The Kit-Cat was a nightclub in the Haymarket, in London’s West End. The band was sponsored by Jack Hylton and led by Al Starita, who was an American. Recordings issued on HMV from June 8, 1925 to December 1, 1926 were issued as Jack Hylton’s Kit-Cat Band. Recordings issued on HMV from December 29, 1926 to May 19, 1927 were issued as Jack Hylton’s Hyltonians. Unless noted, all Columbias were issued as the Kit-Cat Band.—by Dennis Pereyra
| Title | Recording Date | Recording Location | Company |
| A Kiss Is A Bliss, My Darling | 1-13-1928 | London | Columbia |
| A Room With A View (Piccadilly Dance Band) | 3-9-1928 | London | Columbia |
| Adorable (Tom Ford / Ray Wynburn) |
7-9-1926 | Small Queen’s Hall, London | HMV |
| Ain’t She Sweet ? (Jck Yellen / Milton Ager) |
2-9-1927 | Hayes, Middlesex | HMV |
| Ali Baba | 1-13-1928 | London | Columbia |
| Alone at Last | 8-10-1925 | Hayes, Middlesex | HMV |
| Are You Happy ? | 10-13-1927 | London | Columbia |
| Ask Her | 1-1-1926 | Hayes, Middlesex | HMV |
| Blye Train Song | 3-22-1927 | Hayes, Middlesex | HMV |
| Breezing Along With The Breeze (Gillespie / Simons / Whiting) |
8-26-1926 | Hayes, Middlesex | HMV |
| Broken Hearted | 9-7-1927 | London | Columbia |
| Brown Eyes In Your Dreams | 10-11-1926 | Small Queen’s Hall, London | HMV |
| Brown Sugar (Harry Barris) |
1-19-1927 | Hayes, Middlesex | HMV |
| By The Waterfall (waltz) | 1-5-1928 | London | Columbia |
| Can’t Your Friend Find A Friend For Me? (Lou Handman) |
8-10-1925 | Hayes, Middlesex | HMV |
| Castillian Nights | 4-7-1927 | Hayes, Middlesex | HMV |
| C’est Vous (It’s You) (waltz) | 10-17-1927 | London | Columbia |
| Cheer Up, Keep Smiling | 5-10-1927 | Small Queen’s Hall, London | HMV |
| Close Your Eyes (waltz) | 11-20-1925 | Hayes, Middlesex | HMV |
| Cock-a-Doodle, I’m Off My Noodle (Charles Tobias) |
3-25-1927 | Hayes, Middlesex | HMV |
| Community Blues | 1-13-1928 | London | Columbia |
| Cover Me Up With Sunshine | 3-30-1927 | Hayes, Middlesex | HMV |
| Crazy Quilt (Andrew Sterling / Paul Van Loan) |
11-11-1926 | Small Queen’s Hall, London | HMV |
| Cuckoo | 11-11-1926 | Small Queen’s Hall, London | HMV |
| Cuddle Up | 5-31-1927 | London | Columbia |
| Da-Da-Da | 6-3-1927 | London | Columbia |
| Dance, Little Lady (Piccadilly Dance Band) | 3-9-1928 | London | Columbia |
| Dear Child (waltz) | 3-30-1927 | Hayes, Middlesex | HMV |
| Delirium (Arthur Schutt) |
6-3-1927 | Wigmore Hall, London | Columbia |
| Diane (waltz) | 12-1-1927 | Shepherd’s Bush Pavilion, London | Columbia |
| Do You Believe In Dreams ? | 5-27-1926 | Hayes, Middlesex | HMV |
| Don’t Tell The World | 5-17-1927 | Hayes, Middlesex | HMV |
| Don’t Wake Me Up, Let Me Dream | 1-1-1926 | Hayes, Middlesex | HMV |
| Dream A Dream | 9-21-1926 | Small Queen’s Hall, London | HMV |
| Dreaming The Waltz Away (waltz) | 8-31-1926 | Hayes, Middlesex | HMV |
