Brunswick matrix E24171-E24174. I’d walk a million miles (To be a little bit nearer to you) / Frank Black Orchestra

TitleSource
I’d walk a million miles (To be a little bit nearer to you) (Primary title)Disc label
Fox trot (Title descriptor)Disc label
Caminaria un millon de millas (Parallel (translated) title)Disc label
Authors and ComposersNotes
Frank Black (arranger)
Al Lewis (lyricist)
Gerald Marks (composer)
Composer information source: Disc label; Laird.
PersonnelNotes
Frank Black Orchestra (Musical group)
Scrappy Lambert (vocalist)
Frank Black (leader)
Additional Information
  • Description: Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo; without vocal (take E24174)
  • Category: Instrumental with vocal refrain
  • Language: English
  • Master Size: 10-in.
Notes
Orchestra: 14 men, plus leader.
Session indicated as recorded in the PM.
Documentation of Brunswick 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): Rigler-Deutsch Index; disc.
Take Date and PlaceTakeStatusLabel Name/NumberFormatNote
8/10/1927 New York, New York. 799 Seventh Avenue, Room no. 2 E24171 Master Brunswick 3619 10-in.

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I’d walk a million miles (To be a little bit nearer to you) / Frank Black Orchestra - Brunswick 3619 - Take E24171 - 8/10/1927
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8/10/1927 New York, New York. 799 Seventh Avenue, Room no. 2 E24171 Master Brunswick (Australia) 3619 10-in.
8/10/1927 New York, New York. 799 Seventh Avenue, Room no. 2 E24171 Master Brunswick (U.K.) 3619 10-in.
8/10/1927 New York, New York. 799 Seventh Avenue, Room no. 2 E24172 Unknown
8/10/1927 New York, New York. 799 Seventh Avenue, Room no. 2 E24173 Master Brunswick 3619 10-in.
8/10/1927 New York, New York. 799 Seventh Avenue, Room no. 2 E24173 Master Brunswick (Australia) 3619 10-in.
8/10/1927 New York, New York. 799 Seventh Avenue, Room no. 2 E24173 Master Brunswick (U.K.) 3619 10-in.
8/10/1927 New York, New York. 799 Seventh Avenue, Room no. 2 E24174 Unknown No vocal.

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Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Brunswick matrix E24171-E24174. I’d walk a million miles (To be a little bit nearer to you) / Frank Black Orchestra," accessed December 11, 2025, http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000224522/E24171-E24174-Id_walk_a_million_miles_To_be_a_little_bit_nearer_to_you.

Brunswick matrix E24171-E24174. I’d walk a million miles (To be a little bit nearer to you) / Frank Black Orchestra. (2025). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved December 11, 2025, from http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000224522/E24171-E24174-Id_walk_a_million_miles_To_be_a_little_bit_nearer_to_you.

"Brunswick matrix E24171-E24174. I’d walk a million miles (To be a little bit nearer to you) / Frank Black Orchestra." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2025. Web. 11 December 2025.

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