St. Paul / Hammond / Rockford / ST. LOUIS / New York / New Orleans / St.Louis / Atlanta / San Diego / Chicago / /
Company
St. Louis Post Dispatch / 20th Century Fox / Russell / United Artists Theatres / Brunswick / Fox Coast West / General Phonograph Corporation / /
Continent
America / /
Country
United States / /
Currency
USD / /
Event
Person Travel / /
Facility
Arcadia Ballroom / /
IndustryTerm
modest electronics genius / /
Movie
Reaching For The Moon / /
MusicGroup
Madura / St / Windy City / What / /
Organization
Dancing Academy / October Other / Trimp’s Dancing Academy / Missouri Cotton Pickers / Trumbauer’s Orchestra / His Orchestra / Chauffeurs’ Club / Frankie Trumbauer’s Orchestra / Ambassador Bell Hops Orchestra / Rural Electricity Administration / Trimp’s Ambassador Bell Hops Orchestra / Joe Kayser’s Novelty Orchestra / Missouri Cotton Pickers at Trimp’s Dancing Academy / /
Person
Bartlett D. Sims / Jean Goldkette / Mervyn Sorensen / Ken Swerilas / George Pedigo / Ralph Williams / Vernon Brown / Flora Trimp Grahl / MYSTERY RECORD / Gene Rodemich / William Thornton Blue / Frederick Clement Laufketter / Sterling Bose / Freddie Two / Artie Gruner / Alma Rotter / Nick Dellow / Dolores del Rio / Freddie Laufketter / Lonnie Johnson / John R. T. Davies / Stuart Barrie / Frank van Nus / Cornelius Rapp / Carl Maus / Dewey Jackson / John Harrison / Frank Skinner / Ruth Shaffner / Ted Jansen / Rothberg Swerilas / David Smith / Frankie John / Charles Previn / Harry W. Trimp / Charlie Creath / Ernie Jung / Walter Donaldson / George W. Rapp / Spyros Skouras / Brian Rust / Miff Mole / Benny Goodman / Ralph Peer / Ernie Missouri Cotton Pickers / Louis Armstrong Hot Fives / Joe Kayser / David H. Silverman / Artie Shaw / Gennett / Victoria Spivey / Frankie Trumbauer / Dick Sudhalter / Cora Perkins / Charley Straight / George Skouras / Vince Giordano / Bell Hops / Half Pint / /
Position
President / drummer / pianist / Ambassador / blues guitarist and singer / diligent and arcane historian / renowned film score composer / clockmaker / bandleader and avid collector / dealer / OKeh engineer / becoming President / collector / dancing teacher / clarinettist and alto saxophonist / weighted spring governor / leader / ballroom manager / singer and comedian / trombone player / organist / member / /
A ST. LOUIS MYSTERY RECORD - OKEH? by Mark Berresford Armed with these two important sources, I was able to start to piece together the story of this unusual record and the musicians who made it. More importantly, it rap