The hot trumpet chair was taken by Clyde Hurley in 1938 (who later joined Glenn Miller) and finally by Andy Secrest who is on the last Pollack big band recordings. It is ironic that while many of his former sidemen (Goodman, Teagarden, James, Slack, and much of the Bob Crosby Orchestra) were major names, Pollack (who was still only 36 in 1939) was becoming increasingly forgotten by the end of the 1930s.
In 1947 Pollack was back playing drums, leading a Dixieland combo with the revived name of the Pick-A-Rib Boys. Pollack ran the Pick-A-Rib restaurant in Hollywood during the 1950s and early ’60s, leading a Dixieland group to perform at his establishment. His sidemen included clarinetist Barney Bigard and, for three months in 1956, his old friend Jack Teagarden.
Excerpts from Ben Pollack: Profiles in Jazz, by Scott Yanow
| Title | Recording Date | Recording Location | Company |
| Alice Blue Gown (Joseph McCarthy / Harry Tierney) |
9-11-1937 | Los Angeles, California | Decca 1546 B |
| Boogie Woogie | 9-11-1937 | Los Angeles, California | Decca 1517 |
| California, Here I Come (Buddy Desylva / Al Jolson / Joseph Meyer) |
9-11-1937 | Los Angeles, California | Decca 1517 |
| Can’t You Hear Me Calling, Caroline? | 9-11-1937 | Los Angeles, California | Decca 1458 A |
| Cuddle Up A Little Closer | 9-11-1937 | Los Angeles, California | Decca 1546 A |
| If It’s The Last Thing I Do Vocal Chorus by Peggy Mann (Sammy Cain / Saul Chaplin) |
9-21-1937 | Los Angeles, California | Decca 1465 A |
| I’m In My Glory From Universal Production “Merry Go Round of 1938”) Vocal Chorus by Peggy Mann (Harold Adamson / Jimmy McHugh) |
9-21-1937 | Los Angeles, California | Decca 1488 B |
| Morocco | 4-9-1938 | Los Angeles, California | Decca 1851 A |
| My Wild Irish Rose (Chauncey Olcott) |
9-11-1937 | Los Angeles, California | Decca 1458 B |
| Nobody’s Gonna Take You From Me | 4-9-1938 | Los Angeles, California | Decca 1851 B |
| The Snake-Charmer (Leonard Whiteup / Teddy Powell) |
9-21-1937 | Los Angeles, California | Decca 1488 A |
| You Made Me Love You (I Didn’t Want To Do It) Vocal Chorus by Peggy Mann (James V. Monaco / Joseph McCarthy) |
9-21-1937 | Los Angeles, California | Decca 1465 B |
| Artist | Instrument |
| Paula Gayle | Vocals |
| King Guion | Tenor Saxophone |
| Bob Hemphill | Guitar |
| Clyde Hurley | Trumpet |
| Ben Kanter | Clarinet |
| Bob Laine | Piano |
| Charles LaVere | Piano |
| Happy Lawson | Tenor Saxophone |
| Peggy Mann | Vocals |
| Garry McAdams | Guitar |
| Francis Palmer | String Bass |
| Ben Pollack | Drums |
| Muggsy Spanier | Trumpet |
| Slim Taft | String Bass |
| Ted Vesley | Trombone |
| Joe Yukl | Trombone |
