Victor matrix CVE-49077. Minstrel show of 1929 / Victor Minstrels

Title	Source
Minstrel show of 1929 (Primary title)	Disc label (RDI)
Part 1 (Title part)	Disc label (RDI)
Make a lot of noise ; Down where the watermelon grows ; Lazy moon ; Oh! Dem golden slippers (Medley contents)	Victor catalog
Authors and Composers	Notes
George M. Cohan (composer)	"Make a lot of noise."
Bob Cole (lyricist)	"Lazy moon."
J. Rosamond Johnson (composer)	"Lazy moon."
Ren Shields (lyricist)	"Down where the watermelon grows."
George Evans (composer)	"Down where the watermelon grows."
James A. Bland (composer)	"Oh! Dem golden slippers."
David Buttolph (arranger)
Composer information source: Disc label; Victor ledgers.
Personnel	Notes
Victor Minstrels (Vocal group)
Frank E. Banta (instrumentalist : piano)
Milton Rettenberg (instrumentalist : piano)
David Buttolph (instrumentalist : piano)
National Cavaliers (Vocal group)
Lew Shilkret (instrumentalist : celeste)	Takes 4 & 5.
Nathaniel Shilkret (director)	Takes 1-3.
Sammy Herman (instrumentalist : xylophone)
Henry Burr (vocalist : tenor vocal)
Billy Murray (vocalist : tenor vocal)
Carl Mathieu (vocalist : tenor vocal)
James Stanley (vocalist : baritone vocal)
Stanley Baughman (vocalist : baritone vocal)
Rosario Bourdon (director)	Takes 4 & 5.
Monroe Silver (speaker)
Leo O'Rourke (vocalist : tenor vocal)
Robert Stevens (vocalist : tenor vocal)
John Seagle (vocalist : baritone vocal)
Darrel Woodyard (vocalist : bass vocal)
Frank Crumit (vocalist : tenor vocal)	Takes 4 & 5.

Additional Information

Description: Minstrels, with orchestra
Instrumentation: Takes 1-3: 2 violins, cello, clarinet, 2 saxophones, 2 trumpets, trombone, tuba, 2 banjos, 2 pianos, xylophone, and 2 traps
Takes 4 and 5: 2 violins, cello, clarinet, 2 saxophones, 2 trumpets, trombone, tuba, banjo, guitar, celeste, 2 pianos, xylophone, and 2 traps
Category: Vocal
Language: English
Master Size: 12-in.

Notes
Victor ledgers include among personnel "monologist, Monroe Silver" and identify O'Rourke, Stevens, Seagle, and Woodyard as "Cavaliers," noting also Buttolph, "pianist and arranger for Cavaliers, present."
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Take Date and Place	Take	Status	Label Name/Number	Format	Note
1/18/1929 New York, New York. Liederkranz Hall	1	Destroy
1/18/1929 New York, New York. Liederkranz Hall	2	Destroy
1/18/1929 New York, New York. Liederkranz Hall	3	Destroy
1/28/1929 New York, New York. Liederkranz Hall	4	Hold
1/28/1929 New York, New York. Liederkranz Hall	5	Master	Victor 35961	12-in.
1/28/1929 New York, New York. Liederkranz Hall	5	Master	Gramophone 2-04732 (Not issued)	12-in.	Gram. Co. face number.
1/28/1929 New York, New York. Liederkranz Hall	5	Master	Gramophone C-1739	12-in.

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Victor matrix CVE-49077. Minstrel show of 1929 / Victor Minstrels," accessed December 11, 2025, http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/800022861/CVE-49077-Minstrel_show_of_1929.

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