Victor matrix D4RB-0702. Right as the rain / Jay Blackton ; Gladys Swarthout

TitleSource
Right as the rain (Primary title)Disc label
Bloomer girl (Work title)Disc label
Authors and ComposersNotes
Harold Arlen (composer)
E. Y. Harburg (lyricist)
Composer information source: Disc label.
PersonnelNotes
Jay Blackton (conductor)
Gladys Swarthout (vocalist : mezzo-soprano)
Victor Chorale (Vocal group)
Robert Shaw (choral director)
Kurt Bieterle (instrumentalist : violin)
Robert Bloom (instrumentalist : oboe)
Abram Borodkin (instrumentalist : cello)
Frank Brieff (instrumentalist : viola)
Ralph W. Brown (instrumentalist : French horn)
Stanley Casner (instrumentalist : trumpet)
John G. Cressy (instrumentalist : saxophone)
Macklin Marrow (session supervisor)
James N. De Med (instrumentalist : saxophone)
Arnold Eidus (instrumentalist : violin)
Murray Feldman (instrumentalist : violin)
Leon Frengut (instrumentalist : viola)
George J. Gaber (instrumentalist : drums)
Alfred Gallodoro (instrumentalist : saxophone)
Jacques Gasselin (instrumentalist : violin)
Albert Godlis (instrumentalist : trombone)
Theodore A. Gompers (instrumentalist : saxophone)
Murray Kellner (instrumentalist : violin)
Serge Kotlarky (instrumentalist : violin)
Ralph Liese (instrumentalist : trombone)
Arthur Lora (instrumentalist : flute)
Charles Margulis (instrumentalist : trumpet)
Robert Paolucci (instrumentalist : trombone)
Leane Pettigrew (instrumentalist : harp)
Edward V. Powell (instrumentalist : saxophone)
Paul Prinz (instrumentalist : string bass)
Joseph Rescigno (instrumentalist : French horn)
Tosha Samaroff (instrumentalist : violin)
Lucien Schmidt (instrumentalist : cello)
Julius Shaier (instrumentalist : viola)
Frank Signorelli (instrumentalist : piano)
Harry Urbont (instrumentalist : violin)
Frank R. Venezia (instrumentalist : trumpet)
Frank B. Warrell (instrumentalist : guitar)
Harry Zarief (instrumentalist : violin)
Sidney Zwilling (instrumentalist : violin)
Additional Information
  • Description: Mezzo-soprano solo, with mixed vocal chorus and orchestra
  • Instrumentation: 10 violins, 3 violas, 2 cellos, flute, oboe, 5 saxophones, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, 2 horns, guitar, piano, string bass, harp, and drums
  • Category: Vocal
  • Language: English
  • Master Size: 10-in.
Notes
Victor ledgers: "Macklin Marrow, present"; "Union musicians used."
Source(s): Victor blue history card; Victor ledgers; disc.
Take Date and PlaceTakeStatusLabel Name/NumberFormatNote
11/15/1944 New York, New York. Lotos Club (110 W. 57th St.) 1 Destroy
11/15/1944 New York, New York. Lotos Club (110 W. 57th St.) 1A Destroy
11/15/1944 New York, New York. Lotos Club (110 W. 57th St.) 2 Master Victor 10-1128 10-in.
11/15/1944 New York, New York. Lotos Club (110 W. 57th St.) 2A Hold

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Victor matrix D4RB-0702. Right as the rain / Jay Blackton ; Gladys Swarthout," accessed December 11, 2025, http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/300001851/D4RB-0702-Right_as_the_rain.

Victor matrix D4RB-0702. Right as the rain / Jay Blackton ; Gladys Swarthout. (2025). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved December 11, 2025, from http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/300001851/D4RB-0702-Right_as_the_rain.

"Victor matrix D4RB-0702. Right as the rain / Jay Blackton ; Gladys Swarthout." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2025. Web. 11 December 2025.

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