berlin)

(Jan 13, 1937)

Two Step

3. Under A Texas Moon
(From the Warner Brothers film "Under A Texas Moon")

(Ray Perkins)

(Jul 26, 1929)

Fox Trot

4. Don't Ever Change
(From the Republic film "Rhythm In The Clouds")

(Lou Handman)

(Jun 6, 1937)

Two Step

5. The Love Bug Will Bite You (If You Don't Watch Out)

(Pinky Tomlin)

(Mar 12, 1937)

Fox Trot

6. Wouldn't It Break Your Heart

(Mabel Wayne)

(Apr 28, 1937)

Waltz

7. It's Round-Up Time In Reno
(From the 1937 Republic film "Manhattan Merry-Go-Round")

(Owens & Autry)

(Sep 24, 1937)

Two Step

8. The Best Way To Hold A Girl

(Harry Jacobson)

(Sep 29, 1953)

Fox Trot

9. Love Is Good For Anything That Ails You
(From the Republic film "The Hit Parade")

(Friend & Malneck)

(Feb 17, 1937)

Fox Trot

10. Pretending

(Al Sherman)

(May 29, 1946)

Fox Trot




B.A.B. ROLL NUMBER 460

1. Do Something
(From the RKO film "Syncopation")

(Green & Stept)

(Mar 19, 1929)

Fox Trot

2. Waltzes from the opera "Faust"

(Charles Gounod)

(1859)

Waltzes

3. With My Eyes Wide Open I'm Dreaming
(From the Paramount film "Shoot The Works")

(Gordon & Revel)

(May 25, 1934)

Fox Trot

4. Baby - Oh Where Can You Be

(Koehler & Magine)

(May 16, 1929)

Fox Trot

5. Hey! Young Fella (Close Your Old Umbrella)

(Jimmy McHugh)

(Jan 12, 1933)

Fox Trot

6. I Double Dare You

(Shand & Eaton)

(Nov 10, 1937)

Fox Trot

7. Reaching For The Moon
(From the United Artists film "Reaching For The Moon")

(Irving Berlin)

(Dec 22, 1930)

Waltz

8. Shrine Of St. Cecilia

(Jokern)

(Sep 10, 1941)

Waltz

9. A Rosewood Spinet

(Simon & Tobias)

(Sep 30, 1948)

Waltz

10. No Love, No Nothin'
(From the 20th Century Fox film "The Gang's All Here")

(Harry Warren)

(Oct 8, 1943)

Fox Trot




B.A.B. ROLL NUMBER 482

1. The Limited Express

(V. N. Scholes; arr. R. E. Hildreth)

(Mar 16, 1926)

Galop

2. Over The Waves = Sobre Las Olas

(Juventino Rosas)

(Aug 1888)

Waltz

3. On The Beautiful Blue Danube (Op. 314)

(Johann Strauss)

(May 1867)

Waltz

4. Some Sweet Day
(Theme song from the First National film "Children Of The Ritz")

(Shilkret & Pollack)

(Feb 26, 1929)

One Step

5. A Bushel And A Peck
(From the stage musical "Guys And Dolls")

(Frank Loesser)

(Sep 15, 1950)

Fox Trot

6. Whistle While You Work
(From the RKO-Walt Disney film "Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs")

(Frank Churchill)

(Dec 14, 1937)

Two Step

7. Salomee With Her Seven Veils
(From "Hazel Flagg")

(Jule Styne)

(Jan 12, 1953)

One Step

8. Tweedlee Dee

(Winfield Scott)

(Dec 20, 1954)

Fox Trot

9. Alexander's Ragtime Band

(Irving Berlin)

(Mar 18, 1911)

Fox Trot

10. Happy Days Are Here Again
(From the 1930 MGM film "Chasing Rainbows" and the 1930 Columbia film "Rain Or Shine")

(Milton Ager)

(Nov 7, 1929)

Fox Trot

Roll label shows incorrect order for tunes 3 to 7, giving them in this order: 4, 7, 3, 5, and 6 respectively.

