The Goofus Five
The Goofus Five
Top Songs
| 1 | I Had Someone Else Before I Had You (And I'll Have Someone Else After You're Gone) | ||
| 2 | Tessie! Stop Teasin' Me | ||
| 3 | Them Ramblin' Blues | ||
| 4 | Poor Papa | ||
| 5 | The Wang-Wang Blues |
Albums
Mar 2017 • 12 songs
Mar 2017 • 12 songs
Nov 2016 • 20 songs
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Biography
In 1924 Ed Kirkeby, the manager of the California Ramblers, decided to form a small group taken from the larger orchestra to play novelties and hotter jazz numbers. At first known as the Little Ramblers on its Columbia recordings, the quintet (comprised of trumpeter Bill Moore, Adrian Rollini on a goofus, pianist Irving Brodsky, banjoist Ray Kitchingman who was soon replaced by Tommy Felline, and Stan King on drums and kazoo) also recorded for Pathe as the Five Birmingham Babies and, most prolifically, for Okeh as the Goofus Five. The "goofus" that the versatile Rollini played...