Artist: The California Ramblers

Aliases
California Ramblers
Ed Lloyd & His Band
Golden Gate Dance Orchestra
Golden Gate Orchestra
Ted Wallace & His Swing Kings
The Golden Gate Syncopators
The Six Black Diamonds
The Tennessee Tooters
Country
United States
Comments
This dance band recorded under many pseudonyms due to contractual arrangements and minor personnel variations; they were The California Ramblers on Columbia records only. Said to be one of the earliest dance bands to incorporate jazz influences.
Member
Adrian Rollini   Bass Saxophone (1922-1927)

Performances

Originals

Title down Performer Release date Covered by
1 Breezin' Along With the Breeze Golden Gate Orchestra 1926 (23 artists)
2 Goody Goody Ted Wallace & His Swing Kings 1936 (37 artists)

Covers

Title down Performer Release date Originally by
1 After I Say I'm Sorry The California Ramblers 1926 Sam Lanin and His Orchestra
2 Beale Street Blues Golden Gate Dance Orchestra 1927 Prince's Band
3 Charleston The Six Black Diamonds 1925 Elisabeth Welch and Chorus
4 Ground Hog Blues The Tennessee Tooters 1924 Land Norris
5 How Come You Do Me Like You Do The Tennessee Tooters 1925 Rosa Henderson
6 I Ain't Got Nobody The Tennessee Tooters 1925 Marion Harris
7 It Had to Be You The California Ramblers 1924 The Ambassadors [2]
8 My Sin California Ramblers 1929 Charles W. Hamp
9 Nobody's Sweetheart The Six Black Diamonds 1924 Isham Jones and His Orchestra
10 Show Me the Way to Go Home The California Ramblers 1926 Ella Shields
11 Sweet Georgia Brown The California Ramblers 1925 Ben Bernie and His Hotel Roosevelt Orchestra
12 Tin Roof Blues The Golden Gate Syncopators 1924 New Orleans Rhythm Kings
13 Walkin' My Baby Back Home Ed Lloyd & His Band 1931 Broadway Syncopators
14 You're the Cream in My Coffee Golden Gate Orchestra 1929 Ona Munson and Jack Whiting

Releases

Audio single

Title down Performer Release date Label
1 After I Say I'm Sorry The California Ramblers 1926 Edison
2 Alone at a Table for Two Ted Wallace & His Swing Kings 1936 Bluebird
3 Beale Street Blues Golden Gate Dance Orchestra 1927 Banner
4 Breezin' Along With the Breeze Golden Gate Orchestra 1926 Pathé Actuelle
5 Charleston The Six Black Diamonds 1925 Banner
6 Ev'rything Is Hotsy Totsy Now The California Ramblers 1925 Columbia
7 From Sunrise to Sunset California Ramblers 1929 Edison
8 Ground Hog Blues The Tennessee Tooters 1924 Columbia
9 How Come You Do Me Like You Do The Tennessee Tooters 1925 Vocalion
10 I Ain't Got Nobody The Tennessee Tooters 1925 Vocalion
11 It Had to Be You The California Ramblers 1924 Columbia
12 Nobody's Sweetheart The Six Black Diamonds 1924 Banner
13 Show Me the Way to Go Home The California Ramblers 1926 Columbia
14 Singin' in the Rain - Your Mother and Mine The Rounders - Ed Lloyd & His Rhythm Boys 1929 Regal [2]
15 Tin Roof Blues The Golden Gate Syncopators 1924 Bell [2]
16 Walkin' My Baby Back Home Ed Lloyd & His Band 1931 Odeon [3]
17 You're the Cream in My Coffee - Don't Wait Until the Lights Are Low Golden Gate Orchestra - Al Friedman Orchestra 1929 Edison

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