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Herb Wiedoeft's Cinderella Roof Orch. - Ev'rything Is Hotsy Totsy Now, 1925

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Herb Wiedoeft's Cinderella Roof Orchestra, Vocal Chorus by Clyde Lucas  - Ev'rything Is Hotsy Totsy Now, Fox Trot (Jimmy McHugh /Irving Mills) Brunswick 1925 (USA)

NOTE: NOTE: Herb (Herbert Arthur) WIEDOEFT b.1886 in Germany, Europe  - d. 1928, USA)  American bandleader of the German ioorigin, who led one of the best jazz dance bands in West Coast, in 1920s. He came from a family of gifted musicians. They were settled in Detroit, Michigan before  they moved do LA, California in 1903. Herb's brothers were Gerhardt and Adolph (nicknamed "Gay" and "Ad") who later, played as sidemen in his band (Gerhardt on string bass and Adolph on percussion and xylophone). Rudy, the youngest of four brothers, was later a famous saxophone virtuose during the early jazz era. Their sister, Erica, was a pianist. Herb Wiedoeft started his first orchestra before 1915. His band played for most of its time at the Cinderella Roof Ballroom in the Los Angeles Biltmore Hotel. The band's name and the theme song "Cinderella Blues", came from this venue. They recorded for Brunswick Records, toured in Chicago and New York and quickly earned a national reputation. Their first record for Brunswick was "Cinderella Blues"/ "Shine",the latter being the first recording of the song that had Lew Brown's revised lyrics. Clyde Lucas, who went on to form his own popular band in the 1930s and 1940s, started out as a singer and trombonist in the Herb Wiedoeft orchestra (some of Clyde's vocals were sometimes made in a humoristic and eccentric duet with his brother Luke). 

Artistic quality of all H. Wiedoeft's recordings prove his wonderful musical talent in abundances. The joyful danceband tempo with the ragtime, the Charleston and even the swing movements are delightful for every conoisseur of the hot jazz-dance music before Wall Street collapse. Unfortunately, in age of 42 Herb was killed a car accident in Medford, Oregon on 12 May 1928, when in a thick fog, his car skidded off the Madford-Klamath Falls highway. The trombonist Jesse Stafford took over the band, and released another 13 sides on Brunswick records under the name of the Jessie Stafford Orchestra. The band's history ends in 1937, when Stafford passed away from a heart attack. 
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James Francis McHUGH (1894 --1969) American composer of over 270 songs and one of most prolific composers of  in 1920-50.  His songs were recorded by such artists as Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald, Bing Crosby, Judy Garland, Billie Holiday, Nina Simone, Dinah Washington, Peggy Lee. After tryiong several jobs, including rehearsal pianist for the Boston Opera House, in 1921, at the age of 26, McHugh relocated to New York City where he was emploiyed as a professional manager with the prominent music publisher Jack Mills Inc.. McHugh published his first song "Emaline", and briefly teamed up with Irving Mills as The Hotsy Totsy Boys to write the hit song "Ev'rything Is Hotsy-Totsy Now". His most symbiotic musical relationship was with the school teacher and poet Dorothy Fields. Their first international success was the all-black Broadway musical Blackbirds of 1928 starring Adelaide Hall, which jump-started the fledgling duo's career with the memorable songs "I Can't Give You Anything But Love," "Diga Diga Doo" and "I Must Have That Man." Soon, that success was followed by many other hit compositions: to mention in 1930  "On the Sunny Side of the Street" for Lew Leslie's International Revue, and in 1932, "Don't Blame Me," which was featured in the Chicago revue Clowns In Clover. McHugh and Fields contributed title songs for films include "Cuban Love Song", "Dinner at Eight" and "Hooray For Love", as well "I'm in the Mood for Love" from 1935's Every Night at Eight.  He wrote "It's a most unusual day" for Jane Powell to sing in the film "A date with Judy" (1948),that became her trademark theme along her career. She sang it in 2010 with Pink Martini at the Hollywood Bowl.

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