Victor matrix D5RC-1093. What is this thing called love? / Allan Jones ; Ray Sinatra

TitleSource
What is this thing called love? (Primary title)Disc label (BHC verso)
Wake up and dream (Work title)Disc label (BHC verso)
Authors and ComposersNotes
Cole Porter (composer)
Cole Porter (lyricist)
Composer information source: Disc label (BHC); sheet music.
PersonnelNotes
Allan Jones (vocalist : tenor vocal)
Ray Sinatra (conductor)
Mischa Russell (instrumentalist : violin)
Nicholas Pisani (instrumentalist : violin)
David Frisina (instrumentalist : violin)
Lawrence Kurkdjie (instrumentalist : violin)
Sol Kindler (instrumentalist : violin)
William Bloom (instrumentalist : violin)
George Kast (instrumentalist : violin)
Walter Edelstein (instrumentalist : violin)
Samuel Freed, Jr. (instrumentalist : violin)
Peter Ellis (instrumentalist : violin)
Samuel Levine (instrumentalist : violin)
Anthon Fredrick Olson (instrumentalist : violin)
Leon Fleitman (instrumentalist : viola)
Maurice Perlmutter (instrumentalist : viola)
Allan Harshman (instrumentalist : viola)
Fred Frank Goerner (instrumentalist : cello)
Cy Bernard (instrumentalist : cello)
Arthur A. Kafton (instrumentalist : cello)
Sportsmen Quartet (Vocal group)Listed in Victor ledgers as "Sportsman, Inc. (four male voices)."
John H. Mayhew (instrumentalist : saxophone)
W. Arthur Rush (session supervisor)
Lyall Bowen (instrumentalist : saxophone)
Harry Meyerson (session supervisor)
Morton B. Friedman (instrumentalist : saxophone)
Harold Lawson (instrumentalist : saxophone)
Grace King (vocalist)
Leonard Hartman (instrumentalist : saxophone)
Virginia G. Friend (vocalist)
Charles E. Griffard (instrumentalist : trumpet)
Ruth O. Clark (vocalist)
Katherine C. Stewart (vocalist)
Nichols Loring (instrumentalist : trumpet)
Leonard Mach (instrumentalist : trumpet)
Elmer Smithers (instrumentalist : trombone)
James Leroy Skiles (instrumentalist : trombone)
Carl M. Loeffler (instrumentalist : trombone)
James Stagliano (instrumentalist : French horn)
John H. Ryan (instrumentalist : string bass)
Kathryn M. Thompson (instrumentalist : harp)
Frank R. Leithner (instrumentalist : piano)
Perry L. Botkin (instrumentalist : guitar)
John Cyr (instrumentalist : drums)
Additional Information
  • Description: Male vocal solo, with mixed vocal octet and orchestra
  • Instrumentation: 12 violins, 3 violas, 3 cellos, bass, 5 saxophones, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, horn, guitar, piano, harp, and drums
  • Category: Vocal
  • Language: English
  • Master Size: 12-in.
Notes
Victor ledgers: "Messers Meyerson & Rush present"; "Union musicians used."
Source(s): Victor blue history card; trade catalog; Victor ledgers.
Take Date and PlaceTakeStatusLabel Name/NumberFormatNote
5/17/1945 Hollywood, California 1L Unknown
5/17/1945 Hollywood, California 1 Master/hold
5/17/1945 Hollywood, California 1A h
1/3/1946 Hollywood, California 1B Master Victor 11-9041 12-in. Issued from dub of take 1, made 1/3/1946.
1/3/1946 Hollywood, California 1B Master Victor M-1033 12-in. Album set Issued from dub of take 1, made 1/3/1946.
1/3/1946 Hollywood, California 1B Master Victor DM-1033 12-in. Album set Issued from dub of take 1, made 1/3/1946.
1/3/1946 Hollywood, California 1B Master RCA Victor 49-1131 45-rpm Issued from dub of take 1, made 1/3/1946.
1/3/1946 Hollywood, California 1C h Dub made from take 1 made 1/3/1946.

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Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Victor matrix D5RC-1093. What is this thing called love? / Allan Jones ; Ray Sinatra," accessed December 12, 2025, http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/300003453/D5RC-1093-What_is_this_thing_called_love.

Victor matrix D5RC-1093. What is this thing called love? / Allan Jones ; Ray Sinatra. (2025). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved December 12, 2025, from http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/300003453/D5RC-1093-What_is_this_thing_called_love.

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