Nat Gonella with the former Lew Stone and Ray Noble band (but now under the banner of Roy Fox) with a novelty number "It Aint No Fault Of Mine". All the regular guys are there, including Lew Stone on piano and Al Bowlly on guitar.
This is awesome! I think at the end of video they are playing another classic called "Whispering" by Sherman, Clay & Co, I heard Al Bowlly sing that song in some other album!
Just a point of historical note (I'll be accused of pedantism) but this is the Roy Fox band which had a truly amazing line up of talent. I think the band was the house for the Monseigneur Restaurant. Lew Stone was the main arranger and took over when Fox was ill. Fox was not retained by the Monseigneur subsequently. Some of these musicians were then used by Ray Noble and the New Mayfair for recording (they were not resident any where as far as I know). Later on Noble took Al Bowlly and Billy Harty to the US. I am not sure who is on the base, Tiny Winters was at some point but not sure here. Al Bowlly is on guitar, Bill Harty on drums, Joe Ferrie on trombone , Nat Gonella trumpet and vocals, not sure of the second trumpet, Lew Sone piano. The sax and wind are Harry Berly (on left), Ernest Ritte and Jim Easton (vocals as well). edit: On a bit more reading the second trumpet is probably Sid Buckman and was apparently the only band member to stay with Fox when he [Fox] left the Monseigneur.
If you read the video text above you will see that what you write is known. This group of musicians was led by Fox, Stone and Noble - it just depends on the date who was in charge.
@@harryoakley That's just not true! Ray Noble led a studioband whose personel depended on availability. The only time Ray played a live engagement was in the summer of 1933, when the Stone band had no engagements an Ray used most of Lew's men to play a couple of weeks in Scheveningen, a swanky Dutch seaside resort. Lew Stone was in Roy Fox's band, serving as arranger and pianist from the off in 1931. When Fox was taken ill in 1932 Lew led the band. The musicians liked him better than Fox, and when Lew was offered an engagement elsewhere but had no band of his own, the musicians all opted to leave Fox and go with Lew, except for 1st trumpet Sid Buckman. Lew then hired Alfie Noakes as lead trumpet and added Lew Davis as 2nd trombone and Joe Crossman as lead saxist.
@mojoman4147- It's in the original 16mm print which is in my collection - there is no more picture at the end whlie the soundtrack continues. I noticed that it is the same with the other upload of this film on RU-vid which is from the Pathe Atchives and has the yellow Pathe logo.
Essex Peter's earlier comment was correct. This is the Roy Fox band, which preceded :Lew Stone's leadership. Ray Noble was director of the HMV house band, the New Mayfair Dance Orchestra, which existed for recording purposes only.
