Since sound in my previous upload of this lovely song got seriously distorted at some point years after sharing it, here is a repost of it. This band, led by Jack Albin, had a long term engagement at New York City's Hotel Pennsylvania during the early 1930s. Although Albin was quite popular, very little is known of him today. He did record extensively for many labels. This was recorded in 1930, and the refrain is sung by Bill Coty. Thanks to a fascinating article by 'Crown Records' on FB, an extensive biography is now available about this discreet but outstanding vocalist (check https://www.facebook.com/crownartists/posts/286689271536217). He states a.o. "William Isaac Coty was born 12 December 1891 in Winchester, Massachusetts, third of five children born to Henry Coty (Coté) and Maria Boudreau, both French Canadians. (...)" He "was a clerk in a hardware store in 1910, but by 1912 he was working in the Boston office of the music publishing firm J.H. Remick, first as a clerk, then as vocalist. He was a manager at Remick by the time he married Alice Donovan 1 July 1914.1915 was a year of tragedy for Coty. His wife Alice died in childbirth 8 February at their home in Somerville. Their infant daughter, also named Alice, died 14 June at the home of Bill's parents in Winchester. (...) In Cambridge in 1920, he married Anna Isabel DeLory, a French Canadian from Georgetown, Prince Edward Island. They had a son and daughter in Cambridge. In 1924-25, Bill Coty and Jack Armstrong sang as a team over Boston's WBZ, sometimes on programs with Leo Reisman's Hotel Brunswick Orchestra. By 1927 Coty was a Boston manager for (...) Jack Mills, and that year sang with Ann Gershon on WBET in Boston. In 1928 another New York publisher, Donaldson, Douglas & Gumble, Inc., put Bill in charge of its Boston office. By the middle of 1929, Coty was performing on radio and records in New York. His no-nonsense, open throated vocals adorn several sides including two well known discs by the McKinney band for Victor. Crown records labeled as by Jack Albin's Hotel Pennsylvania Orchestra also feature Coty, but it's not clear whether he performed with the band at its steady gig. (...) Coty recorded his last Crown sides in early 1933. Broadcasting magazine of 15 January 1933 reported that Radio Features Syndicate had recorded a series of pre-packaged radio programs, featuring an orchestra conducted by Harry Salter, with vocals by Coty and the Personality Quartet. The discs sponsored by Adolph Gobel meat products and the Milford Garter Co. were to be "placed on various stations." By the mid 1930s, Coty was employed by Select Music Publications, Inc.". By the 1940s Coty was working for George Joy, of the publishing firm Santly-Joy, Inc. (...) Coty became Hollywood rep for George Joy's Oxford Music Corp. But later that year he was named West coast rep for Larry Shayn's Beverly Music. In 1948, Coty was hired by Ralph S. Peer's Southern Music, also as West coast rep.".
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