Victor matrix BVE-36160. What's the use of crying / Ted Weems Orchestra

TitleSource
What's the use of crying (Primary title)Victor catalog
Fox trot (Title descriptor)Victor catalog
Authors and ComposersNotes
Verdi Kindel (lyricist)
Louis Forbstein (composer)
Composer information source: Victor ledgers.
PersonnelNotes
Ted Weems Orchestra (Musical group)
Edward T. King (director)Takes 1-5.
Dusty Rhodes (vocalist)
Ted Weems (leader)Takes 1-10; listed as Dir. in Victor ledgers.
Additional Information
  • Description: Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo
  • Instrumentation: 3 saxophones, 2 cornets, trombone, tuba, banjo, piano, and traps
  • Category: Instrumental with vocal refrain
  • Language: English
  • Master Size: 10-in.
Notes
Victor ledgers for 9/7/1926 list both Weems and King as "Dir."
Take Date and PlaceTakeStatusLabel Name/NumberFormatNote
9/7/1926 Camden, New Jersey 1 Destroy
9/7/1926 Camden, New Jersey 2 Destroy
9/7/1926 Camden, New Jersey 3 Hold
9/7/1926 Camden, New Jersey 4 Destroy
9/7/1926 Camden, New Jersey 5 Destroy
9/13/1926 Camden, New Jersey 6 Destroy
9/13/1926 Camden, New Jersey 7 Destroy
9/13/1926 Camden, New Jersey 8 Hold
9/13/1926 Camden, New Jersey 9 Destroy
9/13/1926 Camden, New Jersey 10 Master Victor 20234 10-in.

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Victor matrix BVE-36160. What's the use of crying / Ted Weems Orchestra," accessed December 11, 2025, http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/800010405/BVE-36160-Whats_the_use_of_crying.

Victor matrix BVE-36160. What's the use of crying / Ted Weems Orchestra. (2025). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved December 11, 2025, from http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/800010405/BVE-36160-Whats_the_use_of_crying.

"Victor matrix BVE-36160. What's the use of crying / Ted Weems Orchestra." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2025. Web. 11 December 2025.

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