Neil Moret, a.k.a. Charles N. Daniels , co-wrote this late 20s gem with Gus Kann (who usually co-wrote with Isham Jones). The tune was a hit and it was recorded dozens of times. This was Columbia's release of the tune, recorded by Emerson Gill's band on March
27 of 1928. The Bamboo Gardens club was in Cleveland Ohio (East 88th and Euclid) and Emerson's orchestra made records for Okeh and Columbia through the mid to late 20s. He takes this tune at a brisker tempo than most other bands, who typically played it like a
funeral durge, and made a proper dance-tune out of it which seems strange given the lyric content. The vocal by Pinky Hunter (who also sang vocals on some sides for Banner, and later found work as a broadcast announcer for the Cleveland Indians at WHK about 1936)
is self-effacing in the Tom Stacks manner. The short trumpet & drum duet is a quick but effective highlight of the piece. Not sure who did the trombone solo, but it sounds like he could fall out of this chair at any moment. The disc itself was played quite a bit,
so there is lots of static in the beginning, but it smooths out after that.
