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At Sundown (When Love is Calling You Home)
Words and Music by Walter Donaldson
Cliquot Club Eskimos under the direction of Harry Reser
Vocal chorus by Tom Stacks
Recorded February 26, 1927
Columbia 921-D
Harry F. Reser (1896 -- 1965) was an American banjo virtuoso and bandleader. Born in Piqua, Ohio, best known as the leader of The Clicquot Club Eskimos. The Clicquot Club Eskimos was a popular musical variety radio show, first heard in 1923, featuring a banjo orchestra directed by Reser. A popular ginger ale, Clicquot Club, was Canada Dry's main rival. Clicquot (pronounced "klee-ko") was the name of the Eskimo boy mascot depicted in advertisements and on the product. In the early 1920s, Reser's banjo performances on WEAF/New York were sometimes described by newspaper columnists as "sparkling," and this prompted WEAF production manager George Podeyn to approach the Clicquot company about sponsoring Reser's band. The policy of the U.S. Department of Commerce (which regulated radio broadcasting at that time), was that advertising on radio broadcasts was not allowed. However, the Eskimo theme was carried through whenever possible. Band members wore Eskimo outfits when performing before a studio audience, and barking dogs were a component of Reser's opening theme tune, "Clicquot Fox Trot March". The radio program aired on WEAF from 1923 to 1926, graduating in 1926 to NBC, where it was heard as a half-hour show on Thursday at 10 pm, then Thursday at 9pm (1927-28), Tuesday at 10 pm (1928-30) and Fridays at 9pm (1930-33).
At Sundown (When Love is Calling You Home)
Words and Music by Walter Donaldson
Cliquot Club Eskimos under the direction of Harry Reser
Vocal chorus by Tom Stacks
Recorded February 26, 1927
Columbia 921-D
Harry F. Reser (1896 -- 1965) was an American banjo virtuoso and bandleader. Born in Piqua, Ohio, best known as the leader of The Clicquot Club Eskimos. The Clicquot Club Eskimos was a popular musical variety radio show, first heard in 1923, featuring a banjo orchestra directed by Reser. A popular ginger ale, Clicquot Club, was Canada Dry's main rival. Clicquot (pronounced "klee-ko") was the name of the Eskimo boy mascot depicted in advertisements and on the product. In the early 1920s, Reser's banjo performances on WEAF/New York were sometimes described by newspaper columnists as "sparkling," and this prompted WEAF production manager George Podeyn to approach the Clicquot company about sponsoring Reser's band. The policy of the U.S. Department of Commerce (which regulated radio broadcasting at that time), was that advertising on radio broadcasts was not allowed. However, the Eskimo theme was carried through whenever possible. Band members wore Eskimo outfits when performing before a studio audience, and barking dogs were a component of Reser's opening theme tune, "Clicquot Fox Trot March". The radio program aired on WEAF from 1923 to 1926, graduating in 1926 to NBC, where it was heard as a half-hour show on Thursday at 10 pm, then Thursday at 9pm (1927-28), Tuesday at 10 pm (1928-30) and Fridays at 9pm (1930-33).
