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Roaring Twenties: Nat Shilkret and the Victor Orch. - Sweet Thing, 1926

Nat Shilkret and the Victor Orchestra – Sweet Thing, Fox-Trot (Williams-Kahn-Verges) with Vocal refrain & ukulele by Johnny Marvin, Victor 1926 (USA) NOTE: Nat SHILKRET (b. 1895 Nathaniel Schildkraut in Queens, NY). He showed remarkable musical ability as a child, first taking up the violin and the clarinet before age five. He studied piano with Charles Hambitzer, who also taught George Gershwin, and was a good enough musician so that he never had to rely on the civil engineering degree that he later earned in order to make a living -- rather, he played with the top orchestras in New York, including the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra. In 1924, he joined RCA Victor as director of the company's light music division, and founded the Victor Salon Orchestra, also sometimes called the Victor Orchestra, and he also led bands with names such as the Novelty Orchestra and Shilkret's Rhythm-Melodists. He became one of the top pop bandleaders of the late '20s and he rivaled the popularity of Paul Whiteman. Indeed, their rivalry extended to the disputed credit of the first recording of Gershwin's "Rhapsody in Blue," which bore Whiteman's name (but, according to The Big Bands Database Plus, was actually the work of Shilkret). His success faltered in the early '30s, and he moved into radio in the mid-'30s and later out to Hollywood, where he joined the film industry as a composer. He passed away in 1982, well into his eighties, after a comfortable retirement. JOHNNY MARVIN was an American singer and ukulele player quite popular in the 1920s - though he is pretty much forgotten today. He sung refrains with the best dance bands in the US, but also recorded numerous solo performances of the popular hits.