Brunswick matrix E2153-E2154. I wish’t I was in Peoria / Selvin’s Orchestra

TitleSource
I wish’t I was in Peoria (Primary title)Disc label
Fox trot (Title descriptor)Disc label
Quién estuviera en Peoria! (Parallel (translated) title)Disc label
Authors and ComposersNotes
Mort Dixon (lyricist)
Billy Rose (lyricist)
Harry Woods (composer)
Composer information source: Disc label; ADP.
PersonnelNotes
Selvin’s Orchestra (Musical group)
Ben Selvin (leader)
Orchestre Chez Fysher (Musical group)Listing on Br 3030 for Selvin's Orchestra.
Ben Selvin and his Orchestra (Musical group)Listing on Vo 15220 for Selvin's Orchestra.
Additional Information
  • Description: Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo
  • Category: Instrumental with vocal refrain
  • Language: English
  • Master Size: 10-in.
Notes
Disc label: "For dancing."
Orchestra: 10 men.
Masters renumbered for Brunswick use as E17660-E17661. Brunswick numbers assigned on January 26, 1926.
Session indicated as recorded in the AM.
Documentation of Vocalion 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
1/14/1926 New York, New York. 799 Seventh Avenue, Room no. 3 E2153 Unknown
1/14/1926 New York, New York. 799 Seventh Avenue, Room no. 3 E2154 Unknown
1/14/1926 New York, New York. 799 Seventh Avenue, Room no. 3 Unknown Master Vocalion 15220 10-in.
1/14/1926 New York, New York. 799 Seventh Avenue, Room no. 3 unknown Master Brunswick 3030 10-in.

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Brunswick matrix E2153-E2154. I wish’t I was in Peoria / Selvin’s Orchestra," accessed December 11, 2025, http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000220751/E2153-E2154-I_wisht_I_was_in_Peoria.

Brunswick matrix E2153-E2154. I wish’t I was in Peoria / Selvin’s Orchestra. (2025). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved December 11, 2025, from http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000220751/E2153-E2154-I_wisht_I_was_in_Peoria.

"Brunswick matrix E2153-E2154. I wish’t I was in Peoria / Selvin’s Orchestra." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2025. Web. 11 December 2025.

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