Brunswick matrix C7408. I have to laugh (When I think how I danced with tears in my eyes over you) / Ben Bernie Orchestra

TitleSource
I have to laugh (When I think how I danced with tears in my eyes over you) (Primary title)Disc label
Fox trot (Title descriptor)Disc label
Me da risa (Parallel (translated) title)Disc label
Authors and ComposersNotes
Jack McGowan (lyricist)
Al Siegel (composer)
Composer information source: Disc label; ADP.
PersonnelNotes
Ben Bernie Orchestra (Musical group)
Ben Bernie (leader)
Frank Sylvano (vocalist)
Tin Pan Paraders [Ben Bernie Orchestra] (Musical group)Listing on St S2198 for Ben Bernie Orchestra.
Additional Information
  • Description: Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo; without vocal (take G)
  • Instrumentation: 2 violins, 3 saxophones, 2 trumpets, trombone, guitar, piano, bass, and traps
  • Category: Instrumental with vocal refrain
  • Language: English
  • Master Size: 10-in.
Notes
Orchestra: 12 men.
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): disc.
Take Date and PlaceTakeStatusLabel Name/NumberFormatNote
2/9/1931 Chicago, Illinois. Studio B A Master Brunswick 6069 10-in.
2/9/1931 Chicago, Illinois. Studio B A Master Brunswick (Australia) 6068 10-in.
2/9/1931 Chicago, Illinois. Studio B A Master Brunswick (Germany) A9045 10-in.
2/9/1931 Chicago, Illinois. Studio B A Master Supertone S2198 10-in.
2/9/1931 Chicago, Illinois. Studio B B Unknown
2/9/1931 Chicago, Illinois. Studio B C Unknown
2/9/1931 Chicago, Illinois. Studio B G Unknown No vocal.
2/9/1931 Chicago, Illinois. Studio B unknown Master Brunswick 6069 10-in.

I have to laugh (When I think how I danced with tears in my eyes over you) / Ben Bernie Orchestra

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I have to laugh (When I think how I danced with tears in my eyes over you) / Ben Bernie Orchestra - Brunswick 6069 - Take unknown - 2/9/1931
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Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Brunswick matrix C7408. I have to laugh (When I think how I danced with tears in my eyes over you) / Ben Bernie Orchestra," accessed December 11, 2025, http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000241083/C7408-I_have_to_laugh_When_I_think_how_I_danced_with_tears_in_my_eyes_over_you.

Brunswick matrix C7408. I have to laugh (When I think how I danced with tears in my eyes over you) / Ben Bernie Orchestra. (2025). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved December 11, 2025, from http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000241083/C7408-I_have_to_laugh_When_I_think_how_I_danced_with_tears_in_my_eyes_over_you.

"Brunswick matrix C7408. I have to laugh (When I think how I danced with tears in my eyes over you) / Ben Bernie Orchestra." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2025. Web. 11 December 2025.

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