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You Call It Madness (But I Call it Love)
Composed by Con Conrad, Gladys Dubois, Russ Columbo, Paul Gregory
Jerry Fenwyck and His Orchestra (Ben Selvin), vocal chorus by Bobby Dix (Orlando Roberson)
Harmony 6500H
October 21, 1931
Ben Selvin, vn, dir / Manny Klein, tp / Tommy Dorsey, tb / Benny Goodman, as, cl, bcl / Louis Martin, as / Hymie Wolfson, cl, ts / Joe Venuti, vn / Rube Bloom, piano / Carl Kress, g / Ward Lay, sb / Gus Helleberg, d / Orlando Roberson, v
This Harmony recording (also released on Velvetone and Clarion) was part of Columbia Record demonstrating extended playing time of up to five minutes a side, on a 10-inch 78 RPM disk. These fine-groove records can be identified by matrix numbers in the 236000 series. Apparently very few were made.
"You Call it Madness" was the signature song for the American crooner, Russ Columbo, who recorded it for Victor on Sept. 3, 1931. It has also recorded by Smith Ballew, Mildred Bailey, Nat Cole, Sammy Kaye, Chick Bullock, Billy Eckstine, Elmer Feldkamp, Buddy Clark, and recently by Diana Krall.
Vocalist, Orlando Roberson (1909 - 1977) born in Tulsa, Oklahoma but moved as a young child with his family to Kansas City. After high school he entered Kansas University at Lawrence but left after three semesters to pursue opportunities in singing. His first job in a night club was in the Blue Hill Gardens in Kansas City (1927) and then to Chicago, where he became a soloist with the Sammy Stewart Orchestra at the Metropolitan Theatre, and night club work at the Apex Club with Jimmie Noone's Orchestra. In 1928 he left Chicago and played engagements in Columbus and Detroit, then arrived in New York. His first recording, "Lookin' for Another Sweetie,"was made in 1929 with Thomas "Fats" Waller and his Buddies. in 1931 he recorded with various Ben Selvin studio orchestras but never was credited on the label. Between 1932 and 1935 he joined as vocalist for Claude Hopkins and His Orchestra and recorded for the Columbia, Decca and Brunswick labels. In the mid 1930s he performed on several short films released by Vitaphone. He also did some radio work during this period. In 1937 he sang with Edgar Hayes and His Orchestra. In 1937 he sang with Edgar Hayes and His Orchestra. In 1938, Roberson suffered a throat ailment which prevented him from performing for several weeks. He served in the Army 1943-1946. During the 1950s and 1960s he sang as lead tenor in some of the Ink Spots spin-off groups.
Roberson preferred being called a "lyric tenor." He hated being called a crooner.
You Call It Madness (But I Call it Love)
Composed by Con Conrad, Gladys Dubois, Russ Columbo, Paul Gregory
Jerry Fenwyck and His Orchestra (Ben Selvin), vocal chorus by Bobby Dix (Orlando Roberson)
Harmony 6500H
October 21, 1931
Ben Selvin, vn, dir / Manny Klein, tp / Tommy Dorsey, tb / Benny Goodman, as, cl, bcl / Louis Martin, as / Hymie Wolfson, cl, ts / Joe Venuti, vn / Rube Bloom, piano / Carl Kress, g / Ward Lay, sb / Gus Helleberg, d / Orlando Roberson, v
This Harmony recording (also released on Velvetone and Clarion) was part of Columbia Record demonstrating extended playing time of up to five minutes a side, on a 10-inch 78 RPM disk. These fine-groove records can be identified by matrix numbers in the 236000 series. Apparently very few were made.
"You Call it Madness" was the signature song for the American crooner, Russ Columbo, who recorded it for Victor on Sept. 3, 1931. It has also recorded by Smith Ballew, Mildred Bailey, Nat Cole, Sammy Kaye, Chick Bullock, Billy Eckstine, Elmer Feldkamp, Buddy Clark, and recently by Diana Krall.
Vocalist, Orlando Roberson (1909 - 1977) born in Tulsa, Oklahoma but moved as a young child with his family to Kansas City. After high school he entered Kansas University at Lawrence but left after three semesters to pursue opportunities in singing. His first job in a night club was in the Blue Hill Gardens in Kansas City (1927) and then to Chicago, where he became a soloist with the Sammy Stewart Orchestra at the Metropolitan Theatre, and night club work at the Apex Club with Jimmie Noone's Orchestra. In 1928 he left Chicago and played engagements in Columbus and Detroit, then arrived in New York. His first recording, "Lookin' for Another Sweetie,"was made in 1929 with Thomas "Fats" Waller and his Buddies. in 1931 he recorded with various Ben Selvin studio orchestras but never was credited on the label. Between 1932 and 1935 he joined as vocalist for Claude Hopkins and His Orchestra and recorded for the Columbia, Decca and Brunswick labels. In the mid 1930s he performed on several short films released by Vitaphone. He also did some radio work during this period. In 1937 he sang with Edgar Hayes and His Orchestra. In 1937 he sang with Edgar Hayes and His Orchestra. In 1938, Roberson suffered a throat ailment which prevented him from performing for several weeks. He served in the Army 1943-1946. During the 1950s and 1960s he sang as lead tenor in some of the Ink Spots spin-off groups.
Roberson preferred being called a "lyric tenor." He hated being called a crooner.
