Sleepy Hall & His Collegians - Come To Me

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John "Sleepy" Hall, was a banjo player who went to Yale, in 1924. He led the Yale Banjo Club, entertained with his band there and also toured. Rudy Vallée also was in his band at one time and recorded with Hall.  He had an exceptional custom-made banjo made for him by Bacon Banjo Co. In this case however, the credits my not refer to the actual banjoist. This pseudonym was used by several orchestras, a.o. by Gene Kardos and many ARC studio bands. The latter is the case for this lovely 1931 recording. The wonderful vocal is by Elmer Feldkamp.