The Broadway Bell-Hops

The Broadway Bell-Hops were a group of recording sessions organized by Sam Lanin. Lanin hired many of the top White jazz musicians of the 1920s to play on these records. Bix Beiderbecke plays cornet on There's A Cradle In Caroline and There Ain't No Land Like Dixieland.

Thanks to Bob Palmer, Owen Miller and Randy McDaniels for their help with this page.

Title	Recording Date	Recording Location	Company
Away Down South In Heaven (The Westerners) (Bud Green / Harry Warren)	11-28-1927	New York, New York	Harmony 547-H
Barbara (Silver / Rose)	8-25-1927	New York, New York	Harmony 494-H Diva 249-G
Barcelona (Evans / Kahn)	7-16-1926	New York, New York	Harmony 223-H
But I Do - You Know I Do	2-10-1926	New York, New York	Harmony 120-H
Collette Vocal Chorus by Tom Frawley (Baer / Kahn)	12-31-1926	New York, New York	Harmony 338-H
Consolation (The Westerners)	5-23-1927	New York, New York	Harmony 426-H
Coquette	2-29-1928	New York, New York	Harmony 605-H
Don't Be Angry With Me (Donaldson)	9-17-1926	New York, New York	Harmony 253-H
Don't Somebody Want Somebody To Love? Vocal chorus by Irving Kaufman (Rose / Lyman)	3-21-1927	New York, New York	Harmony 390-H
Don't Take That Black Bottom Away	10-22-1926	New York, New York	Harmony 288-H
For My Baby	11-28-1927	New York, New York	Harmony 546-H
Get Out And Get Under The Moon (Larry Shay / Charles Tobias / William Jerome)	5-3-1928	New York, New York	Harmony 644-H
Goodnight (I'll See You In The Morning)	3-11-1926	New York, New York	Harmony 140-H
Happy-Go-Lucky Lane	4-4-1928	New York, New York	Harmony 630-H
Hello Bluebird (Cliff Friend)	10-8-1926	New York, New York	Harmony 272-H
Here Comes Fatima Vocal chorus by Jack Kaufman (Cliff Friend / Lew Brown)	10-8-1926	New York, New York	Harmony 279-H
Here Comes Malinda	3-11-1926	New York, New York	Harmony 147-H
He's The Last Word	12-31-1926	New York, New York	Harmony 327-H
Hi-Ho The Merrio! (As Long As She Loves Me) (Vocal Chorus by Irving Kaufman) (Lew Brown / Benny Davis / Con Conrad)	5-6-1926	New York, New York	Harmony 176-H
Honey Bunch	3-30-1926	New York, New York	Harmony 163-H
I Ain't That Kind Of A Baby (The Westerners) (Kahal / Britt / Fain)	6-23-1927	New York, New York	Harmony 447-H
I Don't Believe You	1-30-1928	New York, New York	Harmony 600-H
I Found A Roundabout Way To Heaven	3-30-1926	New York, New York	Harmony
I'd Rather Cry Over You (Than Smile At Somebody Else) (Dougherty / Ponce)	5-3-1928	New York, New York	Harmony 644 Velvet Tone 1644-V
If I'd Only Believed In You	10-22-1926	New York, New York	Harmony 298-H
If You See Sally Vocal Chorus by Tom Frawley (Dounaldson / Kahn / Egan)	12-31-1926	New York, New York	Harmony 338-H
I Love The Moonlight	11-18-1926	New York, New York	Harmony 298-H
I'm In Love Again	6-23-1927	New York, New York	Harmony 450 Diva 2450-G
I'm Tellin' The Birds, Tellin' The Bees (The Westerners)	11-18-1926	New York, New York	Harmony 297-H
I'm Walking Around In Circles (Lewis / Young / Phillips)	6-17-1926	New York, New York	Harmony 210-H
In A Little Garden (You Made Paradise)	7-16-1926	New York, New York	Harmony 225-H
I Never Knew What The Moonlight Could Do (Coslow / Spier)	9-17-1926	New York, New York	Harmony 258-H
In The Evening	4-4-1928	New York, New York	Harmony 630-H
In The Sweet Bye And Bye	2-29-1928	New York, New York	Harmony 605-H
It All Depends On You (Buddy De Sylva / Lew Brown / Ray Henderson)	1-31-1927	New York, New York	Harmony 355-H
It Was Only A Sun Shower (Synder / Kahal / Wheeler)	8-25-1927	New York, New York	Harmony 479-H
I Wonder How I Look When I'm Asleep (Buddy De Sylva / Lew Brown / Ray Henderson)	1-31-1927	New York, New York	Harmony 355-H
Lay Me Down To Sleep In Carolina (Milton Ager / Jack Yellen)	8-20-1926	New York, New York	Harmony 242-H
Leonora (Silver)	6-23-1927	New York, New York	Harmony Diva 2450-G
Let A Smile Be Your Umbrella On A Rainy Day (Fain / Kahal / Wheeler)	12-23-1927	New York, New York	Harmony 564-H Diva 2564-G
Let's Talk About My Sweetie	2-10-1926	New York, New York	Harmony 120-H
Lonely Acres In The West (Robison)	10-8-1926	New York, New York	Harmony 272-H
Make My Cot Where The Cot-Cot-Cotton Grows (Le Soir / Doll / Klein)	10-26-1927	New York, New York	Harmony 536 Diva 2536-G
Mary Lou Vocal Chorus by Bob Thomas (Lyman / Waggner / Robinson)	8-20-1926	New York, New York	Harmony 243-H
Moonlight Lane (Francis / Clogau / Green)	1-30-1928	New York, New York	Harmony 609-H
My Barcelona (Kahn / Evans)	6-17-1926	New York, New York	Harmony 202-H
My Heart Keeps Speaking Of Love	5-3-1928	New York, New York	Harmony
My Ohio Home (Walter Donaldson / Gus Kahn)	12-23-1927	New York, New York	Harmony 564-H Diva 2564-G
My Regular Gal (The Westerners)	2-24-1927	New York, New York	Harmony 366-H
Nesting Time	2-24-1927	New York, New York	Harmony 365-H
Oh! You Lulu Belle	3-11-1926	New York, New York	Harmony 140-H
Old Man Sunshine (Warren / Dixon)	5-31-1928	New York, New York	Harmony 661-H
Our Bungalow Of Dreams (The Westerners)	12-23-1927	New York, New York	Harmony 570-H
Rainbow Of Love (waltz)	9-29-1927	New York, New York	Harmony 508-H
Sa-Lu-Ta! (6/8 One-Step) (Gus Kahn / Walter Donaldson)	5-23-1927	New York, New York	Harmony 429-H
Sevilla	6-17-1926	New York, New York	Harmony 202-H
She Knows Her Onions	8-20-1926	New York, New York	Harmony 241-H 142552-1
She's A Great, Great Girl (The Westerners)	2-29-1928	New York, New York	Harmony 611-H
Show That Fellow The Door	3-30-1926	New York, New York	Harmony 159-H
Side By Side Vocal chorus by Irving Kaufman (Harry Woods)	3-21-1927	New York, New York	Harmony 390-H
Someday You'll Know	1-30-1928	New York, New York	Harmony 600-H
Someday You'll Say "O. K.!" (Walter Donaldson)	8-25-1927	New York, New York	Harmony 479-H
Someone Is Losin' Susan (Meyer / Turk)	7-16-1926	New York, New York	Harmony 223-H
Summertime Sweethearts (Where Do They Go In The Fall)	11-28-1927	New York, New York	Harmony 546-H
Sunday (Miller / Cohn / Stein / Krueger)	10-22-1926	New York, New York	Harmony 288-H
Sweet Sue - Just You (The Westerners) (Young / Harris)	4-4-1928	New York, New York	Harmony 638-H
Take In The Sun, Hang Out The Moon (The Westerners)	11-18-1926	New York, New York	Harmony 297-H
That's Just My Way Of Forgetting You Vocal chorus by Frank Bessinger (Buddy De Sylva / Lew Brown / Ray Henderson)	5-31-1928	New York, New York	Harmony 661-H
That's My Hap-Hap-Happiness	2-24-1927	New York, New York	Harmony 365-H
The Far-Away Bells (The Westerners)	3-21-1927	New York, New York	Harmony 402-H
There Ain't No Land Like Dixieland (Walter Donaldson)	9-29-1927	New York, New York	Harmony 504-H
There's A Cradle In Caroline (Samuel Lewis / Fred Ahlert / Joseph Young)	9-29-1927	New York, New York	Harmony 504-H
There's Something Nice About Everyone, But There's Everything Nice About You	1-31-1927	New York, New York	Harmony 358-H
Thinking Of You	10-26-1927	New York, New York	Harmony 523-H
To-Night's My Night With Baby (Vocal Chorus by Irving Kaufman) (Meyer / Buttenuth / Caesar)	5-6-1926	New York, New York	Harmony 176-H
Under The Moon	5-23-1927	New York, New York	Harmony 429-H
Up In The Clouds	10-26-1927	New York, New York	Harmony 523-H
Who Could Be More Wonderful Than You? (Silver / Davis)	9-17-1926	New York, New York	Harmony 253-H
Wimmin - Aaah! (Eddie Cantor / Fred Fisher)	2-10-1926	New York, New York	Harmony 121-H
You Need Someone To Love (Olson / Kilfeather / Frey)	5-6-1926	New York, New York	Harmony 186-H

