Uploaded May 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
(Victor 18690)
Recorded 8/19/1920 Camden, New Jersey.
Paul Whiteman (leader)
Ambassador Orchestra (Musical group)
Henry Busse (instrumentalist : trumpet)
Theron E. "Buster" Johnson (instrumentalist : trombone)
Hale Byers (instrumentalist : soprano saxophone)
Gus Mueller (instrumentalist : alto saxophone)
Paul Whiteman (instrumentalist : violin)
Ferde Grofé (instrumentalist : piano)
Mike Pingitore (instrumentalist : banjo)
Harold McDonald (instrumentalist : drums)
Sammy Heiss (instrumentalist : tuba)
Richard A. Whiting (composer)
Ferde Grofé (arranger)
"The Japanese Sandman" is a song from 1920, composed by Richard A. Whiting and with lyrics by Raymond B. Egan. The song was first popularized in vaudeville by Nora Bayes, and then sold millions of copies as the B-side for Paul Whiteman's song "Whispering".
(Victor 18690)
Recorded 8/19/1920 Camden, New Jersey.
Paul Whiteman (leader)
Ambassador Orchestra (Musical group)
Henry Busse (instrumentalist : trumpet)
Theron E. "Buster" Johnson (instrumentalist : trombone)
Hale Byers (instrumentalist : soprano saxophone)
Gus Mueller (instrumentalist : alto saxophone)
Paul Whiteman (instrumentalist : violin)
Ferde Grofé (instrumentalist : piano)
Mike Pingitore (instrumentalist : banjo)
Harold McDonald (instrumentalist : drums)
Sammy Heiss (instrumentalist : tuba)
Richard A. Whiting (composer)
Ferde Grofé (arranger)
"The Japanese Sandman" is a song from 1920, composed by Richard A. Whiting and with lyrics by Raymond B. Egan. The song was first popularized in vaudeville by Nora Bayes, and then sold millions of copies as the B-side for Paul Whiteman's song "Whispering".




![Kate Smith - The Last Time I Saw Paris 1941 (Jack Miller) Jerome Kern & Hammerstein II) WW2
(Columbia – 35802)
Originally released Nov. 1940.
Directed By [Orchestra] – Jack Miller
Vocals – Kate Smith
The Last Time I Saw Paris is a song composed by Jerome Kern, with lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, published in 1940. It was sung in the 1941 film Lady Be Good by Ann Sothern.
By December 1940, six versions of the song were on the charts, with Kate Smith having exclusive radio rights for the song for six weeks. The song catered to a wartime nostalgia for songs about European cities following the Second World War Battle of France (which brought Paris under Nazi control), with A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square also proving popular.
The song had not been written for the film, and Hammerstein said the song was not written to order. It still won the Academy Award for Best Original Song in 1941. This was Kerns second Academy Award for Best Original Song (following his success with The Way You Look Tonight in 1936), and Hammersteins first. Kern was so upset at winning with a song that had not been specifically written for a motion picture, and that had been published and recorded before the film was even released, that he petitioned the Motion Picture Academy to change the rules. Since then, a nominated song has to have been written specifically for the motion picture in which it is performed. Kate Smith - The Last Time I Saw Paris 1941 (Jack Miller) Jerome Kern & Hammerstein II) WW2](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/rVMH95v6Z0I/mqdefault.jpg)


![Ted Weems - My Baby Just Cares For Me 1930 (Art Jarrett Vocals) (Whoopee) (Kahn & Donaldson)
(Victor 22499)
Recorded 7/25/1930 Camden, New Jersey. Studio 1.
Ted Weems Orchestra (Musical group)
Art Jarrett (vocalist)
Ted Weems (director)
Gus Kahn (lyricist)
Walter Donaldson (composer)
Mi nena me quiere (Parallel (translated) title)
Whoopee [Motion picture] (Work title)
My Baby Just Cares for Me is a jazz standard written by Walter Donaldson with lyrics by Gus Kahn. Written for the film version of the musical comedy Whoopee! (1930), the song became a signature tune for Eddie Cantor who sang it in the movie. Ted Weems - My Baby Just Cares For Me 1930 (Art Jarrett Vocals) (Whoopee) (Kahn & Donaldson)](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/sP65t_HAI7M/mqdefault.jpg)


