The top White band in Buffalo, NY during the 20s was the Buffalodians aka the Yankee Six and the Yankee Ten Orchestra. Founded by ex-Earl Fuller violinist Jack McGlaughlin, the band grew in size, territory, and influence over the early 20s, playing summer seasons at Crystal Beach on the Ontario side of Lake Erie.

They eventually bought their own dance hall and attracted the attention of Okeh Records in 1925 who recorded them in their hometown. They rebranded, toured, added a young Harold Arlen (then Harold Arluck) on second piano, and hightailed it to New York where they played on Long Island and briefly on Broadway. Members later recalled that they remodeled after the then-popular Ross Gorman band with Red Nichols and Miff Mole, and this was part of how they got a deal with Columbia Records.

Sadly the band broke up in 1926, partially due to Arlen’s rising popularity overshadowing McGlaughlin’s baton waving. Still, their final Columbia session finds them in rare form, with Arlen providing a potent scat vocal on the era hit “Would Ja?”—by Colin Hancock

Title	Recording Date	Recording Location	Company
Baby Face	7-1-1926	New York	Banner 1776
Deep Henderson	5-24-1926	New York	Columbia 665-D
Here Comes Emaline	5-24-1926	New York	Columbia 665-D
How Many Times?	7-1926	New York	Regal 8088-A
I Never Knew How Much I Loved You	3-1925	Buffalo, New York	Okeh 40335-B
Jimtown Blues (Charlie Davis)	3-1925	Buffalo, New York	Okeh 40348-A
No One (Milton Ager)	3-1925	Buffalo, New York	Okeh 40348-B
Oh! Those Eyes (Bert Kalimar / Harry Ruby / M.K. Jerome)	3-1925	Buffalo, New York	Okeh 40335-A
She’s Still My Baby	8-20-1926	New York	Columbia 723-D
Would-ja?	8-20-1926	New York	Columbia 723-D

Artist	Instrument
Ted Benton	Clarinet
Cal Davis	Cornet
Bill Fitzgerald	Trombone
Dick George	Piano
Harrison Hall	Bass Brass
Jules Pilar	Clarinet, Tenor Saxophone
Irving Matthews	Banjo
Jack McLaughlin	Violin
Harold Tapson	Drums