The Music Goes ‘Round and Around
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page originally published on 30 August 2011; latest edit: 12 July 2020
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The Music Goes ‘Round and Around (m. Eddie Farley and Mike Riley, w. Red Hodgson) — titled “The Music Goes Around and Around” on the label of the original recording, though titled “The Music Goes ‘Round and Around” on early sheet music and on the labels of most English-language recordings of the song; also known as “The Music Goes Round and Round”
English lyric:
French lyric, under the title “La musique vient par ici,” by Camille François:
“The Music Goes ‘Round and Around” was originally recorded on 26 September 1935 by the composers of the song’s music, Eddie Farley and Mike Riley, and other members of the band credited on the record label as Eddy-Reilly and their “Onyx Club Boys.” The side was issued in October 1935 on the 78 rpm single Decca 578, b/w “Looking For Love,” with the B-side also credited to the same band name. Since “Eddy-Reilly” combines the first name of one musician-songwriter with the second name of the other, and each are spelled incorrectly, it seems likely that Decca made multiple errors.
In December 1935 at least one other single was released under the same band name, Decca 619, featuring “South” (Benny Moten, Thamon Hayes) on the A-side and “I Never Knew” (Ted Fio Rito, Gus Kahn) on the B-side, but each of the aforementioned 1935 singles (Decca 578 and Decca 619) were reissued in 1936 under the revised band name Reilly-Farley and their Onyx Club Boys. To confuse us further, there were also at least two singles issued in 1936 under the name Riley-Farley and their Onyx Club Boys. Same band, at least three similar names:
- Eddy-Reilly and their “Onyx Club Boys”
- Reilly-Farley and their Onyx Club Boys
- Riley-Farley and their Onyx Club Boys
The Decca 578 label of the original recording of the song featured in this page, with the band name credited as “Eddy-Reilly and their Onyx Club Boys,” bears the title “The Music Goes Around and Around,” but early sheet music and at least one 1936 reissue of Decca 578 have the title spelled “The Music Goes ‘Round and Around.” The latter spelling is also typically seen on the labels of records featuring English-language recordings of the song, including those recorded in 1935 and 1936. Because of this prevalence on sheet music and record labels, I’ve decided to use “The Music Goes ‘Round and Around” as the generic title of the song on this page and elsewhere on the site. However, at the IMDb soundtracks page for the 1936 film “The Music Goes ‘Round” the title of the song is given as “The Music Goes Round and Round,” which is the spelling also used by Wikipedia in its page on the song, and by International Lyrics Playground.
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Eddy-Reilly and their “Onyx Club Boys” — recorded on 26 September 1935; issued on the 78 rpm single Decca 578, b/w “Looking For Love”
discography sources:
- 45worlds.com – indicates that the single was issued in October 1935
- 78discography.com
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Reilly-Farley and their Onyx Club Boys — 1936 reissue of Decca 578, under a revised band name, and with the slightly different title “The Music Goes ‘Round and Around”
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Reilly-Farley and their Onyx Club Boys — Although the band name is the same, unlike the version directly above, this one (date unknown) has the original title, “The Music Goes Around and Around,” on its label.
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Tommy Dorsey & his Clambake Seven, lead vocal: Edythe Wright — recorded on 9 December 1935
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Wingy Manone and his Orchestra, vocal: Wingy Manone — issued in January 1936 on Vocalion 3134 as the B-side of “I’m Shooting High” (m. Jimmy McHugh, w. Ted Koehler); recorded on 18 December 1935 (matrix# 18404)
personnel, adapted from WorldCat.org:
Wingy Manone: trumpet, vocal; Joe Marsala: clarinet; Gil Bowers: piano; Carmen Mastren: guitar; Sid Weiss: string bass; Ray Bauduc: drums
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Hal Kemp and his Orchestra, vocal: Saxie Dowell — recorded on 21 December 1935; issued on Brunswick 7587, b/w “Dinner For One Please, James”
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Frank Froeba & his Swing Band; vocals by Jack Purvis — recorded on 24 December 1935; issued on Columbia 3110-D, c/w “There’ll Be a Great Day in the Mornin’!”
personnel:
Jack Purvis (t,v), Slats Long (cl), Herbie Haymer (ts), Frank Froeba (p), Clayton Duerr (gtr), Carrol Walrond (sb), Eddie Dougherty (d)
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The Little Ramblers (led by Adrian Rollini), vocals: Bill Dillard and chorus — recorded on 27 December 1935; released 15 January 1936 on Bluebird B-6220, b/w “I’m Shooting High”
discography sources:
credits, adapted from Discogs.com:
Adrian Rollini — vibraphone, direction
Bill Dillard – trumpet, vocals
Albert Nicholas – clarinet
Danny Barker – guitar
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The Mound City Blue Blowers (led by Red McKenzie) — recorded on 3 January 1936; issued on the singles Montgomery Ward 5022, b/w “The Broken Record” (Cliff Friend, Charlie Tobias, Boyd Bunch), and Champion 40081, with the same B-side
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The Boswell Sisters — recorded on 6 January 1936 in New York — personnel: The Boswell Sisters (v) Russ Case (tpt) Russ Jenner (tbn) Artie Shaw (cl) Martha Boswell (p) Dick McDonough (g) Artie Bernstein (b) Stan King (d)
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Mae Questel (The Betty Boop Girl) with Red Norvo and his Orchestra (uncredited) — recorded on 8 January 1936; issued on Decca 680, b/w “Broken Record”
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Harry Roy and his Orchestra — recorded in London on 9 January 1936; issued on Parlophone (UK) F 367 (matrix E 7393), b/w “I’d Love To Take Orders From You” — also issued in Brazil on Odeon 2157
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Louis Armstrong and his Orchestra — recorded on 18 January 1936, New York ; issued on Decca 685, b/w “Rhythm Saved the World”
personnel for the session (from Michael Minn’s Louis Armstrong Discography [link updated on 12 July 2017]):
Armstrong, Louis: trumpet, vocal
Davis, Leonard: trumpet
Aiken, Gus: trumpet
Bacon, Louis: trumpet
White, Harry: trombone
Archey, Jimmy: trombone
Jones, Henry: alto saxophone
Holmes, Charlie: alto saxophone
Madison, Bingie: clarinet, tenor saxophone
Walton, Greely: tenor saxophone
Russell, Luis: piano
Blair, Lee: guitar
Foster, Pops: bass
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The Prairie Ramblers — recorded in Chicago on 21 January 1936
- Shelby “Tex” Atchison: fiddle, vocal
- Charles “Chick” Hurt: mandola, vocal
- Floyd “Salty” Holmes: guitar, vocal
- Jack Taylor: bass, vocal
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Nat Gonella & his Georgians, lead vocal by Nat Gonella — recorded in London in January 1936; issued in 1936 on Parlophone (UK) F 386
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Lew Stone and his Band — recorded in London in January 1936; issued on Decca (UK) F.5846 as the B-side of “Marilou” — The video provider gives a recording date of 3 January 1936, but I’ve yet to confirm this date.
personnel:
Tommy McQuater-trumpet / Alfie Noakes-trumpet and vocal / Joe Ferrie and Bill Mulraney-trombone / Joe Crossman, Ernest Ritte, Don Barrigo and Oscar Grasso-reeds / Monia Liter-piano / Archie Slavin-guitar / Tiny Winters-string Bass / Barry Wicks-drums / Jimmy Lally-arranger
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