Victor matrix BVE-67849. She's a gorgeous thing! / Doc Daugherty Orchestra

TitleSource
She's a gorgeous thing! (Primary title)Disc label (RDI)
Fox trot (Title descriptor)Disc label (RDI)
Authors and ComposersNotes
Benny Davis (lyricist)
J. Fred Coots (composer)
Composer information source: Disc label.
PersonnelNotes
Doc Daugherty Orchestra (Musical group)
Doc Daugherty (leader)
Eli E. Oberstein (session supervisor)
Additional Information
  • Description: Jazz/dance band, with vocal solo
  • Instrumentation: Takes 1 and 2: 3 saxophones, 2 trumpets, trombone, tuba, guitar, piano, and traps
    Takes 3 and 4: 3 saxophones, 2 trumpets, trombone, guitar, piano, and traps
  • Category: Instrumental with vocal refrain
  • Language: English
  • Master Size: 10-in.
Notes
The vocalist is not identified in Victor ledgers. Johnson and Shirley speculate that the singer is Frank Luther.
Victor ledgers: "Mr. Oberstein, present"; "Hot dance."
Take Date and PlaceTakeStatusLabel Name/NumberFormatNote
1/22/1931 Camden, New Jersey. Church Bldg. Studio 1 1 Destroy
1/22/1931 Camden, New Jersey. Church Bldg. Studio 1 2 Hold
1/30/1931 Camden, New Jersey. Church Bldg. Studio 1 3 Master Victor 23040 10-in.

She's a gorgeous thing! / Doc Daugherty Orchestra

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She's a gorgeous thing! / Doc Daugherty Orchestra - Victor 23040 - Take 3 - 1/30/1931
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1/30/1931 Camden, New Jersey. Church Bldg. Studio 1 4 Hold

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Victor matrix BVE-67849. She's a gorgeous thing! / Doc Daugherty Orchestra," accessed December 12, 2025, http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/800034984/BVE-67849-Shes_a_gorgeous_thing.

Victor matrix BVE-67849. She's a gorgeous thing! / Doc Daugherty Orchestra. (2025). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved December 12, 2025, from http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/800034984/BVE-67849-Shes_a_gorgeous_thing.

"Victor matrix BVE-67849. She's a gorgeous thing! / Doc Daugherty Orchestra." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2025. Web. 12 December 2025.

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