Roger Wolfe Khan & his Orchestra: "All By My Ownsome" (HMV 1927)

• Recorded: 14 July 1927, New York City • Vocals: Franklyn Baur (Tenor) • Composer: Roger Wolfe Kahn • Lyricist: Al Dubin • Label & Catalog Number: Victor, 20828-B Personnel on the recording: • Trumpet: Tommy Gott, Len McConville • Trombone: Miff Mole • Woodwinds (clarinet, saxophone, oboe, flute): Alfie Evans, Arnold Brilhart, Harold Sturr • Violin: Joe Venuti, Henry Garden, , • Cello: Herb Borodkin • Piano: Irving Brodsky • Banjo: Tony Colucci • Tuba: Arthur Campbell • Drums: Vic Berton ========================= Roger Wolfe Kahn (1907–1962) was an American jazz bandleader and composer. A child prodigy reportedly able to play 18 instruments, he founded his own orchestra at the age of 16 and became a star of dance music in the 1920s before later switching to aviation as a test pilot. ==================== Franklyn Baur (1903–1950) Franklyn Baur was one of the most popular tenors of the 1920s. Born in New York and trained in Amherst, he began his recording career in 1923 and recorded hundreds of songs for labels such as Victor, Columbia, and Brunswick. He also gained fame as a member of the Revelers, one of the most successful vocal groups of the 1920s, and as a soloist on the Firestone Hour radio show from 1928 to 1930.