Artist	Instrument
Larry Abbott	Clarinet, Alto Saxophone, Kazoo
Bix Beiderbecke	Cornet
Vic Berton	Drums
Frank Black	Piano
John Cali	Banjo
Chuck Campbell	Trombone
Tony Colucci	Banjo
Hymie Farberman	Trumpet
Arthur Fields	Vocal
Jimmy Flynn	Vocal
Tommy Gott	Trumpet
The Harmony Brothers	Vocal
Lewis James	Vocal
Dick Johnson	Clarinet, Alto Saxophone
Billy Jones	Vocal
Irving Kaufman (Jack Wilson)	Vocal
Jack Kaufman	Vocal
Manny Klein	Trumpet
Sam Lanin	Musical Director
Fud Livingston	Clarinet, Tenor Saxophone
Miff Mole	Trombone
Chuck Muller	Clarinet, Tenor Saxophone
Don Murray	Clarinet, Alto Saxophone
Red Nichols	Trumpet, Cornet
Chelsea Quealey	Trumpet
Bill Rank	Trombone
Frank Signorelli	Clarinet, Alto Saxophone
Lucien Smith	Clarinet, Alto Saxophone
Joe Tarto	Tuba or Sousaphone
Frankie Trumbauer	C-Melody Saxophone
Joe Venuti	Violin

A special thanks to Verne Buland and Dennis Pereya for their help with this page.