Ambrose & his Orchestra, with Sam Browne (vocals): "All of me" (1932).

Note: with filmed footage, which I took from various clips and edited to fit this song.

Al Bowlly & Mary Charles, with Lew Stone and his band: "Let's put out the lights and go to sleep" (1932).

Lew Stone & his band: "Canadian Pacific" (1930s)

Lew Stone & Al Bowlly: "Mama, I wanna make rhythm" (1930s).

Bing Crosby & The Mills Brothers: "Shine" (1932).

Ambrose & his Orchestra: "Stardust" (1931).

Roy Fox & his Orchestra, with Denny Dennis: "Too marvelous for words" (1937).

Ray Noble & Al Bowlly: "Can't we meet again? " (1933).

Ray noble & his Orchestra: "Tiger Rag" (mid 1930s).

Roy Fox & his band, with Denny Dennis and Mary Lee: "Let's call the whole thing off" (1937).

Lew Stone & his band: "Thank you so much, Mrs. Lowsborough-Goodby" (1934).

Henry Hall & the BBC Dance Orchestra: "Five-Fifteen" (1932). The recording was made from a later 33rpm release.

The Ramblers (Dutch band): "Zuyderzee Blues" (mid 1930s).

Count Basie & his Orchestra: "Lady be good" (1936).

Ray Noble & Al Bowlly: "Not Bad" (1935).

Ambrose & his Orchestra, with Sam Browne: "The Peanut Vendor" (1931).

Puzzle Record No 2. - Novelty Orchestra (Ray Noble, with Al Bowlly). The record has three different tracks on each side, each with its own tune. One has to try many times to catch every track of the record.

Lew Stone & his band, with Al Bowlly: "With my eyes wide open" (1934).

Fats Waller: "Your feet's too big" (1939).

Ambrose & his Orchestra, with Sam Browne: "The night shall be filled with music" (1932).

Ambrose & his Orchestra, with Sam Browne: "It was so beautiful" (1932).

This record was already part of my grandparents' collection before my father started to buy his own.

Guy Lombardo & his Royal Canadians: "So Rare"(1937).

Bing Crosby and The Mills Brothers:  "Dinah" (1932). This is the song after which this website is named.

Ambrose & his Orchestra, with Sam Browne: "In a shanty in old shanty town" (1932).

Ray Noble & Al Bowlly, with Anona Winn: "Please don't mention it" (1932).

Ambrose & his Orchestra: "You'll be mine in apple blossom time" (1931). At this time Ambrose played at the London May Fair Hotel.

Jack Hylton & his Orchestra: "Rio Rita" (1929).

Duke Ellington & his Orchestra: "Mood indigo" (1930s).

Ambrose & his Orchestra: "B'wanga" (1935).

Note: this recording was taken from a later 33rpm LP release. The original 78rpm record is still in my possession.

Ambrose & his Orchestra, with Sam Browne and The Rhythm Brothers: "Lullaby of Broadway" (1935). At the Embassy Club of London.

Ambrose & his Orchestra (with vocal refrain): "We just couldn't say goodbye" (1932).

The Mills Brothers: "Lazy Bones" (1930s). 

Note: the only actual instrument in their performance is the guitar.

Lew Stone & his band: "Plastered in Paris" (1938).

Note: this version is taken from a later 33rpm release. The original 78rpm record is still in my possession.

Lew Stone & Al Bowlly: "Down and out blues" (1938).

Note: this version is from a later 33rpm LP release (1970, DECCA). The original 78rpm record is still in my possession.

Tommy Dorsey & his Orchestra: "Marie" (1937).

Eddie South (American Jazz Violinist), Stéphane Grappelli, Django Reinhardt & the quintet of the Hot Club de France: "Daphne" (1934).

Eddie Carroll & his Swingphonic Orchestra: "Night time in Cairo:  (1934).

Nat Gonella & his New Georgians: "Wabash Blues" (late 1930s).

Ambrose & his Orchestra: "Hors d'oeuvres" (1935).

Valaida Snow ("Queen of the Trumpet"): "Until the real thing comes along" (1936). With Swing Accompaniment.

Fred Astaire & Ray Noble: "The Yam" (1938).

British band leader Eddie Carroll & his Swingphonic Orchestra: "Midnight in Harlem" (1934).

Duke Ellington & his Orchestra: "Bundle of Blues" (1933).

Benny Goodman & his Orchestra: "House Hop" (1937).

Ambrose & his Orchestra: "Deep Henderson" (mid 1930s). This recording was made around the time that Ambrose played in the London Embassy Club and soon after returned to the May Fair Hotel.

Note: my father probably tape recorded this number from a later 33rpm LP release. The original 78rpm record, however, is still in my possession.

Ambrose & his Orchestra: "Without you, sweetheart". Recorded in the late 1920s, when Ambrose played in the London May Fair Hotel.

Nat Gonella & his Georgians: "Troublesome Trumpet" (1936). Introduction by John Korthals Altes (in Dutch, with subtitles).

Benny Goodman & his Orchestra: "Farewell Blues" (1938).

Nat Gonella & his Georgians: "Sunrise Serenade" (1939). Introduction by John Korthals Altes (in Dutch, with subtitles).

Nat Gonella & his Georgians: "If I only had wings" (1939). Introduction by John Korthals Altes (in Dutch, with subtitles).

Benny Goodman & his Orchestra: "Bach goes to town" (1937). Introduction by John Korthals Altes (in Dutch, with subtitles).

Benny Goodman Orchestra:  "Bugle Call Rag" (1937). Introduction by John Korthals Altes (in Dutch, with subtitles).

Benny Goodman Orchestra: "Afraid to dream" (1937). Vocalist is Betty Van. Introduction by John Korthals Altes (in Dutch, with subtitles).

Nat Gonella & his Georgians: "Moon Country" (1930s). Introduction by John Korthals Altes (in Dutch, with subtitles).

Nat Gonella & The Georgians: "Yes (Yao) Sir!" (1930s). Introduction by John Korthals Altes (in Dutch, with subtitles).

Benny Goodman Orchestra: "Roll Em!" (1930s). Introduction by John Korthals Altes (in Dutch, with subtitles)

Ray Noble Orchestra & Al Bowlly: "I know a little street where old friends meet" (1933). English Waltz.

Victor Silvester and his Ballroom Orchestra: "Cuban Lady" (1930s). A Waltz.