Recordings made Friday, April 4, 1924

Company	Matrix Number	Size	First Take Date	Title	Primary Performer	Description
Columbia	6276	12-in.	approximately 1912	A Christmas carol : Scrooge, part 2	Bransby Williams	Recitation
Brunswick	12805-12807	10-in.	4/4/1924	A kiss in the dark	Virginia Rea	Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra
Victor	B-27702	10-in.	3/19/1923	Air des bijoux	Frances Alda	Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra
Columbia	81622	10-in.	3/14/1924	Arabesques on Strauss's Blue Danube	Ignaz Friedman	Piano solo
Victor	B-28972	10-in.	11/20/1923	Aunt Susie's picnic day	Duncan Sisters	Female vocal duet, with ukulele and piano
Victor	B-29834	10-in.	4/4/1924	Bull frog patrol	Duncan Sisters	Female vocal duet, with piano
Gramophone	BS1246	10-in.	4/4/1924	Canción de primavera	Juan Rosich	Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra
Columbia	6278	12-in.	approximately 1912	David Copperfield : Micawber's advice	Bransby Williams	Recitation
Brunswick	12798-12800	10-in.	4/4/1924	Deep in my heart	Benny Krueger’s Orchestra	Jazz/dance band
Gramophone	BS1245	10-in.	4/4/1924	Disperté y la ví	Juan Rosich	Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra
Gennett	11825	10-in.	4/4/1924	Don't forget the family prayer	Vaughan Quartette	Male vocal quartet, unaccompanied
Edison	9450	10-in.	4/4/1924	Down where the South begins	Ernest Hare ; Billy Jones	Male vocal duet, with orchestra
Victor	B-29772	10-in.	4/4/1924	Dus kabzendel	Morris Goldstein	Male vocal solo, with orchestra
Victor	B-29770	10-in.	4/4/1924	Georgia lullaby	The Troubadours	Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo
Columbia	81666	10-in.	4/4/1924	I'll have vanilla	Eddie Cantor ; Frank Ferera	Male vocal solo, with ukulele
Gennett	8827	10-in.	4/4/1924	I've got my fingers crossed	Sid Reinhorz	Piano solo
Victor	B-29771	10-in.	4/4/1924	Is nit gefeedelt Mister Itzik	Morris Goldstein	Male vocal solo, with orchestra
Victor	B-28515	10-in.	8/29/1923	Kashmiri song (Un canto de Kashmiri)	The Troubadours	Jazz/dance band
Victor	X-45	10-in.	4/4/1924	La bella cubana	Orquesta del Hotel Plaza-Habana ; Moisés Simóns	Instrumental ensemble
Victor	B-29859	10-in.	4/4/1924	Le roi de Thule	Frances Alda	Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra
Victor	C-29493	12-in.	2/20/1924	Love's own sweet song	Frances Alda	Soprano vocal solo, with cello and orchestra
Victor	[Trial 1924-04-04-01]	10-in.	4/4/1924	Mindin' my bus'ness	Ralph Williams	Male vocal solo, with piano
Victor	B-29172	10-in.	1/2/1924	Miruj srce moje	Josip Batistić	Male vocal solo, with orchestra
Gennett	8826	10-in.	4/4/1924	Monkey business	Sid Reinhorz	Piano solo
Columbia	81667	10-in.	4/4/1924	On a windy day 'way down in Waikiki	Eddie Cantor ; Frank Ferera	Male vocal solo, with ukulele
Columbia	81668	10-in.	4/4/1924	Pinchbacks—take 'em away	Bessie Smith	Female vocal solo ("blues singer"), with piano
Victor	B-29173	10-in.	1/2/1924	Rastanak	Josip Batistić	Male vocal solo, with orchestra
Victor	B-29489	10-in.	2/20/1924	Robin Adair	Frances Alda	Soprano vocal solo, with celeste and orchestra
Columbia	81669	10-in.	4/4/1924	Rocking chair blues	Bessie Smith	Female vocal solo ("blues singer"), with violin and piano
Edison	9453	10-in.	4/4/1924	Roses of love	Max Fells' Della Robbia Orchestra	Jazz/dance band
Gennett	11823	10-in.	4/4/1924	Sin is to blame	Walter B. Seale ; Vaughan Quartette	Male vocal solo, with piano and male vocal quartet
Columbia	81664	10-in.	4/4/1924	Sorrowful blues	Bessie Smith	Female vocal solo ("blues singer"), with violin and piano
Columbia	81665	10-in.	4/4/1924	Sorrowful blues	Bessie Smith	Female vocal solo ("blues singer"), with violin and guitar
Edison	9452	10-in.	4/4/1924	Sunrise and you	Max Fells' Della Robbia Orchestra	Jazz/dance band
Victor	[Trial 1924-04-04-02]	10-in.	4/4/1924	Sure as you're born	Ruth Etting	Female vocal solo, with piano
Gennett	11824	10-in.	4/4/1924	Take him with you	Vaughan Quartette	Male vocal quartet, with piano
Victor	B-29744	10-in.	3/27/1924	Tarantella sorta 'e rose	Teresa De Matienzo	Female vocal solo, with orchestra
Victor	B-29491	10-in.	2/20/1924	The last rose of summer	Frances Alda	Soprano vocal solo, with harp and orchestra
Brunswick	12801-12804	10-in.	4/4/1924	The song of the clock	John Barclay	Baritone vocal solo, with orchestra
Victor	B-29836	10-in.	4/4/1924	Tom boy blues	Duncan Sisters	Female vocal duet, with piano
Victor	B-28966	10-in.	11/19/1923	Um-um-da-da	Duncan Sisters	Female vocal duet, with piano
Victor	B-29835	10-in.	4/4/1924	Vocalizing	Duncan Sisters	Female vocal duet, with piano
Edison	9451	10-in.	4/4/1924	What'll I do	Charles Hart ; Betsy Lane Shepherd	Female-male vocal duet, with orchestra

= Recordings are available for online listening.
= Recordings were issued from this master. No recordings issued from other masters.

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Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Recordings made on Friday, April 4, 1924," accessed December 11, 2025, http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/date/browse?date=1924-04-04.

Recordings made on Friday, April 4, 1924. (2025). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved December 11, 2025, from http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/date/browse?date=1924-04-04.

Recordings made on Friday, April 4, 1924." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2025. Web. 11 December 2025.

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