Group
Casa Loma Orchestra
- From
- Detroit, United States
- Active
- 1927–1963
- Rating
- ★ 5
- Releases
- 79
- big band
- swing
About
The Casa Loma Orchestra was an American dance band active from 1929 to 1963. Until the rapid multiplication in the number of swing bands from 1935 on, the Casa Loma Orchestra was one of the top North American dance bands. With the decline of the big band business following the end of World War II, it disbanded in 1947. However, from 1957 to 1963, it re-emerged as a recording session band in Hollywood, made up of top-flight studio musicians under the direction of its most notable leader of the past, Glen Gray. The reconstituted band made a limited number of appearances live and on television and recorded fifteen LP albums for Capitol Records before Gray died in 1963.
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The band recorded and released the original version of the jazz and big band standard "Sunrise Serenade" in 1939 with Frankie Carle on piano.
Members
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Tony Briglia drums (drum set)
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Joe Hostetter trumpet
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Frank Martinez trumpet
Discography
Albums
Singles
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Don't Do It, Darling / Don't Get Around Much Anymore
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Boogie Woogie Man / As If You Didn't Know
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Rock Island Flag Stop / When Buddha Smiles
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Rockin' Chair / Lazybones
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Song of India / Mindin' My Business
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Where There's Smoke - There's Fire / Blue Moon
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Wild Goose Chase / Buji
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Blue Prelude / Wild Goose Chase
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Blue Jazz / White Jazz
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Blue Prelude / The Dance of the Lame Duck
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Under a Blanket of Blue / Love Is the Thing
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New Orleans / The Lady From St. Paul
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Pardon Me, Pretty Baby / Royal Garden Blues
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After To-Night / One Little Word Led to Another
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Black Jazz / Maniac's Ball
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Blue Jazz / Don't Tell a Soul (We're in Love)
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Casa Loma Stomp / Constantly
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You're Still in My Heart / Was I to Blame for Falling in Love With You
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Washboard Blues / Four Indian Love Lyrics
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Business in F / Casa Loma Stomp
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I'm Crazy 'Bout My Baby / White Jazz
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Alexander's Ragtime Band / Put on Your Old Gray Bonnet
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I'm Alone Because I Love You / Just a Blue Eyed Blonde
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China Boy / China Girl
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Overnight / Little Did I Know
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I Wanna Sing About You / Just a Blue-Eyed Blond
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Alexander's Ragtime Band / Song of the Islands
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Casa Loma Stomp / Just a Crazy Song (Hi-Hi-Hi)
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Dream Lover / Lucky Me - Lovable You
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You've Got That Thing / Romance
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China Girl / San Sue Strut
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Exactly Like You / Into My Heart
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On the Sunny Side of the Street / Reminiscing
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Leave It That Way / Dust
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Anytime's the Time to Fall in Love / Sweeping the Clouds Away
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Stein Song / When the Little Red Roses Get the Blues
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Lucky Me Lovable You / Happy Days Are Here Again
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Ay, Ay, Ay / Prelude in C-sharp minor
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Alexander's Ragtime Band / The Darktown Strutters' Ball
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Shades of Hades / Copenhagen
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I Concentrate on You / A Lover's Lullaby
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Alexander’s Ragtime Band / Do the New York
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Stomp It Off / Royal Garden Blues
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Smoke Rings / Always
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Blue Jazz / Indiana
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Margie / Bye Bye Blues
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This Night (Will Be My Souvenir) / Honolulu
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Star Dust / One Morning in May
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Put on Your Old Grey Bonnet / White Jazz
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Swing Low, Sweet Chariot / Casa Loma Stomp
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In the Still of the Night / Smoke Rings
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Rose of the Rio Grande
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The Bells of San Raquel / Moonlight Cocktail
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Love Is Good for Anything That Ails You / Slap That Bass
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I'm Stepping Out With Memory To-Night / Sierra Sue
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Sunrise Serenade / You Grow Sweeter as the Years Go By
Links
Also known as
Casa Loma Orch · Glen GRay and The Casa Loma Orchestra · Glen Gray & the Casa Lama Orchestra · Glen Gray & the Casa Loma Orchestra · Glen Gray and His Casa Loma Orchestra · Glen Grey & The Casa Loma Orchestra · The Casa Loma Orchestra
Identifiers
- MusicBrainz
- 09d754f1-5218-4fdb-bd4f-42960915ab4a
- ISNI
- 0000000106726345
Data from MusicBrainz, saved 8 Nov 2026. Photo from Wikimedia Commons, covers from the Cover Art Archive and Apple Music.