Heard on the soundtrack of the 1933 RKO feature "King Kong." Composed by Max Steiner.

King Kong March (Steiner) Jim Roseveare, Pipe Organ

MERRY CHRISTMAS
From
THE SIMONTONS
Helena and Richard Sr.
Margaret-Richard Jr.-Robert-Mary
Our Rooftop Organ sends your way
a mighty peal of Holiday Cheer,
every note a wish from us that
this Christmas be for you a joyous one
and the New Year most prosperous.
P.S. We Don't really have a pipe organ 
on the roof, it just looks like one.
P.P.S It isn't really Santa Clause playing,
it's Gordon Kibbee at our Mighty Wurlitzer
1000 Toluca Lake Ave., North Hollywood, Calif, 91602.

Transfer from 1963 45 RPM privately pressed record RCS 1263-1 by Matias Bombal, December 24, 2021.
Selections:
Jingle Bells
Winter Wonderland
White Christmas
Santa Claus is Coming to Town
Jolly Old Saint Nicholas
When Santa Claus Gets Your Letter
Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer
Frosty The Snowman
We Wish You A Merry Christmas

The Sound of Christmas from The Simontons - Private Pressing- RCS 1263-1

recorded in the garden of Novarro's home, Laurel Canyon, CA.  Recording and photo courtesy the Matias Bombal Archive.

Phillip Jenkinson Interviews Ramon Novarro, 1966

Abriani, John

My Silent Love -Abriani Tanzorchester, Berlin

Nan Blakstone with Novelty Orchestra (Nat Gonella - t / Stanley Black - p / Bill Harty - d)

Oriole P-107 mx. 206

London, December 30, 1931

Nan Blakstone - I'll Putcha Pitcha In The Paper - 1931

4/21 Wurlitzer organ, New York Paramount Theatre Studio, February 8, 1931.

Helen Crawford, organist
Louis A. Witten, announcer
Paul Small, tenor
Aldo Ricci, conductor, "The Royal Duotones"

THE ROYAL DUOTONES
Canebreak - Gardiner
Lover, Come Back to Me (Paul Small)

HELEN CRAWFORD
Thanks to You
Overnight
Walkin' My Baby Back Home (Paul Small)

THE ROYAL DUOTONES
Sing-Song Girl (Paul Small)

Helen Crawford, organist, "Royal Typewriter Hour," CBS Radio, February 8, 1931, Part 2.

4/36 Christie organ, Regal Cinema, Marble Arch, London, England.

Emanuel Starkey, conductor.

English Columbia 12" 78, # DX 15, recorded January 31, 1930.

Singing in the Bathtub
The Only Song I Know
Your Love Is All That I Crave
Lady Luck
Just One Hour of Love
Singing in the Bathtub (reprise)

Quentin Maclean, organ and orchestra:  "Show Of Shows" Selection

Roy Fox c - v dir. Nat Gonella - Sid Buckman - t / Joe Ferrie - tb / Billy Amstell - Mickey Amstell - cl - as / Harry Berly - cl - ts - vl / Lew Stone - p - cel - a / Al Bowlly - g / Don Stuteley - sb / Bill Harty - d - vib / Ella Logan - v.

Decca F.2487 mx. GB-3171-2

London, September 3, 1931.

Roy Fox & his Band - What's Keeping My Prince Charming - 1931

Issued as "The Masqueraders."

Carroll Gibbons - p dir. Bill Shakespeare - Billy Higgs - t / Don Mcaffer - tb / Paul Fenoulhet - tb - a / George Melachrino - cl - as - vn / Laurie Payne - cl - as - bar / George Smith - ts / Ben Frankel - vn / Sid Bright - 2nd p / Harry Sherman - g / Jack Evetts - sb / Rudy Starita - d - vib / Les Allen - v.

Columbia CB-489 mx. CA-12916-1

London, July 25, 1932.

Savoy Hotel Orpheans - Say That You Were Teasing Me - 1932

Recorded January 5, 1972, in the studio of Jack Bethards, 472 Tehama Street, SF. Peter Mintun at the piano. Weber Piano, RCA-44BX microphones.

The Sound of Christmas from The Simontons - Private Pressing- RCS 1263-1

Matías Antonio Bombal

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