This record has the unique distinction of having Billboard #1 hits on both sides!
By 1919, “jazzing up” of slower tunes was well-established device of American arrangers. Ragtime versions of classical tunes were popular with bands of the day, and here we have a one-step version of the waltz Beautiful Ohio (which held the Billboard #1 spot for 14 weeks that year and is now the state song of Ohio). Beautiful Ohio was written by Mary Earl, a pseudonym for Robert A. “Bobo” King. If the arranger of this clever take is not King himself, it is not noted.
| Performer: | Columbia Saxophone Quartet |
| Label: | Columbia |
| Date: | 7/21/1919 |
| Subtitle: | Waltz (Kenbrovin-Kellette). Introducing "Lamp of Love" (Jean Schwartz) |
| Catalog: | A2784 |
| Matrix: | 78583 |
| Flip Side: | Beautiful Ohio Blues |
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