Ben Pollack - Sweetheart We Need Each Other

Added: Jun 8, 2008

From: kspm01

Duration: 3:6

Although I've already uploaded this song in Fred Rich's rendition, by special request I presently post the superb Pollack & His Park Central Orchestra version. Drummer Ben Pollack led outstanding bands from the mid-twenties through the swing era. His eye for talent led him to either discover or employ, at one time or another, musicians such as Benny Goodman, Jack Teagarden, Glenn Miller, Jimmy McPartland and Harry James. He had his first opportunity to perform in the New Orleans Rhythm Kings, a top jazz outfit, in the early '20s. In 1924 he played for several outfits, which ultimately led to his forming a band there in 1925. Benny Goodman began working with Pollack in 1925 as well. In 1926, Pollack recorded for Victor. Many of his records were good sellers. From about 1928, with involvement with Irving Mills, members of Pollack's band moonlighted at Plaza-ARC and recorded a vast quantity of hot dance and jazz for their dime store labels Banner, Perfect, Domino, Cameo, Lincoln, Romeo, and others using colorful names like Mills' Merry Makers, Goody's Good Timers, Kentucky Grasshoppers, Mills' Musical Clowns, The Lumberjacks, Dixie Daises, The Caroliners, The Whoopee Makers, The Hotsy Totsy Gang, Dixie Jazz Band, and Jimmy Bracken's Toe Ticklers, and many others. Most of these records are usually listed in discographical books as by Irving Mills. The rare Jack Teagarden's Music book lists them properly as being a "Ben Pollack Unit". Pollack left Victor in late 1929 and subsequently recorded for most of the other labels Hit Of The Week (1930), the above listed dime store labels (1930-1931), Victor (1933), Columbia (1933-1934), Brunswick, Vocalion and Variety (1936) and Decca (1937-1938). The band played in Chicago, mainly, and moved to New York City around the fall of 1928, having obtained McPartland and Teagarden around that time. This outfit enjoyed immense success, playing for Broadway shows, and having an exclusive engagement at the Park Central Hotel. Soon afterward, things began to become difficult for Ben Pollack. The Stock Market Crash of 1929, and subsequent effects on the music industry as a whole, had a negative effect; changes in personnel were also inevitable. Benny Goodman and Jimmy McPartland left the band in the summer of 1929, either fired or quit, depending on whose story is to be believed. They were replaced by Matty Matlock on clarinet and Jack Teagarden's brother, Charlie, on trumpet. Eddie Miller was also signed as a tenor saxophonist in 1930. More changes came for the band in the spring of 1933 when trombone star Jack Teagarden gave his notice during an engagement in Chicago. It was not long after that, possibly a year, when the rest of the musicians decided to leave Pollack, They re-formed soon after as a co-operative band, fronted by Bing Crosby's brother, Bob. Pollack re-formed his band eventually, and had some top-flight talent, including Harry James and Irving Fazola in it, but never really achieved any of the success of his earlier bands. In the early 40's, Pollack was the organizer for a band led by comedian Chico Marx. He tried to organize the Jewel Records label, and at other venues, including restaurants on the Sunset Strip in Hollywood and in Palm Springs. In later years, unfortunately Pollack suffered from severe depression, and he eventually took his life in 1971. As for this superb record, it was made for Victor on August 22nd, 1929. Exquisite vocal by Burt Lorin (a pseudonym of Harold "Scrappy" Lambert). Further personnel included (although not all on this particular record: Ray Bauduc, drums; Al Beller and Ed Bergman, violin; Larry Binyon, clarinet, tenor saxophone and flute; Vic Briedis, piano; Benny Goodman, Matty Matlock and Joe Catalyne, clarinet and alto saxophone; Harry Goodman, brass bass; Al Harris and Jimmy McPartland, cornet; Dick Morgan, banjo; Charlie Teagarden, Snub Pollard, Murphy Steinberg and Ruby Weinstein, trumpet; Gil Rodin, alto saxophone; Bill Schumann, cello, as well as Jack Teagarden, trombone.

Channel: Music

Tags: 78rpm  ben  central  each  need  orchestra  other  park  pollack  sweetheart  we 

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