One of the first renditions of this jazz standard, to be performed and recorded many times over the next several decades, recorded for Edison Labs on March 3 of 1923. It was written by Harry Warren (the same guy who would later
co-write the classics "Serenade in Blue" and "Chattanooga Choo Choo"), Edgar Leslie (co-wrote "Hello Hawaii How Are You" as well as the evergreen "For Me and My Gal"), and Ross Gorman (directed and played tenor sax in Paul Whiteman's
auxiliary band "the Virginians" as well as the "Six Black Diamonds"). The semi-Oriental motif in the beginning shows up on many records from the early 20s, thankfully this one doesn't go overboard, and then the arrangement changes
and the band gets a chance to shine a bit. One of Edison's generic outfits, with a constantly changing personnel pulled from who knows where at the time, the Broadway Dance Orchestra was a consistently good outfit. The disc itself
was in excellent condition, needing some rumble removed but not a lot of that in any case.
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