[78-L] Goodman, Henderson, and Lippman (was: Artie Shaw)

[Geoffrey Wheeler]

Mike Biel asks:  “You don't happen to remember the form of those discs, 
do you?” I have notes somewhere on these recordings but I was checking 
the booklet in Circle CCD-50 Benny Goodman and His Orchestra 1935 from 
the famous “Let’s Dance” Broadcasts. First Release.” The dubs for this 
CD were done by Bill Savory; Bill’s wife, Helen Ward, wrote the notes. 
Bill gave me the CD. Reproduced in the booklet is a red-and-white label 
from Radio Recording Studio, 1619 Broadway, New York City for February 
2, 1935. This may be a lacquer disc; all of the aluminum discs I have 
seen have not had labels. The photo on the cover shows Goodman and Ward 
in a dancers’ embrace. Ward looks uncomfortable. Bill Savory told me 
that even though they did not marry, he thought Ward was Goodman’s most 
enduring romantic interest. Based on what I have learned, it is my 
guess that the reason Ward married hastily and left the band at the end 
of December 1936 was because Goodman told her he could not marry: He 
had a new band to think about.

The playlist for performances taken from broadcasts February through 
May 1935 is:

Let’s Dance
Hunkadola
Pardon My Love, vocal Helen Ward
Three Little Words
Clouds, vocal Ray Hendrickson
Star Dust
I Got Rhythm
She’s a Latin from Manhattan, vocal Helen Ward
Japanese Sandman
When My Baby Smiles at Me, vocal Toots Mondello
Livin’ in a Great Big Way, vocal Helen Ward
Farewell Blues
If the Moon Turns Green, vocal Ray Hendrickson
I Know That You Know
I Surrender Dear
Right About Face, vocal Helen Ward
Walk, Jenny, Walk
Every Little Moment, vocal Helen Ward
I Was Lucky, vocal Helen Ward
Sweet Georgia Brown
King Porter Stomp
Dixieland Band, vocal Helen Ward
Bugle Call Rag

Geoffrey Wheeler