Brunswick matrix E24175-E24178. Highways are happy ways (When they lead the way to home) / Frank Black Orchestra

TitleSource
Highways are happy ways (When they lead the way to home) (Primary title)Disc label
Fox trot (Title descriptor)Disc label
El camino real es el camino feliz (Parallel (translated) title)Disc label
Authors and ComposersNotes
Harry Harris (lyricist)
Tommie Malie (lyricist)
Larry Shay (composer)
Frank Black (arranger)
Composer information source: Disc label; Laird.
PersonnelNotes
Frank Black Orchestra (Musical group)
Frank Black (leader)
Scrappy Lambert (vocalist)
Billy Hillpot (vocalist)
Additional Information
  • Description: Jazz/dance band, with male vocal duet; without vocal (take E24178)
  • 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 E24175 Master Brunswick 3619 10-in.

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Highways are happy ways (When they lead the way to home) / Frank Black Orchestra - Brunswick 3619 - Take E24175 - 8/10/1927
Audio of this recording from the UCSB Library
8/10/1927 New York, New York. 799 Seventh Avenue, Room no. 2 E24175 Master Brunswick (Australia) 3619 10-in.
8/10/1927 New York, New York. 799 Seventh Avenue, Room no. 2 E24175 Master Brunswick (U.K.) 3619 10-in.
8/10/1927 New York, New York. 799 Seventh Avenue, Room no. 2 E24176 Unknown
8/10/1927 New York, New York. 799 Seventh Avenue, Room no. 2 E24177 Master Brunswick 3619 10-in.
8/10/1927 New York, New York. 799 Seventh Avenue, Room no. 2 E24177 Master Brunswick (Australia) 3619 10-in.
8/10/1927 New York, New York. 799 Seventh Avenue, Room no. 2 E24177 Master Brunswick (U.K.) 3619 10-in.
8/10/1927 New York, New York. 799 Seventh Avenue, Room no. 2 E24178 Unknown No vocal.

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Brunswick matrix E24175-E24178. Highways are happy ways (When they lead the way to home) / Frank Black Orchestra," accessed December 11, 2025, http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000224524/E24175-E24178-Highways_are_happy_ways_When_they_lead_the_way_to_home.

Brunswick matrix E24175-E24178. Highways are happy ways (When they lead the way to home) / Frank Black Orchestra. (2025). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved December 11, 2025, from http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000224524/E24175-E24178-Highways_are_happy_ways_When_they_lead_the_way_to_home.

"Brunswick matrix E24175-E24178. Highways are happy ways (When they lead the way to home) / Frank Black Orchestra." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2025. Web. 11 December 2025.

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