OKeh matrix W404940. Pardon me, pretty baby / Joe Venuti's Blue Four

TitleSource
Pardon me, pretty baby (Primary title)Disc label (RDI)
Fox trot (Title descriptor)Disc label (RDI)
Don't I look familiar to you (Subtitle)Disc label (RDI)
Authors and ComposersNotes
Raymond Klages (lyricist)
Jack Meskill (lyricist)
Vincent Rose (composer)
Composer information source: Disc label; ADP.
PersonnelNotes
Joe Venuti's Blue Four (Musical group)
All-Star Rhythm Boys (Musical group)Listing on Harmony, Velvet Tone, and Clarion issues for Joe Venuti's Blue Four.
Eddie Lang (instrumentalist : guitar)
Joe Venuti (instrumentalist : violin)
Joe Venuti (leader)
Harold Arlen (vocalist : tenor vocal)
Additional Information
  • Description: Jazz/dance quartet, with male vocal solo
  • Category: Instrumental with vocal refrain
  • Language: English
  • Master Size: 10-in.
Notes
Master renumbered for Columbia use as W100545.
Source(s): Rigler-Deutsch Index.
Take Date and PlaceTakeStatusLabel Name/NumberFormatNote
6/10/1931 New York, New York [A] Unknown
6/10/1931 New York, New York B Master OKeh 41506 10-in.

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Pardon me, pretty baby / Joe Venuti's Blue Four - OKeh 41506 - Take B - 6/10/1931
Audio from the Joe Bussard Collection provided by:
6/10/1931 New York, New York B Master Parlophone (Australia) A 3268 10-in.
6/10/1931 New York, New York B Master Parlophone (U.K.) R 993 10-in.
6/10/1931 New York, New York B Master Odeon (Germany) A 286043 10-in.
6/10/1931 New York, New York B Master Harmony 1346-H 10-in. From master renumbered as Col W100545.
6/10/1931 New York, New York B Master Velvet Tone 2422-V 10-in. From master renumbered as Col W100545.
6/10/1931 New York, New York B Master Clarion 5358-C 10-in. From master renumbered as Col W100545.

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "OKeh matrix W404940. Pardon me, pretty baby / Joe Venuti's Blue Four," accessed December 12, 2025, http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000214033/W404940-Pardon_me_pretty_baby.

OKeh matrix W404940. Pardon me, pretty baby / Joe Venuti's Blue Four. (2025). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved December 12, 2025, from http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000214033/W404940-Pardon_me_pretty_baby.

"OKeh matrix W404940. Pardon me, pretty baby / Joe Venuti's Blue Four." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2025. Web. 12 December 2025.

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