Bell Syncopators - I've Got The Girl

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This appears to be a Fred Hall pseudonym. Fred Hall (né Fred Arthur Ahl, 1898–1954, aka Fred 'Sugar' Hall) was an American pianist, bandleader and composer. Hall was born in New York and began his musical career working as a song-plugger for various music publishers. As a bandleader Hall and his men from recorded prolifically for many labels (see below) from 1925 onwards. Many recordings featured vocalist Arthur Fields with whom Hall enjoyed a lengthy partnership, co-writing several songs, the better known ones including "Eleven More Months And Ten More Days" and "I Got A Code In My Dose". Hall and Fields also appeared together on the NBC radio show The Sunday Driver. Notable musicians in Hall's band included trumpeters Mike Mosiello and Leo McConville. Apart from playing piano, conducting and composing, Hall sometimes performed scat singing on his records. Hall made his last recordings in 1932, after which little is known of him. He died in New York on October 6, 1954 at the age of 56. Hall's records were issued under a variety of names (including pseudonyms). This excellent record was made in 1926. Vocal by Arthur Hall, who was not related to Fred. Indeed, he was born Adolph J. Hahl. His first recordings were on 1912 as member of the Manhattan Quartet (Manhattan Quartet / Manhattan Quartett), with whom he stayed until 1929. During WW I, Adolph J. Hahl changed his name to Arthur Hall on 1917 due to the anti-german hysteria, & started recording as solo artist as well. Among the many recordings he did on as solo artist, Hall cut "Yes, We Have No Bananas!" on 1923 for Black Swan under the pseudonym of Howard Lewis, which went also issued on the Olympic label. Hall also worked for other labels (both as solo artist & part of vocal groups ranging from duets to quartets as well as providing vocal refrains for jazz & dance band records) such as the Plaza group (Banner, Domino (as either Allen Craig or Cliff Stewart), Regal, Oriole (as Charles Nelson), etc.), Emerson, Everybodys, the Grey Gull group, the NYRL/New York Recording Laboratories group (Paramount, Puritan, Broadway, Puretone, etc.), the Pathé Frères Phonograph Co. (Pathé Actuelle, Actuelle, Perfect, Davega, etc.), The Arto Company (which also included Bell, Cleartone a.o.), the Bell Record Corporation (which included Bell), Gennett & Edison). From 1924, Arthur Hall began recording several duets with tenor John Ryan, the beginning of a long series of recordings by Hall & Ryan, both under their own names & several pseudonyms (for example, The Harmony Brothers). Hall & Ryan were also augmented by Ed Smalle when they recorded also as The Frolickers for Edison. One year later, Hall joined the vocal group That Singing Four, which also gave way to the National Male Quartet on 1926. His final Edison Diamond disc was "Sweet Elaine", recorded on January 24 of 1928, which was issued on Edison Diamond Disc 52235 in 1928. Arthur Hall died during March of 1951 in New York.

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