B.A.B. ROLL NUMBER 483

1. Tell Me You're Mine

(Joseph Frangipane)

(Aug 25, 1942)

Waltz

2. That's Amore = That's Love
(From the York Pictures Corp. film "The Caddy")

(Harry Warren)

(Jul 9, 1953)

Waltz

3. Ciribiribin

(A. Pestalozza)

(Sep 21, 1899)

Waltz

4. Vieni Vieni

(Vincent Scotto)

(May 6, 1937)

Two Step

5. Speranze Perdute = Lost Hope

(A. Morelli)

(Dec 31, 1914)

Waltz

6. Mambo Italiano

(Bob Merrill)

(Nov 8, 1954)

Mambo

7. La Romanina

(E. di Lazzaro)

(Apr 19, 1937)

Waltz

8. Tic-Tock Polka

(Gaetano Lama)

(May 2, 1950)

Polka

9. Angelina, The Waitress At The Pizzeria

(Roberts & Fisher)

(Jun 26, 1944)

Two Step

10. La Donna E Mobile
(From the opera "Rigoletto")

(Giuseppe Verdi)

(1851)

Waltz




B.A.B. ROLL NUMBER 484
"All Polkas"

1. Beer Barrel Polka
(From the stage revue "Yokel Boy")

(Brown & Voda)

(Mar 30, 1939)

Polka

2. Gin Rummy Polka

(Kahn & Hartmann)

(Feb 10, 1948)

Polka

3. Too Fat Polka

(MacLean & Richardson)

(Aug 25, 1947)

Polka

4. Pennsylvania Polka
(From the Universal film "Give Out Sisters")

(Lee & Manners)

(May 22, 1942)

Polka

5. More Beer Polka

(Julian Henry Miller)

(Jul 19, 1948)

Polka

6. Rock & Rye Polka (Mr. Rock An' Rye)

(Larry Wellington)

(Sep 17, 1940)

Polka

7. Strip Polka

(Johnny Mercer)

(Aug 11, 1942)

Polka

8. Tic-Tock Polka

(Gaetano Lama)

(May 2, 1950)

Polka

9. Victory Polka
(From the 1944 Columbia film "Jam Session")

(Jule Styne)

(Jul 13, 1943)

Polka

10. Helena Polka

(traditional)

Polka




B.A.B. ROLL NUMBER 485

1. The Gondoliers

(Procida Bucalossi)

(1890)

Waltz

2. A Boy And A Girl Were Dancing

(Harry Revel)

(Nov 5, 1932)

Fox Trot

3. A Little Lie

(Gladys Shelley)

(Dec 5, 1953)

Fox Trot

4. Say It With Your Heart

(Nelson & Kaye)

(Dec 15, 1952)

Fox Trot

5. They're Either Too Young Or Too Old
(From the Warner Brothers film "Thank Your Lucky Stars")

(Arthur Schwartz)

(Jun 25, 1943)

One Step

6. Early Bird
(From the 20th Century Fox film"Captain January")

(Lew Pollack)

(Feb 28, 1936)

Waltz

7. That's My Desire

(Helmy Kresa)

(Mar 5, 1931)

Fox Trot

8. Elizabeth, My Queen

Fox Trot

9. Turn On The Heat *
(From the Fox Film Corporation photoplay "Sunnyside Up")

(De Sylva, Brown & Henderson)

(Jul 29, 1929)

Fox Trot

10. You're A Sweetheart
(From the 20th Century Fox film "You're A Sweetheart")

(Jimmy McHugh)

(Oct 29, 1937)

Fox Trot


* Tune 9 mislabeled "Turn On Your Heart."

B.A.B. ROLL NUMBER 486

1. Amusement Park Waltz

(Gladys Shelley)

(May 13, 1949)

Waltz

2. The Blacksmith Blues

(Jack Holmes)

(Jan 24, 1952)

Two Step

3. Down At Coney Island = Kato Sto Yialo

(Demos Zattas)

(Feb 4, 1941)

Two Step

4. Hello, Young Lovers
(From the stage musical "The King And I")

(Richard Rodgers)

(Aug 17, 1951)

Fox Trot

5. I Whistle A Happy Tune
(From the stage musical "The King And I")

(Richard Rodgers)

(Jul 5, 1951)

Fox Trot

6. Night After Night

Waltz

7. Down In Toyland Village (In The Land Of Blocks)

(Ruth Cleary)

