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Kaplan's Melodists
Carry Me Back To Old Virginny / The Old Oaken Bucket

Single US 1926 on Edison Records label
Jazz and Pop

"Carry Me Back To Old Virginny" (matrix 10804/Side R) was cut by Kaplan in the Edison Studio in Manhattan's Knickerbocker Building located at 5th Avenue & 16th Street (75-79 Fifth Avenue) in New York on January 29 of 1926 & was also issued on Edison Sample Record Number 6 (a 12" record that included other tracks by other artists) & Edison Blue Amberol cylinder 5116. On that same date & the same studios, Kaplan also cut 3 rejected takes of "The Old Oaken Bucket" (matrix 10805). However, he remade "The Old Oaken Bucket" (with James Doherty added for the arrangement) (matrix 10868/Side L) on March 5 of 1926, which was also issued on Edison Blue Amberol cylinder 5155. Coupling (listing) date = March 19, 1926. The information about the recordings is provided by Richard Johnson & Bernard Shirley's American Dance Bands On Record & Film.

Musicians

	Kaplan's Melodists , album by
	Nathan Glantz sax, bcl, as, tenor saxophone, uncredited, soprano saxophone, uncredited, alto saxophone, uncredited
	Dave Kaplan , piano, directed by, arranged by, conductor, leader
	Donald Chalmers voc, b, US vocals
	James Doherty voc, vocals
	Samuel Woodworth , words by, lyrics by

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