Hotel Tyler Orchestra

Eddie Fennell and Sugar Lou Morgan's Hotel Tyler Orchestra (circa 1920s-30s) was an early blues-tinged jazz band from Austin, Texas. The Hotel Tyler was in Tyler, Texas. One of the band's eleven 78 rpm phonograph record sides was "KWKH Blues," which was commissioned as a theme song for radio station KWKH in Shreveport, Louisiana. All eleven sides were recorded in Dallas, Texas in October 1929 and November 1930. Money Johnson was in the band early in his career. Regular members were: Henry Thompson (tp), Stanlee Hardee (tp), Albert Mitchell (tb), Adrian Kenney (as/bar), Charles "Sugar Lou" Morgan (p), Eddie Fennell (bj/vcl, arr), and Lee Scott (dr).

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1929 - 1930

Roles Represented in DAHR: Musical group

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Recordings

Company Matrix No. Size First Recording Date Title Primary Performer Description Role Audio
Brunswick DAL447 10-in. 10/24/1929 K.W.K.H. blues Eddie Fennell ; Hotel Tyler Orchestra ; Sugar Lou Morgan Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo Musical group  
Brunswick DAL448 10-in. 10/24/1929 Eddie and Sugar Lou stomp Eddie Fennell ; Hotel Tyler Orchestra ; Sugar Lou Morgan Jazz/dance band Musical group  
Brunswick DAL449 10-in. 10/24/1929 Yo yo blues Eddie Fennell ; Hotel Tyler Orchestra ; Sugar Lou Morgan Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo Musical group  
Brunswick DAL450 10-in. 10/24/1929 I never miss the sunshine Eddie Fennell ; Hotel Tyler Orchestra ; Sugar Lou Morgan Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo Musical group  
Brunswick DAL451 10-in. 10/24/1929 Sweet papa will be gone Eddie Fennell ; Hotel Tyler Orchestra ; Sugar Lou Morgan Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo Musical group  
Brunswick DAL452 10-in. 10/24/1929 There’ ll be some changes made Eddie Fennell ; Hotel Tyler Orchestra ; Sugar Lou Morgan Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo Musical group  
Brunswick DAL6798 10-in. Nov. 1930 Cruel mama blues Hotel Tyler Orchestra Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo Musical group  
Brunswick DAL6799 10-in. Nov. 1930 Sympathetic blues Hotel Tyler Orchestra Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo Musical group  
Brunswick DAL7000 10-in. Nov. 1930 Love song blues Hotel Tyler Orchestra Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo Musical group  
Brunswick DAL7001 10-in. Nov. 1930 Sorrowful blues Hotel Tyler Orchestra Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo Musical group  

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Hotel Tyler Orchestra," accessed November 19, 2024, https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/313506.

Hotel Tyler Orchestra. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 19, 2024, from https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/313506.

"Hotel Tyler Orchestra." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 19 November 2024.

DAHR Persistent Identifier

URI: https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/313506

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