(Oct 15, 1940)

Fox Trot

8. You Belong To My Heart
(From the 1944 RKO-Walt Disney film "Three Caballeros")

(Augustin Lara)

(May 7, 1943)

Fox Trot

9. Symphony

(Alstone)

(Oct 4, 1945)

Fox Trot

10. Perfidia
(From the RKO-Radio film "Perfidia")

(Alberto Dominguez)

(Mar 4, 1939)

Fox Trot


(Identical to original B.A.B. roll 038)



B.A.B. ROLL NUMBER 487

1. Drifting Along On Dreamy River

(Johnson & Powell)

(Jan 3, 1935)

Waltz

2. 99 Out Of A Hundred Wanna Be Loved

(Al Sherman)

(Jan 17, 1931)

Two Step

3. Now You're In My Arms

(Wrubel & Downey)

(Mar 23, 1931)

Fox Trot

4. Forever Yours

(Ted Johnson)

(Feb 6, 1950)

Fox Trot

5. I've Got A Feeling I'm Falling
(From the Paramount film "Applause")

(Waller & Link)

(Apr 1, 1929)

Fox Trot

6. Changing Shadows

(Anne M. Evans)

(Dec 22, 1941)

Fox Trot

7. I'm Still Caring

(Vallee & Klenner)

(Mar 28, 1929)

Fox Trot

8. Lucky Me - Lovable You
(From "Road Show" and the MGM film "Chasing Rainbows")

(Milton Ager)

(Nov 7, 1929)

Fox Trot

9. Little Red Fox
(From the RKO film "That's Right, You're Wrong")

(Lew Porter)

(Nov 24, 1939)

Fox Trot

10. The Naughty Lady Of Shady Lane

(Tepper & Bennett)

(Nov 5, 1954)

One Step




B.A.B. ROLL NUMBER 490

1. No! No! A Thousand Times No
("A melodrama in song")

(Sherman, Lewis & Silver)

(Nov 1, 1934)

Waltz

2. My Angeline

(Mabel Wayne)

(Jan 24, 1929)

Waltz

3. I'm Looking Over A Four Leaf Clover *

(Harry Woods)

(Jan 17, 1927)

Fox Trot

4. Love Song Of Renaldo
(From the fifth edition of "The Royal Palm Revue")

(Sammy Fain)

(Feb 21, 1940)

Waltz

5. Save The Last Dance For Me

(Frank Magine)

(Oct 27, 1931)

Waltz

6. The Laughing Polka (Let Us Be Gay)

(Sam H. Stept)

(Sep 15, 1934)

Polka

7. Let Me Go, Lover!

(Jenny Lou Carson)

(Oct 8, 1953)

Waltz

8. Paradise
(From the 1932 RKO film "A Woman Commands")

(Nacio Herb Brown)

(Dec 29, 1931)

Waltz

9. Play, Hurdy Gurdy, Play

(Harvey & Grant)

(Aug 31, 1949)

Waltz

10. The Rock And Roll Waltz

(Phil Allen)

(Dec 12, 1955)

Waltz

* Tune 3 incorrectly labeled "I Found A Four Leaf Clover," a 1922 tune by George Gershwin. The error stems from B.A.B or Wurdeman.

B.A.B. ROLL NUMBER 491

1. You Belong To My Heart

(Augustin Lara)

(May 7, 1943)

Fox Trot

2. Symphony

(Alstone)

(Oct 4, 1945)

Fox Trot

3. Cuckoo Waltz

(Johan Emanuel Jonasson)

(Dec 15, 1920)

Waltz

4. Peggy O'Neil

(Pease, Nelson & Dodge)

(Mar 26, 1921)

Waltz

5. Voltaro (Italian Song)

Waltz

6. Chinese Patrol *

(H. Fliege)

(Jan 20, 1920)

March

7. Little Sweetheart Of The Prairie

(Solman & Brown)

(Jan 22, 1931)

Waltz

8. My Favorite Song

(Joe Burke)

(Feb 21, 1944)

Fox Trot

9. Sleepy Valley
(From the Paramount Lasky Corp. film "The Rainbow Man")

(James F. Hanley)

(Mar 24, 1929)

