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 |
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