Victor matrix BVE-41294. Smile / Paul Whiteman Orchestra

TitleSource
Smile (Primary title)Disc label (RDI)
Fox trot (Title descriptor)Disc label (RDI)
Authors and ComposersNotes
Donald Heywood (composer)
Composer information source: Disc label.
PersonnelNotes
Paul Whiteman Orchestra (Musical group)
Charles Strickfaden (instrumentalist : clarinet)
Frank Trumbauer (instrumentalist : C-melody saxophone)
Jack Mayhew (instrumentalist : alto saxophone)Not confirmed.
Bix Beiderbecke (instrumentalist : cornet)
Steve Brown (instrumentalist : string bass)
Henry Busse (instrumentalist : trumpet)
Kurt Dieterle (instrumentalist : violin)
Wilbur Hall (instrumentalist : trombone)
Chester Hazlett (instrumentalist : alto saxophone)
Matty Malneck (instrumentalist : violin)
Charles Margulis (instrumentalist : trumpet)
Nye Mayhew (instrumentalist : alto saxophone)Not confirmed.
Harold McDonald (instrumentalist : drums)
Hal McLean (instrumentalist : alto saxophone)
Harry Perrella (instrumentalist : piano)
Mario Perry (instrumentalist : violin)
Mike Pingitore (instrumentalist : banjo)
Mischa Russell (instrumentalist : violin)
Charles Strickfaden (instrumentalist : baritone saxophone)
Mike Trafficante (instrumentalist : tuba)
Tom Satterfield (instrumentalist : piano)
Rupert ("Rube") Crozier (instrumentalist : alto saxophone)
Nathaniel Shilkret (director)Takes 1-3.
Charles Gaylord (instrumentalist : violin)
Charles Gaylord (vocalist)
Jack Fulton (vocalist)
Al Rinker (vocalist : tenor vocal)
Austin Young (vocalist : tenor vocal)
John Bowman (instrumentalist : violin)
Paul Whiteman (director)
Rupert ("Rube") Crozier (instrumentalist : bassoon)
Rupert ("Rube") Crozier (instrumentalist : flute)
Boyce Cullen (instrumentalist : trombone)
Jimmy Dorsey (instrumentalist : alto saxophone)
Jimmy Dorsey (instrumentalist : clarinet)
Jack Fulton (instrumentalist : trombone)
Bob Mayhew (instrumentalist : cornet)
Jack Mayhew (instrumentalist : clarinet)
Nye Mayhew (instrumentalist : baritone saxophone)
Hal McLean (instrumentalist : clarinet)
Bill Rank (instrumentalist : trombone)
Additional Information
  • Description: Jazz/dance band, with male vocal quartet
  • Instrumentation: Takes 1-3: Violin, bass, 5 saxophones, 3 cornets, 2 trombones, tuba, banjo, guitar, piano, and traps
    Takes 4-6: 5 violins, bass, 8 saxophones, 4 trumpets, 4 trombones, tuba, banjo, piano, and traps
  • Category: Instrumental with vocal refrain
  • Language: English
  • Master Size: 10-in.
Notes
Instrumentation is from Victor ledgers and is not confirmed; collective personnel from Sunbeam CD notes.
Victor ledgers, 1/4/1928: "Whiteman & Shilkret, Dir."
Source(s): Sunbeam CD notes (personnel); Rigler-Deutsch Index; Victor ledgers.
Take Date and PlaceTakeStatusLabel Name/NumberFormatNote
1/4/1928 New York, New York. Liederkranz Hall 1 Master/hold
1/4/1928 New York, New York. Liederkranz Hall 2 Destroy
1/4/1928 New York, New York. Liederkranz Hall 3 Destroy
1/24/1928 Camden, New Jersey. Church Bldg. 4 Hold Sunbeam BX CD5 Compact disc
1/24/1928 Camden, New Jersey. Church Bldg. 5 Master Victor 21228 10-in.
1/24/1928 Camden, New Jersey. Church Bldg. 5 Master Sunbeam BX CD6 Compact disc
1/24/1928 Camden, New Jersey. Church Bldg. 6 Destroy

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Victor matrix BVE-41294. Smile / Paul Whiteman Orchestra," accessed December 11, 2025, http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/800015526/BVE-41294-Smile.

Victor matrix BVE-41294. Smile / Paul Whiteman Orchestra. (2025). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved December 11, 2025, from http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/800015526/BVE-41294-Smile.

"Victor matrix BVE-41294. Smile / Paul Whiteman Orchestra." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2025. Web. 11 December 2025.

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