# | Title | Principal Artiste | Composers | Lyricist / Date written | Place | Date recorded | Matrix | Label&cat.no. | Additional Information |
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400 | When It's Sunset On The Nile | NMDO | Ray Ellison / Ted Renard | w/m `31 | London | August 25, 1931 | OB-1330-2 | HMV B-6057, HMV EA-972 | Ray Noble directing Max Goldberg and Bill Shakespeare (trumpets); Tony Thorpe (trombone); Laurie Payne (clarinet, alto and baritone saxophones); Harry Hines (clarinet and alto saxophone); George Smith and Bob Wise (tenor saxophones); probably Hugo Rignold, Reg. Leopold and Nobby Clarke (violins); Harry Jacobson (piano); Bert Thomas (banjo and guitar); Jack Evetts (string bass); Bill Harty (drums); Al Bowlly (vocal). Small Queen’s Hall, London, August 25, 1931. |
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New Mayfair Dance Orchestra
When It's Sunset On The Nile
Let me drift with you awhile
Where the desert stars are gleaming
And the pyramids lie dreaming
Soon I'll cross the burning sand
Just to kiss you as you smile
And we'll find true love together
When It's Sunset On The Nile