Judge, 1919-09-13 · page 35 of 36
Judge — September 13, 1919 — page 35: what you’re looking at
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This is primarily a **music advertisement**, not political satire. It promotes Columbia Records' mid-month releases, featuring popular vocalists and dance orchestras of the era. The page showcases Jazz Age and post-WWI music trends: Billy Murray performing French-inflected syncopated songs, Hawaiian and Oriental-themed fox-trots, and jazz numbers. Notably, one song references "Those Landlords"—likely reflecting 1919's housing shortage and rental disputes following World War I. The illustrations depict performers in period style. The content reflects America's fascination with exotic musical genres (Hawaiian, Oriental, Spanish) and the emerging popularity of jazz and syncopated dance music during the Jazz Age. The advertisement emphasizes Columbia's diverse catalog of "novelty records" spanning multiple national traditions, appealing to immigrant communities and cosmopolitan urban listeners in 1919.
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Seotember 13. 1919 Columbia Records Billy Murray Slyly Sings “And He’d Say Oo-La La! Wee! Wee!” Only “Oo-La La! Wee! Wee!” is not much of a French vocabulary. But Billy Murray makes it mean a lot in this snappy syncopated song. Coupled with Irving Kaufman’s popular plaint: “Oh! Oh! Oh! Those Landlords.” A-2765—85c The Waldorf-Astoria Dance Orchestra Plays “My Cairo Love” and “Merci Beaucoup” “My Cairo Love,” that novel fox-trot from the Orient, has all the rhythmic reverberations of an oriental gong. “Merci Beaucoup” is a one-step that will make you step all the way. - A-2764—85c “Breeze” (Blow My Baby Back to Me) —A Harmonious Duet Arthur Fields and Jack Kaufman, a new Columbia vocal combination, sing this harmonious sweetheart song. Coupled with Billy Murray’s rollicking, jovial, jocular rendering of “Take Me Back to the Land of Jazz.” A-2766—85c A Few More Mid-Month Hits “In the Heart of a Fool” * Henry Burr } A-2767 “I've Lived, I've Loved, I'm Satisfied”. Henry Burr 85¢ “Sweet Hawaiian Moonlight,” W/ltz hae Kalaluki Hawaiian Orchestra | A276 “Hawaiian Nights,” Waltz Kalaluki Hawaiian Orchestra “The Alcoholic Blues,” Foxtrot } Louisiana Five Jazz Orchestra } A-2768 “Kansas City Blues,” Foxefrot ae | Wilbur C. Sweatman’s Original Jarz Band | New Columbia Records on Sale the 10th and 20th of Every Month COLUMBIA GRAPHOPHONE COMPANY, New York London Factory: 102 C well Road, £. C. Get the New Columbia Novelty Record Booklet Leery Columbia Deater Has It It contains the cream of the instrumental music of many nations, whether it's Gypsy, Jewish, Spanish, Turkish, Russian, or Hawaiian, comicbooks.com