Victor matrix BS-03872. He ain't got rhythm / Benny Goodman Orchestra ; Jimmy Rushing

Title	Source
He ain't got rhythm (Primary title)	Disc label
Fox trot (Title descriptor)	Disc label
On the avenue [Motion picture] (Work title)	Disc label
Authors and Composers	Notes
Irving Berlin (lyricist)
Irving Berlin (composer)
Composer information source: Disc label; U.S. Copyright Office files.
Personnel	Notes
Benny Goodman Orchestra (Musical group)
Jimmy Rushing (vocalist)	Listed on disc label as James Rushing.
Jess Stacy (instrumentalist : piano)
Hymie Shertzer (instrumentalist : saxophone)	Listed in ledgers as Herman Shertzer (his birth name).
Irving Goodman (instrumentalist : trumpet)
Harry Finkelman (instrumentalist : trumpet)
Ziggy Elman (instrumentalist : trumpet)	Listed in Victor ledgers as Harry Finkelman (his birth name).
Gorden Griffen (instrumentalist : trumpet)
Murray McEachern (instrumentalist : trombone)
Red Ballard (instrumentalist : trombone)
Herman Shertzer (instrumentalist : saxophone)
William DePew (instrumentalist : saxophone)
Arthur Rollini (instrumentalist : saxophone)
Vido Musso (instrumentalist : tenor saxophone)
Allan Reuss (instrumentalist : guitar)
Harry Goodman (instrumentalist : string bass)
Benny Goodman (director)
Gene Krupa (instrumentalist : traps)
Benny Goodman (instrumentalist : clarinet)

Additional Information

Description: Jazz/dance band
Instrumentation: Bass, 4 saxophones, clarinet, 3 trumpets, 2 trombones, guitar, piano, and traps
Category: Instrumental
Master Size: 10-in.

Take Date and Place	Take	Status	Label Name/Number	Format	Note
12/30/1936 New York, New York. Studio 2	1	Master	Victor 25505	10-in.
12/30/1936 New York, New York. Studio 2	2	Not processed

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Victor matrix BS-03872. He ain't got rhythm / Benny Goodman Orchestra ; Jimmy Rushing," accessed January 9, 2026, http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/200025907/BS-03872-He_aint_got_rhythm.

Victor matrix BS-03872. He ain't got rhythm / Benny Goodman Orchestra ; Jimmy Rushing. (2026). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved January 9, 2026, from http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/200025907/BS-03872-He_aint_got_rhythm.

"Victor matrix BS-03872. He ain't got rhythm / Benny Goodman Orchestra ; Jimmy Rushing." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2026. Web. 9 January 2026.

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