One of my favorite De Sylva tunes, only one that tops it is Miami from two years prior.
Newspaper article sourced from The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Brooklyn NY. Saturday August 17th 1929. Page 11.
Perhaps the award for the most Prestigious singer of the entire 78 era apart from Bing Crosby himself would have to fall to the legendary Irving Kaufman. If we were to count every record that he was ever signing on, it would probably double Sam Lanin's discography, all pseudo-bands included. He sang with many of the greats including the Ipana Troubadours, Ben Selvin, Dalhart, Fred Rich, Chick Bullock, and others. Many artists and producers would request Kaufman for their recordings because of his wide range vocally, availability, and no long standing loyalty to any label, plus he didn't need more than one or two times rehearsing before singing greatly. Oh and Did i mention the psuedo's of his? yeah. they're just as much of a mess as Dalhart's.
He originally started his solo career when he would record the flipside of many Avon Comedy Four records, back when he was still a member of them, starting in 1914 on Victor and sometimes on Edison. He would mainly be on Victor, but sometimes recorded for Columbia or Silvertone. As early as 1919, he would begin recording a bit for multiple labels. Those other ones would be Emerson, Okeh, Gennett, and Medallion. But by 1922, he would be recording on almost all Small an Dimestore Labels. Those would include Vocalion, Okeh, Clarion, Perfect, Pathe Actuelle, Regal, Cameo, and Banner to name a few, This would only continue throughout the 20s, but every once in a while he would sign a short contract lasting a year or so to a certain label. One case of this would be between 1924 and 1925 on Vocalion. Then 1926 and 1927 to the Budget/Dimestore Columbia Labels. But still, almost the entire time, he would have no solid contract and recorded on all the smaller labels. But in 1930 he would stop recording under His name almost all together.
He had a respectable amount of hits through his career. Those included: Hail! Hail! The Gang's All Here in 1918, What'll I Do in 1924, The Little White House in 1927, California And You in 1914, Tonight You Belong To Me in 1926, Dirty Hands! Dirty Face! in 1923, Who's Sorry Now in 1923, and Where The Dreamy Wabash Flow in 1924.
