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Roaring 20s: Roger Wolfe Kahn's Orch. - You Told Me To Go, 1925

1,522 views · Published 25 September 2015 · 3:22 · Indexed 6 November 2026

Channel: 240252 · 2015 · Music

You Told Me To Go, Fox-trot (Segdwick-Lyman-Cohen) – Roger Wolfe Kahn and His Hotel Biltmore Orchestra, Vocal refrain by Franklyn Baur, Victor 1925 (USA)

NOTE: This almost completely forgotten tune has been however rewarded by the awesome performer. Roger Wolfe’s Kahn dance orchestra belonged to the elitary group of the best paid and most valued American dance orchestras in the Jazz Age. In 1923, Roger - son of the Wall Street tycoon, the educated violinist, self-taught multinstrumentalist and composer - was presented with a dance orchestra by his father. It was Arthur Lange’s dance band, to which several first row musicians of the day were added, including Red Nichols, Gene Krupa, Jack Teagarden, Morton Downey, Joe Venuti, Tommy Dorsey. For one year, Roger rehearsed with his new band in his father’s mansion, before their first public appearance at the Bohemian Cabaret in New York, in 1924. Ever since, he fronted the most fashionable night clubs and restaurants in Madison Avenue and 43rd Street area, including Biltmore Hotel in New York. Kahn's other great passion was aviation. His future career in this field is foretold in a short scene in the film The Yacht Party (1932), in which he pilots a biplane. In the mid 1930s he gave up his orchestra and became a test pilot for Grumman Aviation. He tested many of the fighter planes used by American fliers in World War II. He later became Grumman's director of service and product support. Kahn died in New York City In 1962.

Roaring 20s: Roger Wolfe Kahn's Orch. - You Told Me To Go, 1925

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