One of the first examples of a performing act getting its start in a recording studio, this is actually Irving & Jack Kaufman with the addition of Arthur Fields - the blend of the voices is less bovine than the blend of the names suggests; these guys do sound
good together. Their brief career as a recording act was for Emerson Records only, signed to a three-year contract in 1919, and this side dates from August of that year. Arthur Fields co-wrote the tune with Sidney D. Mitchell and Archie Gottler (this pair wrote
many World War One songs such as the classic "Would You Rather Be a Colonel with an Eagle on Your Shoulder or a Private with a Chicken on your Knee"). The record was in good enough shape to only need minor amounts of noise reduction - some hiss in the groove and
a few scratches was all there was to treat.