| Dreamy Amazon | 2-9-1927 | Hayes, Middlesex | HMV |
| D’Ye Love Me ? (waltz) | 9-21-1926 | Small Queen’s Hall, London | HMV |
| Every Little Thing | 4-7-1927 | Hayes, Middlesex | HMV |
| Flapperette (Jesse Greer) |
12-1-1926 | Small Queen’s Hall, London | HMV |
| From Now On (Davies / Greer) |
6-8-1925 | Hayes, Middlesex | HMV |
| Georgia Land | 12-1-1927 | Shepherd’s Bush Pavilion, London | Columbia |
| Hawaiian Love Bird | 2-3-1926 | Hayes, Middlesex | HMV |
| Headin’ For Harlem | 2-16-1928 | London | Columbia |
| Headin’ For Home (Jones) |
11-4-1925 | Hayes, Middlesex | HMV |
| Hello, Cutie | 5-10-1927 | Small Queen’s Hall, London | HMV |
| Hugs And Kisses | 9-10-1926 | Small Queen’s Hall, London | HMV |
| I Need Some Cooling Off | 5-31-1927 | London | Columbia |
| I Never Cried Before I Met You | 12-29-1926 | Hayes, Middlesex | HMV |
| I Wonder What’s Become Of Joe ? (Maceo Pinkard / Roy Turk) |
10-1-1926 | Small Queen’s Hall, London | HMV |
| I Wouldn’t Fool A Little Girl Like You | 3-31-1927 | Small Queen’s Hall, London | HMV |
| If (waltz) | 3-15-1927 | Small Queen’s Hall, London | HMV |
| If I Could Look In Your Eyes | 9-29-1927 | Piccadilly Hotel Ballroom, London | Columbia |
| If I Were You | 3-22-1927 | Hayes, Middlesex | HMV |
| If You Can’t Hold The Man You Love (Irving Kahal / Sammy Fain) |
1-19-1927 | Hayes, Middlesex | HMV |
| If You Hadn’t Gone Away (Henderson) |
11-4-1925 | Hayes, Middlesex | HMV |
| If You See Sally | 5-13-1927 | Small Queen’s Hall, London | HMV |
| I’m Going To Follow The Rainbow | 3-15-1927 | Small Queen’s Hall, London | HMV |
| I’m In Love With You (waltz) | 11-4-1926 | Small Queen’s Hall, London | HMV |
| I’m Jealous | 12-17-1927 | London | Columbia |
| I’m Lonely Without You | 5-27-1926 | Hayes, Middlesex | HMV |
| I’m Mad About You (Piccadilly Dance Band) | 3-9-1928 | London | Columbia |
| I’m Still In Love With You | 1-1-1926 | Hayes, Middlesex | HMV |
| In A Little Spanish Town (Wayne) |
8-31-1926 | Hayes, Middlesex | HMV |
| In A Street Of Chinese Lanterns | 12-17-1927 | London | Columbia |
| It’s One Of Those Things | 10-7-1925 | Hayes, Middlesex | HMV |
| I’ve Found A Bud Among The Roses | 12-21-1925 | Hayes, Middlesex | HMV |
| I’ve Got A Feeling For Somebody | 2-16-1928 | London | Columbia |
| I’ve Got Some Lovin’ To Do (Jaffe / Bonx) |
8-26-1926 | Hayes, Middlesex | HMV |
| Join The Navy | 8-12-1927 | London | Columbia |
| Julius | 3-25-1927 | Hayes, Middlesex | HMV |
| June Rose (Mayerl) |
10-1-1926 | Small Queen’s Hall, London | HMV |
| Just A Bird’s-Eye View Of My Old Kentucky Home | 12-1-1926 | Small Queen’s Hall, London | HMV |
| Kiss Me Again (waltz) | 3-25-1927 | Hayes, Middlesex | HMV |
| Lavender (waltz) | 9-7-1927 | London | Columbia |
| Lily (Warren / Broones / McDonald) |
5-19-1927 | Small Queen’s Hall, London | HMV |
