Brunswick matrix E21994-E21996. Close to your heart / Selvin’s Orchestra

TitleSource
Close to your heart (Primary title)Disc label
Fox trot (Title descriptor)Disc label
Cerca a tu corazón (Parallel (translated) title)Disc label
Authors and ComposersNotes
Billy Heagney (composer)
Billy Heagney (lyricist)
Composer information source: Disc label; U.S. Copyright Office files.
PersonnelNotes
Selvin’s Orchestra (Musical group)
Kensington Serenaders (Musical group)Listing on Vo 15544 for Ben Selvin and his Orchestra.
Ben Selvin and his Orchestra (Musical group)Listing on Br 3504 for Selvin's Orchestra.
Ben Selvin (leader)
Ben Selvin (instrumentalist : violin)
Frank Munn (vocalist : tenor vocal)
Additional Information
  • Description: Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo; without vocal (take E21996)
  • Category: Instrumental with vocal refrain
  • Language: English
  • Master Size: 10-in.
Notes
Disc label: "For dancing."
Orchestra: 10 men, plus leader/violin.
Session indicated as recorded in the PM.
First two masters renumbered for Vocalion use as E4712-E4713. Vocalion numbers assigned on or after March 23, 1927.
Documentation of Brunswick Records derives primarily from Ross Laird's "Brunswick Records: A discography of recordings, 1916-1931" (Greenwood Press, 2001). See the ADP Brunswick Records Resources page for more information.
Source(s): disc.
Take Date and PlaceTakeStatusLabel Name/NumberFormatNote
3/17/1927 New York, New York. 799 Seventh Avenue, Room no. 2 E21994 Unknown
3/17/1927 New York, New York. 799 Seventh Avenue, Room no. 2 E21995 Master Brunswick 3504 10-in.
3/17/1927 New York, New York. 799 Seventh Avenue, Room no. 2 E21995 Master Brunswick (Australia) 3504 10-in.
3/17/1927 New York, New York. 799 Seventh Avenue, Room no. 2 E21995 Master Brunswick (U.K.) 3504 10-in.
3/17/1927 New York, New York. 799 Seventh Avenue, Room no. 2 E21995 Master Vocalion 15544 10-in. Renumbered for Vocalion as master E4713.
3/17/1927 New York, New York. 799 Seventh Avenue, Room no. 2 E21996 Master Brunswick (Germany) A348 10-in. No vocal.

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Brunswick matrix E21994-E21996. Close to your heart / Selvin’s Orchestra," accessed December 11, 2025, http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000223362/E21994-E21996-Close_to_your_heart.

Brunswick matrix E21994-E21996. Close to your heart / Selvin’s Orchestra. (2025). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved December 11, 2025, from http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000223362/E21994-E21996-Close_to_your_heart.

"Brunswick matrix E21994-E21996. Close to your heart / Selvin’s Orchestra." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2025. Web. 11 December 2025.

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