Waltz

10. I'll Always Be In Love With You
(From the RKO film "Syncopation" and the Universal film "Stepping High")

(Ruby, Green & Stept)

(Mar 8, 1929)

Waltz

* Tune 6 incorrectly labeled "Genese Patrol"

B.A.B. ROLL NUMBER 492

1. Sweet Rosie O'Grady

(Maude Nugent)

(Jul 25, 1896)

Waltz

2. College Rhythm
(From the Paramount film "College Rhythm")

(Gordon & Revel)

(Oct 12, 1934)

Waltz

3. Life Is Just A Bowl Of Cherries
(From the 1931 edition of "George White's Scandals")

(Brown & Henderson)

(Aug 21, 1931)

Fox Trot

4. My Dreams Are Getting Better All The Time
(From the Universal film "In Society")

(Vic Mizzy)

(Aug 29, 1944)

Fox Trot

5. Ninety-Nine Ways

(Anthony September)

(Mar 22, 1957)

Calypso

6. Dark Eyes = Ochi Chornya (Russian gypsy folk song)

(traditional)

Waltz

7. Waltzing Matilda (Australian Bush song)

(Marie Cowan)

(Dec 23, 1936)

Fox Trot

8. Oh, My Papa = O Mein Papa
(From the German musical comedy "Der Schwarze Hecht")

(Paul Burkhard)

(Nov 17, 1948)

Fox Trot

9. "A" - You're Adorable (The Alphabet Song)

(Kaye, Wise & Lippman)

(Mar 21, 1949)

Fox Trot

10. Once In Love With Amy
(From the stage musical comedy "Where's Charlie")

(Frank Loesser)

(Sep 27, 1948)

Fox Trot




B.A.B. ROLL NUMBER 493

1. Tennessee Waltz

(Stewart & King)

(Feb 26, 1948)

Waltz

2. Zip-a-dee-doo-dah
(From the RKO-Walt Disney film "Song Of The South")

(Allie Wrubel)

(Oct 7, 1946)

One Step

3. Strangers

(J. Fred Coots)

(Oct 5, 1931)

Two Step

4. Three O'Clock In The Morning
(Introduced in "Greenwich Village Follies Of 1921")

(Julian Robledo)

(Jun 2, 1921)

Waltz

5. The Poor People Of Paris (Jean's Song)

(Marguerite Monnot)

(Feb 15, 1956)

Fox Trot

6. Kdyz já libê spím *

(Anthony L. Maresh)

Waltz

7. The Trolley Song
(From the 1946 MGM film "Meet Me In St. Louis")

(Blane & Martin)

(Aug 15, 1944)

One Step

8. Just A Gigolo = Schöner Gigolo

(Leonello Casucci)

(Dec 12, 1930)

Fox Trot

9. There's A Silver Moon On The Golden Gate

(Tobias, Rothberg & Meyer)

(Sep 17, 1936)

Waltz

10. Don't Let The Stars Get In Your Eyes

(Slim Willet)

(Oct 22, 1952)

Fox Trot

* Tune 6 incorrectly labeled "K.D.Y.Z. Jalibe Spin." The Czech title translates literally as "When I Am Sweetly Sleeping." Wurlitzer Pianino roll 5002 contains the tune, titling it "In Dreamland."

B.A.B. ROLL NUMBER 494

1. Speed King March

(George Theodore Johnson)

(Feb 16, 1942)

March

2. Song Of The nce

(Billy Patiences)

(Jul 3, 1926)

March

3. Chinese Patrol *

(H. Fliege)

(Jan 20, 1921)

March

4. Dixie's Land

(Daniel Decatur Emmett)

(1860)

March

5. The Official West Point March

(Philip Egner)

(Jun 1, 1928)

March

6. Remember Pearl Harbor

(Reid & Kaye)

(Dec 29, 1941)

Two Step

7. To Arms = Aux Armes (Op. 28, No. 8)

(Jules Devaux)

(Feb 1, 1915)

March Militaire

8. The Whip

(Abe Holzmann)

(Feb 11, 1913)

March-TS

9. Golden Gate

(Edwin Franko Goldman)

(Jan 27, 1939)

March

10. Potato Bug Parade; Aroostook Episode

(George L. Cobb; arr. A. J. Weidt)

