Victor 78 RPM Record V-40055 Billy Hays & Orch “I’m Wild About Horns On Automobi

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Victor 78 RPM Record V-40055 Billy Hays & Orch “I’m Wild About Horns On Automobiles, That Go Ta-Ta-Ta-Ta” / ”All By Yourself In The Moonlight” E- Visible Condition, very nice disc. Billy Hays played in and led bands in South Jersey and Philadelphia from the 1920s through at least the mid-1960s. He was quite popular both for his live work in clubs, he was quite well known in the Philadelphia area as a radio artist, appearing on radio as early as 1924. 

Born William S. Hays in Philadelphia in June of 1898 or 1899, he was the son of William Frederick Hays and the former Katherine "Katie" Kerns. An only child, he grew up in Philadelphia and resided there through at least 1940. The 1900 Census shows the family at 2550 North Jessup Street, and states that his father worked as a wallpaper maker. The elder Hays was still following this profession on 1910. The family by then had moved to 1104 Nevada Street.It is not known as of this writing exactly when Billy Hays got involved with music or what his training was. At the age of 18 he married Hilda Stevens, who was, according to the 1940 census, 15 at the time. A son, Elwood W. Hayes, was born on August 18, 1918 in Philadelphia. The 1920 Census shows Billy Hayes and his family living with his parents at 1116 Nevada Street in Philadelphia. He was then working as a driver for a laundry. This was not where he would seek his fortune, however. By the mid-1920s he was leading his own band and was appearing on radio in Philadelphia. 

Available newspaper listings show Billy Hays on radio in 1925, and he may have been on air before that. He soon had had his own program, and was a fixture on local stations into the mid-1930s. His programs were also picked up by out of town stations in Albany, New York and in Massachusetts in the 1930s. Billy Hays' popularity brought him to the attention of the record companies. He recorded ten songs for the Victor label in Camden in 1929, and a few sides for the Okeh label in 1928 and 1929.

Victor matrix BVE-51019. I'm wild about horns on automobiles, that go ta-ta-ta-ta / Billy Hays Orchestra

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Title

Source

I'm wild about horns on automobiles, that go ta-ta-ta-ta (Primary title)

Disc label (BHC verso)

Fox trot (Title descriptor)

Disc label (BHC verso)

Authors and Composers

Notes

Clarence Gaskill (composer)

Composer information source: Disc label.

Personnel

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Billy Hays Orchestra (Musical group)

Michael Mosiello (instrumentalist : trumpet)

Andy Sannella (instrumentalist : alto saxophone)

Andy Sannella (instrumentalist : clarinet)

Chuck Campbell (instrumentalist : trombone)

Sam Feinsmith (instrumentalist : clarinet)

Sam Feinsmith (instrumentalist : alto saxophone)

Billy Hays (director)

Pete Moore (vocalist)

Phil Napoleon (instrumentalist : cornet)

• Description: Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo
• Instrumentation: 3 saxophones, 2 cornets, trombone, tuba, banjo, piano, and traps
• Category: Instrumental with vocal refrain
• Language: English

Master Size: 10-in.

Instrumentation is from Victor ledgers and is not confirmed; collective personnel from notes to a reissue compilation CD. Personnel listings here are not intended to imply that every instrument listed is played on every master recorded at the session.

Source(s): The Old Masters CD notes (personnel); Victor blue history card; trade catalog; Victor ledgers; disc.

Take Date and Place

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Format

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3/8/1929 Camden, New Jersey

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Victor V-40055

10-in.

3/8/1929 Camden, New Jersey

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The Old Masters MB 130

Compact disc

3/8/1929 Camden, New Jersey

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