Boys in the Back Room

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1942 - 1949

Roles Represented in DAHR: Vocal group

Notes: "I. W. Harper and the Four Fifths" is a humorous pseudonym for the Boys in the Back Room, vocal ensemble with Spike Jones City Slickers. I. W. Harper was a distilling company.

= Recordings are available for online listening.
= Recordings were issued from this master. No recordings issued from other masters.

Recordings

Company Matrix No. Size First Recording Date Title Primary Performer Description Role Audio
Victor PBS-072021 10-in. 1/12/1942 Clink, clink, another drink Mel Blanc ; Boys in the Back Room ; City Slickers ; Spike Jones ; Del Porter Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo, male vocal ensemble, and hiccups Vocal group  
Victor PBS-072238 10-in. 4/7/1942 Come, Josephine, in my flying machine Boys in the Back Room ; City Slickers ; King Jackson ; Spike Jones Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo Vocal group  
Victor PBS-072526 10-in. 7/28/1942 Oh! By jingo! (Oh! By gee! By gosh, by gum, by juv) Boys in the Back Room ; City Slickers ; Spike Jones ; Del Porter ; Willie Spicer Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo, male vocal ensemble, and anvilaphone (sound effects) Vocal group  
Victor PBS-072528 10-in. 7/28/1942 I wanna go back to West Virginia Boys in the Back Room ; City Slickers ; Spike Jones ; Del Porter ; Willie Spicer Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo, male vocal ensemble, and trainaphone (sound effects) Vocal group  
Victor D5VB-1129 10-in. 9/10/1945 The blue Danube Boys in the Back Room ; City Slickers ; Carl Grayson ; Spike Jones ; Del Porter Male vocal duet, with vocal group and instrumental ensemble Vocal group  
Victor D7VB-1303 10-in. 7/15/1947 Pop corn sack City Slickers ; Spike Jones Male vocal ensemble, with comic dialogue and instrumental ensemble Vocal group  
Victor D9VB-0501 10-in. 1/6/1949 MacNamara's band City Slickers ; I. W. Harper and the Four Fifths ; Spike Jones Male vocal group with jazz/dance band Vocal group  
Victor D9VB-0502 10-in. 1/6/1949 Knock knock (who's there?) City Slickers ; Sir Frederick Gas ; I. W. Harper and the Four Fifths ; Spike Jones ; Dick Morgan ; Freddy Morgan ; George Rock ; Doodles Weaver Vocal ensemble, with jazz/dance band Vocal group  

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Boys in the Back Room," accessed March 29, 2024, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/357526.

Boys in the Back Room. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved March 29, 2024, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/357526.

"Boys in the Back Room." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 29 March 2024.

DAHR Persistent Identifier

URI: https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/357526

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