Honeymoon Lane - Victor Light Opera Company (1926)
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Gems from the Broadway show "Honeymoon Lane."
Honeymoon Lane opened on September 20, 1926, at the Knickerbocker Theater.
In the middle of the disc, Johnny Marvin sings "Jersey Walk" and then "scats" (see below for more details).
Recorded on December 16, 1926, in Camden, New Jersey
Singers in the Victor Light Opera Company from 1925 to 1930 include Lewis James, Franklyn Baur, Elliott Shaw, Wilfred Glenn, Richard Crooks, Lambert Murphy, Della Baker, Olive Kline, Gladys Rice, Elsie Baker, Royal Dadmun, and Billy Murray.
This was conducted by Rosario Bourdon.
Uncharacteristic in a Victor Light Opera Company production is Johnny Marvin's performance in "Gems From 'Honeymoon Lane'" (35811).
He first sings "Jersey Walk" and then "scats" a chorus while playing a ukulele.
Marvin was in the stage production of Honeymoon Lane, which opened on September 20, 1926, and the Victor recording was made a few months later, on December 16.
The group of singers who recorded for Victor, from mid-1909 into the 1930s, medleys from popular light operas, musical comedies, revues, and even early musical motion pictures was known collectively as the Victor Light Opera Company.
Typically a chorus of voices opens a performance, a few soloists or duos are given less than a minute each to deliver the chorus of a hit song from the featured musical show, and the chorus returns to deliver the finale.
Soloists are not identified on labels for Victor Light Opera Company productions, which is curious. Had individuals been identified on labels, the company might have been more widely regarded as an all-star ensemble of record artists.
Titles from 1909 include "Gems From 'Havana'" (31744), "Gems From 'The Beauty Spot'" (31745), "Gems From The Prince of Tonight" (31748), "Gems From 'The Dollar Princess'" (31751), "Gems From 'A Broken Idol'" (31757), and "Gems From 'The Golden Girl'" (31758). Other typical titles are "Gems From 'The Country Girl'" (31838, 1911), "Gems From `Naughty Marietta'" (31852, 1912), and "Gems From `Leave It To Jane'" (35666, 1918).
Many discs in Victor's "Gems" series make available the only recordings of songs from shows that were once popular but are now mostly forgotten.
The "Gems" series began at a time when American musical theater was becoming distinctly American, with fewer musical comedies being mere imitations of European models. Around 1910 Viennese operetta remained a powerful influence on American musical theater, and the Victor Light Opera Company did record medleys of shows by Franz Lehár, Emmerich Kálmán, Oscar Straus, and similar composers.
However, composers offering musical scores with a distinctly American flavor were also emerging, Jerome Kern making his special contributions to American musical comedy within a few years. Medleys of several Kern shows are performed by the Victor Light Opera Company, beginning with The Girl From Utah in 1914.
Each show that was given a medley treatment by the Victor Light Opera Company wa
Honeymoon Lane opened on September 20, 1926, at the Knickerbocker Theater.
In the middle of the disc, Johnny Marvin sings "Jersey Walk" and then "scats" (see below for more details).
Recorded on December 16, 1926, in Camden, New Jersey
Singers in the Victor Light Opera Company from 1925 to 1930 include Lewis James, Franklyn Baur, Elliott Shaw, Wilfred Glenn, Richard Crooks, Lambert Murphy, Della Baker, Olive Kline, Gladys Rice, Elsie Baker, Royal Dadmun, and Billy Murray.
This was conducted by Rosario Bourdon.
Uncharacteristic in a Victor Light Opera Company production is Johnny Marvin's performance in "Gems From 'Honeymoon Lane'" (35811).
He first sings "Jersey Walk" and then "scats" a chorus while playing a ukulele.
Marvin was in the stage production of Honeymoon Lane, which opened on September 20, 1926, and the Victor recording was made a few months later, on December 16.
The group of singers who recorded for Victor, from mid-1909 into the 1930s, medleys from popular light operas, musical comedies, revues, and even early musical motion pictures was known collectively as the Victor Light Opera Company.
Typically a chorus of voices opens a performance, a few soloists or duos are given less than a minute each to deliver the chorus of a hit song from the featured musical show, and the chorus returns to deliver the finale.
Soloists are not identified on labels for Victor Light Opera Company productions, which is curious. Had individuals been identified on labels, the company might have been more widely regarded as an all-star ensemble of record artists.
Titles from 1909 include "Gems From 'Havana'" (31744), "Gems From 'The Beauty Spot'" (31745), "Gems From The Prince of Tonight" (31748), "Gems From 'The Dollar Princess'" (31751), "Gems From 'A Broken Idol'" (31757), and "Gems From 'The Golden Girl'" (31758). Other typical titles are "Gems From 'The Country Girl'" (31838, 1911), "Gems From `Naughty Marietta'" (31852, 1912), and "Gems From `Leave It To Jane'" (35666, 1918).
Many discs in Victor's "Gems" series make available the only recordings of songs from shows that were once popular but are now mostly forgotten.
The "Gems" series began at a time when American musical theater was becoming distinctly American, with fewer musical comedies being mere imitations of European models. Around 1910 Viennese operetta remained a powerful influence on American musical theater, and the Victor Light Opera Company did record medleys of shows by Franz Lehár, Emmerich Kálmán, Oscar Straus, and similar composers.
However, composers offering musical scores with a distinctly American flavor were also emerging, Jerome Kern making his special contributions to American musical comedy within a few years. Medleys of several Kern shows are performed by the Victor Light Opera Company, beginning with The Girl From Utah in 1914.
Each show that was given a medley treatment by the Victor Light Opera Company wa