Ace Brigode Recordings

Ace Brigode’s band varied in number and players. His band included Eddie Allen, Ignaz Berber, Fred Brohez, Nick Cortez, Lucien Criner, Al Delaney, Penn Fay, Mark Fisher, Cliff Gamet, Billy Hayes, Gene Fogarthy, Jeremy Freshour, Don Juille, Teddy King, Abe Lincoln, Bud Lincoln, Happy Masefield, Dillon Ober, Max Pitt, John Poston, C. Sexton, Frank Skinner, Bob Tinsley, Al Tresize, Dick Ulm,^[1] Ray Welch, and others. On some labels the recordings are attributed to other names such as Corona Dance Orchestra and Denza Dance Band.^[2]

Ace Brigode & his Ten Virginians

1923

November 26 (Okeh Records)

• You, Darling, You
• Oklahoma Indian Jazz
• Dreams Daddy
• More

Ace Brigode & his Fourteen Virginians

1924

c. March 18 (Okeh Records)

• Colorado-Waltz
• Monavanna

April 4 (Okeh Records)

• Never Again
• Don’t Mind the Rain

c. June 30 (Okeh Records)

• Don’t Take Your Troubles to Bed
• Only You!

c. August 13 (Okeh Records)

• Dreary Weather
• Follow the Swallow

c. October 13 (Okeh Records)

• Bye Bye, Baby
• A Sun-Kist Cottage (in California)

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1925

January 13 (Columbia Records)

• Alabamy Bound
• A Sun-Kist Cottage (in California)

January 23 (Edison Records)

• Ever-Lovin’ Bee
• In the Shade of a Sheltering Tree

February 20 (Edison Records)

• Tokio Blues
• I’ll See You in My Dreams

March 10 (Columbia Records)

• What a Smile Can Do
• When I Think of You

March 25 (Edison Records)

• Fooling
• When I Think of You

c. April 24 (Cameo Records)

• My Sugar
• Wondering

April 30 (Columbia Records)

• Sleeping Beauty’s Wedding
• Yes, Sir! That’s My Baby v.2

June 2 (Columbia Records)

• Wait’ll it’s Moonlight
• Make Those Naughty Eyes Behave

July 15 (Columbia Records)

• Alone at Last
• I’m Tired of Everything but You

c. September 1 (Cameo Records)

• Close Your Eyes
• Tweedle-Dee, Tweedle-Doo (You’ll Love Me, I’ll Love You)

October 6 (Columbia Records)

• Normandy
• Why Aren’t Yez Eatin’ More Oranges?

Ace Brigode and his Orchestra

1940

January 23 (Vocalion Records)

• Charley, My Boy
• Why Shuold [sic?] I Cry Over You?
• I’m Givin’ You Warning
• You Know You Belong To Somebody Else (So Why Don’t You Leave Me Alone?)

References

1. Leedy Drum Topics, Number 20, July 1930, Page four
2. Rust, Brian (1975). The American Dance Band Discography 1917-1942. New Rochelle, New York: Arlington House Publishers. pp. 193–194. ISBN 978-0-87000-248-9.
3. Laird, Ross; Brian Rust (2004-07-30). Discography or OKeh Records, 1918-1934. Westport, Connecticut: Praeger Publishing. ISBN 978-0-313-31142-0.