Victor matrix PBVE-270. Gonna get a girl / Eddie Harkness Orchestra

TitleSource
Gonna get a girl (Primary title)Victor ledgers
Fox trot (Title descriptor)Victor ledgers
Authors and ComposersNotes
Al Lewis (lyricist)
Paul Ash (composer)
Howard Simon (composer)
Composer information source: Victor ledgers.
PersonnelNotes
Eddie Harkness Orchestra (Musical group)
Eddie Harkness (leader)
LeRoy Shield (session supervisor)
Ben McLaughlin (vocalist : tenor vocal)
Additional Information
  • Description: Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo
  • Instrumentation: Violin, bass, 3 saxophones, 2 cornets, trombone, banjo, steel guitar, piano, and traps
  • Category: Instrumental with vocal refrain
  • Language: English
  • Master Size: 10-in.
Notes
Victor ledgers specify that these recordings were made in Room #433 of the Clift Hotel.
Victor ledgers indicate the ensemble's name was originally Eddie Harkness and his Hotel Mark Hopkins Orchestra and was changed at Mr. Harkness's request.
Take Date and PlaceTakeStatusLabel Name/NumberFormatNote
4/21/1927 San Francisco, California. Clift Hotel 1 Destroy
4/21/1927 San Francisco, California. Clift Hotel 2 Hold
4/21/1927 San Francisco, California. Clift Hotel 3 Hold
4/21/1927 San Francisco, California. Clift Hotel 4 Master Victor 20686 10-in.

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Victor matrix PBVE-270. Gonna get a girl / Eddie Harkness Orchestra," accessed December 11, 2025, http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/1000017029/PBVE-270-Gonna_get_a_girl.

Victor matrix PBVE-270. Gonna get a girl / Eddie Harkness Orchestra. (2025). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved December 11, 2025, from http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/1000017029/PBVE-270-Gonna_get_a_girl.

"Victor matrix PBVE-270. Gonna get a girl / Eddie Harkness Orchestra." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2025. Web. 11 December 2025.

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