1927 Vintage - Jack Payne & his Hotel Cecil Orchestra

Описание: 1927 Vintage – JACK PAYNE AND HIS HOTEL CECIL ORCHESTRA

1. I Love The College Girls – Vocal chorus by Jack Payne
2. ‘Deed I Do – Vocal chorus by Jack Payne & Sydney Nesbitt
3. I’m Coming Virginia - Vocal chorus by Jack Payne
4. Charmaine
5. Beedle-Um-Bo - Vocal chorus by Jack Payne
6. I Can’t Believe That You’re In Love With Me - Vocal chorus by Jack Payne
7. So Blue - Vocal chorus by Jack Payne
8. Souvenirs - Vocal chorus by Jack Payne

Before leading his famous BBC Dance Orchestra, Jack Payne was resident with his band at the Hotel Cecil in London for three years. At the time of making these recordings for Regal, Jack was well-established and regularly broadcast over the BBC from the grand hotel which stretched from The Strand to the Embankment where it stood next to, and dwarfed to some extent, the Savoy Hotel. Many of the illustrations in this video recall the Hotel Cecil itself, which was mostly demolished in 1930 and replaced by the Shell Mex building. The hotel had fallen behind the times and was finding it difficult to compete against the newer luxury hotels in the British capital. Jack himself recalled that even in his time not all guest rooms had running hot and cold water, while the neighbouring Savoy had a third tap for ice water; much demanded by American visitors. Even so, during Jack’s reign as director of the hotel’s dance music, the Cecil was a very popular establishment and the resident Orchestra in the vast Palm Court was a great attraction.

Here you can get a flavour of the music played at the Cecil in 1927. Usually I post selections of 6 recordings but as these performances are rather short, some at just two-and-a-half minutes each, I have included eight sides.

Recorded in 1927 for the Regal label, these recordings are long out-of-copyright. These sides have been remastered from original 78rpm discs by this user and are unique transfers. These cannot be copied or sold without the permission of Peter Wallace.