(Feb 1, 1928)

March

* Tune 3 incorrectly labeled "Genese Patrol"

B.A.B. ROLL NUMBER 507

1. The Blacksmith Blues

(Jack Holmes)

(Jan 24, 1952)

Fox Trot

2. Hello, Young Lovers
(From the stage musical "The King And I")

(Richard Rodgers)

(Aug 17, 1951)

Fox Trot

3. Carnival March

(Billy Whitlock)

(Mar 2, 1950)

March

4. On The Beautiful Blue Danube (Op. 314)

(Johann Strauss)

(May 1867)

Waltz

5. Old Timers Waltz. Medley: The Bowery (From "A Trip To Chinatown")
The Sidewalks Of New York
Sweet Rosie O'Grady
A Bicycle Built For Two (Daisy Bell)
Comrades
Little Annie Rooney
Two Little Girls In Blue
The Band Played On
After The Ball (Introduced in "A Trip To Chinatown")

(Mayhew L. Lake)

(Percy Gaunt)
(Lawlor & Blake)
(Maude Nugent)
(Harry Dacre)
(Felix McGlennon)
(Michael Nolan)
(Charles Graham)
(Charles B. Ward)
(Charles K. Harris)

(Oct 2, 1917)

(1892)
(Aug 27, 1894)
(Jul 25, 1896)
(1892)
(1887)
(Apr 4, 1889)
(1893)
(1895)
(Nov 12, 1892)

Waltz

6. Pennsylvania Polka
(From the Universal film "Give Out Sisters")

(Lee & Manners)

(May 22, 1942)

Polka

7. Night After Night

Waltz

(8) When I'm Walkin' With My Sweetness, Down Among The Sugar Cane
(From the Warner Brothers film "So Long Letty")

(Peter De Rose)

(Jan 23, 1929)

Two Step




B.A.B. ROLL NUMBER 509

1. Melody Of Love

(H. Engelmann)

(Jan 16, 1903)

Waltz

2. Song Of The Old Time Dance

(Billy Patiences)

(Jul 3, 1926)

March

3. Pavanne

(Morton Gould)

(Apr 12, 1938)

Fox Trot

4. You Can't Be True, Dear
(Based on the German song "Du kannst Nicht Treu Sein" by Hans Otten, Jan 1, 1935)

(Otten & Griffin)

(Mar 12, 1948)

Waltz

5. More Beer Polka

(Julian Henry Miller)

(Jul 19, 1948)

Polka

6. Lavender Blue (Dilly, Dilly)
(From the Walt Disney film "So Dear To My Heart")

(Eliot Daniel)

(Sep 24, 1948)

Fox Trot

7. Down By The Station

(Ricks & Gaillard)

(Dec 31, 1948)

Fox Trot

8. Engagement Waltz
(Based on Brahms' Waltz In A-flat)

(Shelley & Kahn)

(Jun 21, 1947)

Waltz

9. "A" - You're Adorable (The Alphabet Song)

(Kaye, Wise & Lippman)

(Mar 21, 1949)

Fox Trot

10. Once In Love With Amy
(From the stage musical comedy "Where's Charlie")

(Frank Loesser)

(Sep 27, 1948)

Fox Trot

NOTE: Also issued by Play-Rite as "Roll B," but with tune 3 labeled "Donkey Serenade" and tune 5 labeled "Jolly Coppersmith."


B.A.B. ROLL NUMBER UNKNOWN

1. Amapola = Poppy
(Made famous by the 1939 Universal film "First Love")

(Joseph M. Lacalle)

(Dec 15, 1924)

Fox Trot

2. Junior Order March

(William Edward Menghi)

(Oct 26, 1932)

March

3. Isle Of Capri

(Will Grosz)

(Jul 27, 1934)

Fox Trot

4. The Farmer Takes A Wife

(Tobias, Freed & Mencher)

(Jan 2, 1935)

Two Step

5. No! No! A Thousand Times No
("A melodrama in song")

(Sherman, Lewis & Silver)

(Nov 1, 1934)

Waltz

6. The Continental
(From the RKO film "The Gay Divorcee")

(Con Conrad)

(Sep 4, 1934)

