Arnold Johnson and his Orchestra "After My Laughter Came Tears"

YouTube ^ | 28 Feb 1928 | Arnold Johnson

[Arthur McGowan]

Arnold Johnson and his Orchestra play "After My Laughter Came Tears," recorded on February 28, 1928.

[katnip]

Great old music. The introduction is quite long before the lyrics. I was beginning to think that there weren’t any.

[Fungi]

Thank you.

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[Fiji Hill]

Thanks for posting that. I especially like the vocal arrangement. This was a hit for a number of acts in the early spring of ‘28.

[Fiji Hill]

Ten of my favorite songs from 1928

• Little Mother--Vaughn De Leath

• Slue Foot--The Coon-Sanders Nighthawks

• Kashmiri Moon--Elliot Jacoby & His Orchestra

• Little Marian Parker--Al Craver (Vernon Dalhart)

• Golden Gate--Herb Wiedoeft & His Orchestra

• Stay Out of the South--The Coon-Sanders Nighthawks

• Creole Love Call--Duke Ellington & His Orchestra

• The Porto Rico Storm--The Carson Robison Trio

• Deep Moaning Blues--Gertrude "Ma" Rainey & The Tub Jug Washboard Band

• Nagasaki--Nat Shilkret & the Victor Orchestra

[greene66]

I like Herb Wiedoeft too. His band has such a nice, lilting sound. Items like “Swing Along” and “Trianon.” I guess that was the style of the west coast bands. Always reminds me of the background music to the old Hal Roach shorts of the early-30s. Wiedoeft’s earlier (acoustic) version of “Cinderella Blues” from 1923 is a favorite of mine.

But isn’t Coon-Sanders “Sluefoot” from 1927? I used to make my own 90-minute cassette tapes for listening, devoted to individual years, and recall that one on my 1927 tape. Such a surreal recording. When I’ve played it for people, it always seems to flummox them. It’s just so quirky, and harshly vibrant, in a variety of ways.

[Fiji Hill]

"Sluefoot" was recorded in December, 1927 at the Hotel Baltimore in Kansas City, but judging from the serial number on the record, it was apparently released sometime in the early months of '28.