| Magnolia | 8-12-1927 | Wigmore Hall, London | Columbia |
| Maybe You Will And Maybe You Won’t (Rose / Dixon / Warren) |
6-8-1925 | Hayes, Middlesex | HMV |
| Mighty Blue | 12-2-1925 | Small Queen’s Hall, London | HMV |
| Milenberg Joys (Leon Rappolo / Paul Mares / Jelly Roll Morton) |
8-10-1925 | Hayes, Middlesex | HMV |
| Misunderstood | 12-17-1927 | London | Columbia |
| Muddy Water (Trent / Peter De Rose / Harry Richman) |
5-17-1927 | Hayes, Middlesex | HMV |
| Music And Moonlight | 1-5-1928 | London | Columbia |
| My Heart Stood Still | 6-3-1927 | London | Columbia |
| My Regular Girl | 5-31-1927 | London | Columbia |
| My Sugar (Little) |
8-10-1925 | Hayes, Middlesex | HMV |
| My Sunday Girl | 4-5-1927 | Small Queen’s Hall, London | HMV |
| Nina | 1-7-1927 | Hayes, Middlesex | HMV |
| No Sir, That’s Not My Girl (Melcliffe / King) |
9-10-1926 | Small Queen’s Hall, London | HMV |
| Nothing Could Be Sweeter | 8-12-1927 | London | Columbia |
| Number Ten (Rose) |
5-17-1927 | Hayes, Middlesex | HMV |
| Oh, Doris ! Where Do You Live ? | 10-13-1927 | London | Columbia |
| Oh, Kay – Selection | 10-17-1927 | London | Columbia |
| Only You And Lonely Me | 8-26-1926 | Hayes, Middlesex | HMV |
| Pas des Echarpes (Chaminade) | 12-21-1925 | Hayes, Middlesex | HMV |
| Piccadilly Strut (Phillips) |
12-2-1925 | Small Queen’s Hall, London | HMV |
| Precious | 9-21-1926 | Small Queen’s Hall, London | HMV |
| Red Lips, Kiss My Blues Away | 6-3-1927 | London | Columbia |
| Remember (waltz) | 12-1-1927 | Shepherd’s Bush Pavilion, London | Columbia |
| Riverboat Shuffle (Dick Voynow / Irving Mills / Hoagy Carmichael) |
10-7-1925 | Hayes, Middlesex | HMV |
| Sad ‘N Blue | 5-13-1927 | Small Queen’s Hall, London | HMV |
| Sam, The Old Accordion Man (Donaldson) |
3-15-1927 | Small Queen’s Hall, London | HMV |
| Scatter Your Smiles | 11-11-1926 | Small Queen’s Hall, London | HMV |
| She Don’t Wanna | 1-5-1928 | London | Columbia |
| She Said And I Said (Russell) |
1-19-1927 | Hayes, Middlesex | HMV |
| She’s Still My Baby (Coslow / Little) |
1-7-1927 | Hayes, Middlesex | HMV |
| Side By Side | 5-31-1927 | London | Columbia |
| Silver Rose | 10-11-1926 | Small Queen’s Hall, London | HMV |
| Silver Song Bird | 3-31-1927 | Small Queen’s Hall, London | HMV |
| Someone Has Taken You Out Of My Dreams | 12-2-1925 | Small Queen’s Hall, London | HMV |
| Song Bird | 2-3-1926 | Hayes, Middlesex | HMV |
| South Wind | 5-19-1927 | Small Queen’s Hall, London | HMV |
| Step On The Blues | 8-12-1927 | London | Columbia |
| Sunday | 12-1-1926 | Small Queen’s Hall, London | HMV |
| Sweet So-and-So | 2-16-1928 | London | Columbia |
| Swinging Along (Stamber / Hay) |
11-4-1926 | Small Queen’s Hall, London | HMV |
| Take Your Finger Out Of Your Mouth | 8-12-1927 | London | Columbia |
| Temperamental Baby | 3-30-1927 | Hayes, Middlesex | HMV |
| That Night In Araby (Snyder) |
