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Biography
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Ben Selvin & His Orchestra
Effective period / Period of releases: 1923 - 1971
Members: Eddie Lang, Arnold Brilhart, Adrian Rollini, Ben Selvin, Larry Abbott, Bob Effros, John Cali, Mike Mosiello, Tom Timothy, Nathan Glantz, Hymie Wolfson, Sam Lewis (5), Lew Cobey, Eph Hannaford, Earl Oliver, Charles Butterfield, Milton Sands, Ted Raph
The extremely prolific Ben Selvin fronted thousands of recordings made for almost every label of the 1920s, holding Guinness' World Record as the most-recorded artist in history (his estimated output being somewhere between 13,000 and 20,000 songs). Music legends that played under his baton included The Dorsey Brothers, Benny Goodman and Eddie Lang, among others.