California Ramblers
The California Ramblers were an American jazz group that recorded hundreds of songs for many different record labels throughout the 1920s. Four members of the band – Red Nichols, Jimmy Dorsey, Tommy Dorsey, and Adrian Rollini – went on to front big bands in later decades. The band was formed in 1921 by banjoist Ray Kitchenman. Its members were from Ohio but chose the name California Ramblers. The band was instantly successful and were one of the most prolific recording groups in the 1920s. In late 1924 the Ramblers signed a contract with Columbia Records and then, in conjunction with their manager Ed Kirkeby, agreed to waive all royalties to Columbia for the right to record for other companies under pseudonyms. They recorded for nearly every independent label in the U.S., Canada, and the UK, using over 100 unique aliases, Including The Golden Gate Orchestra, Varsity Eight, Stokers of Hades, and The Goofus Washboards. |
Birth and Death Data: Born Founded 1920
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1921 - 1938
Roles Represented in DAHR: Musical group
Notes: Known as the Merry Melody Men prior to 1921. Name frequently appears as Golden Gate Orchestra; other pseudonyms include Jerry Mason and his Californians, the Little Ramblers, the University Six, and the Louisiana Collegians.
See Also: Golden Gate Orchestra; California Ramblers; University Six and the California Rambler
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Recordings (Results 226-250 of 514 records)
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Columbia | 146934 | 10-in. | 8/31/1928 | Japanese mammy | Chuck Campbell and his Orchestra [California Ramblers] ; Robert Wood | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | Musical group | |
Columbia | 146935 | 10-in. | 8/31/1928 | To know you is to love you | Barney Trimble and his Oklahomans [California Ramblers] ; Lester Cortes | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | Musical group | |
Columbia | [W]146993 | 10-in. | 9/13/1928 | That's just my way of forgetting you | Gay Ellis ; University Six | Female vocal solo, with instrumental sextet | Musical group | |
Columbia | [W]146994 | 10-in. | 9/13/1928 | High up on a hill-top | Gay Ellis ; University Six | Female vocal solo, with instrumental sextet | Musical group | |
Columbia | 147129 | 10-in. | 10/11/1928 | My old girl's my new girl now | Golden Gate Orchestra [California Ramblers] ; Irving Kaufman | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | Musical group | |
Columbia | 147130 | 10-in. | 10/11/1928 | Don't be like that | Golden Gate Orchestra [California Ramblers] ; Irving Kaufman | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | Musical group | |
Columbia | 147166 | 10-in. | 10/30/1928 | Cross roads | Golden Gate Orchestra [California Ramblers] ; Billy Murray | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | Musical group | |
Columbia | 147167 | 10-in. | 10/30/1928 | Watching the clouds roll by | Golden Gate Orchestra [California Ramblers] ; Billy Murray | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | Musical group | |
Columbia | 147168 | 10-in. | 10/30/1928 | Me and the man in the moon | Golden Gate Orchestra [California Ramblers] ; Billy Murray | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | Musical group | |
Columbia | 147672 | 10-in. | 12/28/1928 | Glad rag doll | Golden Gate Orchestra [California Ramblers] ; Marvin Young [Irving Kaufman] | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | Musical group | |
Columbia | 147679 | 10-in. | 12/28/1928 | Please let me dream in your arms | Golden Gate Orchestra [California Ramblers] ; Irving Kaufman | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | Musical group | |
Columbia | 147701 | 10-in. | 12/6/1928 | Caressing you | California Ramblers ; Arthur Fields | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | Musical group | |
Columbia | 147702 | 10-in. | 12/6/1928 | My troubles are over | Arthur Fields ; Golden Gate Orchestra [California Ramblers] | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | Musical group | |
Columbia | 147703 | 10-in. | 12/6/1928 | Judy | Arthur Fields ; Golden Gate Orchestra [California Ramblers] | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | Musical group | |
Columbia | 147732 | 10-in. | 12/28/1928 | Give your little baby lots of lovin' | California Ramblers ; Irving Kaufman | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | Musical group | |
Columbia | 147734 | 10-in. | 12/28/1928 | Live and love | California Ramblers | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | Musical group | |
Columbia | 147735 | 10-in. | 12/28/1928 | You wouldn't fool me, would you? | Arthur Ross and his Westerners [California Ramblers] | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | Musical group | |
Columbia | 147910 | 10-in. | 2/1/1929 | Who wouldn't be jealous of you? | Golden Gate Orchestra [California Ramblers] | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | Musical group | |
Columbia | 147911 | 10-in. | 2/1/1929 | Weary river | Golden Gate Orchestra [California Ramblers] ; John Ryan | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | Musical group | |
Columbia | 147912 | 10-in. | 2/1/1929 | I'd rather be blue over you (Than be happy with somebody else) | Golden Gate Orchestra [California Ramblers] ; John Ryan | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | Musical group | |
Columbia | 148048 | 10-in. | 3/11/1929 | Who cares what you have been? | Golden Gate Orchestra [California Ramblers] ; Marvin Young [Irving Kaufman] | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | Musical group | |
Columbia | 148049 | 10-in. | 3/11/1929 | An eye-full of you | Golden Gate Orchestra [California Ramblers] ; Marvin Young [Irving Kaufman] | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | Musical group | |
Columbia | 148052 | 10-in. | 3/11/1929 | My sugar and me | Golden Gate Orchestra [California Ramblers] ; Marvin Young [Irving Kaufman] | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | Musical group | |
Columbia | 148381 | 10-in. | 4/26/1929 | Why can't you? | Tom Frawley ; Golden Gate Orchestra [California Ramblers] | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | Musical group | |
Columbia | 148382 | 10-in. | 4/26/1929 | Satisfied | Dick Burnett ; Golden Gate Orchestra [California Ramblers] | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | Musical group |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "California Ramblers," accessed October 5, 2024, https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/110586.
California Ramblers. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved October 5, 2024, from https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/110586.
"California Ramblers." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 5 October 2024.
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External Sources
Wikipedia: California Ramblers
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Allmusic: California Ramblers
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LCNAR: California Ramblers - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no97061457
Wikidata: California Ramblers - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1310206
VIAF: http://viaf.org/viaf/134477656
MusicBrainz: California Ramblers - https://musicbrainz.org/artist/ac2ae864-33c3-4dd8-872d-6c516cfc9db2
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