10-1-1926 | Small Queen’s Hall, London | HMV |
| That’s My Hap-Hap-Happiness | 8-12-1927 | London | Columbia |
| That’s Why I Love You | 9-10-1926 | Small Queen’s Hall, London | HMV |
| The Calinda | 12-17-1927 | London | Columbia |
| The Camel Walk (Schaefer / Smith / Mack / Brymn) |
11-20-1925 | Hayes, Middlesex | HMV |
| The Girl Friend – Selection | 9-29-1927 | Piccadilly Hotel Ballroom, London | Columbia |
| The Girl Is You And The Boy Is Me | 9-7-1927 | London | Columbia |
| The One I’m Looking For | 2-16-1928 | London | Columbia |
| The Whispering Pines Of Nevada (waltz) | 8-12-1927 | London | Columbia |
| There’s A Rickety, Rackety Shack | 1-5-1928 | London | Columbia |
| There’s One Little Girl Who Loves Me | 12-1-1927 | Shepherd’s Bush Pavilion, London | Columbia |
| Tinker, Tailor | 12-29-1926 | Hayes, Middlesex | HMV |
| Tonight I Wonder Where You Are (waltz) | 1-13-1928 | London | Columbia |
| Try To Learn To Love (Piccadilly Dance Band) | 3-9-1928 | London | Columbia |
| Tweet Tweet | 9-7-1927 | London | Columbia |
| Two Lips On A Path Of Roses (Holden / Spencer) |
4-5-1927 | Small Queen’s Hall, London | HMV |
| Uncanny Banjo (Len Fillis / Sid Bright) |
5-13-1927 | Small Queen’s Hall, London | HMV |
| What Good Is “Good Morning” ? (Santley) |
7-9-1926 | Small Queen’s Hall, London | HMV |
| When Day Is Done | 8-12-1927 | London | Columbia |
| When I Met Sally | 10-13-1927 | London | Columbia |
| When I Waltz With You (waltz) | 12-21-1925 | Hayes, Middlesex | HMV |
| When You Love More Than One | 5-27-1926 | Hayes, Middlesex | HMV |
| When You Smile | 12-29-1926 | Hayes, Middlesex | HMV |
| While My Pretty One Sleeps | 7-9-1926 | Small Queen’s Hall, London | HMV |
| While The Years Go Drifting By | 8-31-1926 | Hayes, Middlesex | HMV |
| Who Do You Love ? | 3-25-1927 | Hayes, Middlesex | HMV |
| Who Loved You Best ? | 2-3-1926 | Hayes, Middlesex | HMV |
| Will You Be True ? | 3-31-1927 | Small Queen’s Hall, London | HMV |
| Wondering (waltz) | 11-4-1925 | Hayes, Middlesex | HMV |
| You Can’t Cry Over My Shoulder (Heath / Mahoney) |
4-5-1927 | Small Queen’s Hall, London | HMV |
| You Got ‘Em | 11-20-1925 | Hayes, Middlesex | HMV |
| You Know I Love You | 5-10-1927 | Small Queen’s Hall, London | HMV |
| Artist | Instrument |
| Harry Berly | Viola |
| Sid Bright | Piano |
| D. Cameron | Violincello |
| J. Clark | Piano |
| Eddie Collis | Vocals |
| Alfred Field | Bass Brass |
| Len Fillis | Banjo, Guitar |
| Ted Heath | Trombone |
| Jim Kelleher | Clarinet, Alto Saxophone |
| Edwin Knight | Trumpet |
| Eric Little | Drums |
| Quentin Maclean | Wurlitzer Organ |
| Margaret McKee | Whistling |
| Ramon Newton | Vocals |
| Jean Pougnet | Violin |
| Hugo Rignold | Violin |
| Eric Siday | Violin |
| George Smith | Clarinet, Tenor Saxophone |
| Tom Smith | Trumpet |
| Al Starita | Leader, Clarinet, Alto Saxophone, Vocals |