Fox Trot

7. College Rhythm
(From the Paramount film "College Rhythm")

(Gordon & Revel)

(Oct 12, 1934)

Two Step

8. Blue Moon

(Richard Rodgers)

(Dec 5, 1934)

Fox Trot

9. La Cucaracha (Mexican folk song)
(From the RKO-Radio film "La Cucaracha")

(adap. Juan Y. d'Lorah)

(Aug 9, 1934)

Tango

10. When I Grow Too Old To Dream
(From the MGM film "The Night Is Young")

(Sigmund Romberg)

(Jan 10, 1935)

Waltz

NOTE: This roll is probably an attempt to reconstitute original B.A.B roll 014, but with two changes.

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Visit this fascinating website for band organs and for mechanical music in general: Mechanical Music Digest (MMD). The MMD archives are a treasure-trove of information on band organs and other mechanical musical instruments, their history, care, restoration, and enjoyment.

Don't be fooled by the name. The Musical Box Society International (MBSI) is the organization for all kinds of mechanically operated musical instruments, including band organs. Your membership is invited and you can sign up at the MBSI website.

Join the Carousel Organ Association of America ($30 per year) and receive its illustrated and informative quarterly publication devoted exclusively to band organs. To join send email to treasurer Mike Schoeppner (ms-ss@swbell.net). The COAA webpage is at www.coaa.us.

Bruce Zubee's 'Round 'n 'Round E-zine contains monthly well-illustrated articles about band organs contributed by Dr. Bill Black and others.

"The American Carousel Organ; An Illustrated Encyclopedia," by Ron Bopp, with 283 pages of text and hundreds of illustrations, is the definitve guide to American band organs, their history, and their manufacturers. For a look at this book, go to this site, where you can also order it. Or order direct from the author by clicking here

Arthur A. Reblitz's long-awaited "The Golden Age Of Automatic Musical Instruments," a lavishly illustrated full-color guide to the history of band organs and other mechanical musical instruments as represented in three of the finest collections in the United States (the Krughoff, Gilson, and Sanfilippo collections), was published at the end of 2001 and may be sampled and ordered at the publisher's website.

The Glen Echo Park Carousel website has RealAudio sound files of twenty-two tunes played on the park's magnificent Wurlitzer 165 band organ, a picture of which is on the home page of this catalog.

High-quality cassette recordings and CD's of American and European band organ music are available from Carrousel Music, Chambersburg, Pa. For its online catalog, click here

For the best in new band organ manfacturing visit the site of the Stinson Band Organ Company. If you can't afford an antique band organ, you won't go wrong if you go Stinson, makers of the the finest in custom-built band organs, large and small.

Herbert Jüttemann's amazing book about the organs and organ builders of the Black Forest, which was the cradle of the band organ industry, Waldkircher Dreh- und Jahrmarkt-Orgeln, is now available in a revised English translation by Andrew Pilmer under the title "Waldkirch Street And Fairground Organs". For information about the book, visit Andrew Pilmer's band organ website.

The Sound Files Annex to this catalog contains more Wurlitzer 165 tunes in MP3 and RealAudio format, recorded from various band organs, including all of the unidentified tunes in this catalog.

Gold Leaf Galleries is the place to buy newly arranged Wurlitzer style 125 and 150 band organ rolls.

Rich Poor's (a.k.a. Master Perforator) website "Virtual Wurlitzer 165, featuring The Lost Songs" forms a fascinating adjunct to this catalog. This talented musician offers his reconstruction of a number of the lost Wurlitzer 165 tunes, playing them as MP-3 files using actual band organ sounds created through sound sampling technology.


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Here are links to other rollographies and roll cataloging projects:

Terry Hathaway's Wurlitzer Pian-Orchestra/Philipps Roll Data Base. The main page of the Mechanical Music Press website carrying Terry's rollography is also worth a visit.

Todd Augsburger's Roller Organ website, with its lists of roller organ cobs.

Mike Ames' Rollography of Aeolian 176-Note Duo-Art Residence Organ Rolls

Mike Montgomery's & Robbie Rhodes' Supertone Player Music Rolls (If yours is not here, email us to have it added)




Email the author of this catalog (mc707@rochester.rr.com) about anything relating to band organ music rolls.


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