The Clicquot Club Eskimos

The Clicquot Club Eskimos was a banjo orchestra under the direction of Harry Reser. The band was quite well known because of its nationwide weekly half-hour radio broadcasts sponsored by Clicquot Club, which was a popular brand of ginger ale. Clicquot is pronounced "Klee-Ko" and was the fictional name of the Eskimo Boy that was pictured on the bottle and in the company's advertising. The Clicquot Club radio program was on the air from 1925 to 1935. The Clicquot Club Eskimos wore eskimo suits when playing live and before a studio audience. The same basic band recorded under a dizzying array of pseudonyms for dozens of different record labels. You will find a list of those sessions by clicking here.

Thanks to Dennis Pereyra, Owen Miller and James Gallup for the recordings on this page.

Title	Recording Date	Recording Location	Company
Adorable (Tom Ford / Ray Wynburn)	5-28-1926	New York, New York	Columbia 687-D
Always (Irving Berlin)	3-8-1926	New York, New York	Columbia 599-D
At Sundown (When Love Is Calling Me Home) (Tom Stacks vocal) (Walter Donaldson)	2-25-1927	New York, New York	Columbia 921-D
Avalon Town (Tom Stacks vocal) (Brown / Clark)	10-1-1928	New York, New York	Columbia - American Clicquot Club Eskimos Columbia - French Harry Reser's Syncopators Regal - Australian Stellar Dance Band
Beautiful Face, Have A Heart (Tom Stacks vocal)	6-14-1928	New York, New York	Columbia 1445-D
Chick, Chick, Chick, Chick, Chicken (Lay A Little Egg For Me) (Tom Stacks vocal) (Holt / McGhee / King)	9-10-1926	New York, New York	Columbia 766-D
Chinky Butterfly (David Lee / Billy Rose)	1-29-1926	New York, New York	Columbia 570-D
Clicquot (Harry Reser)	5-28-1926	New York, New York	Columbia 687-D
Come On, Baby (Tom Stacks vocal) (Gottler / Clare / Maceo Pinkard)	10-1-1928	New York, New York	Columbia - American Clicquot Club Eskimos Columbia - French Harry Reser's Syncopators
Cross Roads theme song from the motion picture, Show People (Tom Stacks vocal) (Axt / Mendoza / Klages)	11-5-1928	New York, New York	Columbia 147388
Crying For The Carolines (From "Spring Is Here") (Lewis / Warren / Young)	12-17-1929	New York, New York	Banner, Regal, Domino, Perfect, Pathe - American, Apex - Canadian, Clifford - Australian Clicquot Club Eskimos Broadway - American The Collegians
Gee ! I'm Glad I'm Home (Tom Stacks vocal)	1-25-1928	New York, New York	Columbia 1281 -D
Hallelujah! (2) (From "Hit The Deck") (Robin / Grey / Youmans)	1-15-1930	New York, New York	Oriole 1840
Hallelujah! (3) Domino 4485-A (Robin / Grey / Youmans)	1-15-1930	New York, New York	Banner, Regal, Domino, Perfect, Pathe - American, Vocalion - Australian Clicquot Club Eskimos Embassy - Australian Jose Alvarado Orchestra
Harlem Madness	2-20-1930	New York, New York	Apex (Canadian)
Hello Bluebird ! (Tom Stacks vocal) (Cliff Friend)	10-28-1926	New York, New York	Columbia 795-D
Henry's Made A Lady Out Of Lizzie (Tom Stacks vocal in trio)	1-25-1928	New York, New York	Columbia 1281-D
Hittin' The Bottle (Harold Arlen / Ted Koehler)	7-16-1930	New York, New York	Banner, Perfect, Regal - American Clicquot Club Eskimos Edison Bell Winner - British Paramount Rhythm Boys
Honolulu Moon (waltz) (Tom Stacks and Vaughn de Leath vocal) (Fred Lawrence)	5-31-1927	New York, New York	Columbia 1026-D
Humoreskimo (Tom Stacks vocal)	2-23-1928	New York, New York	Columbia - American, Regal - Australian Clicquot Club Eskimos
I Want To Be Happy (Irving Caesar / Youmans)	1-15-1930	New York, New York	Banner, Conqueror, Regal, Conqueror, Perfect, Pathe - American, Apex - Canadian, Vocalion - Australian Clicquot Club Eskimos Embassy - Australian Embassy Dance Orchestra
I Wonder Who's With You When I'm Not There (Tom Stacks vocal) (Monaco / Dixon)	5-31-1927	New York, New York	Columbia 1060-D
I'd Rather Be Alone (Ager / Dixon)	1-29-1926	New York, New York	Columbia - American Clicquot Club Eskimos Columbia - British Denza Dance Band
I'm Happy When You're Happy	2-11-1931	New York, New York	Perfect - American, Apex, Melotone, Royal - Canadian, Vocalion - Australian Clicquot Club Eskimos
I'm In Love With You, That's Why	3-8-1926	New York, New York	Columbia 599 -D
I'm So Afraid Of You	2-11-1931	New York, New York	Perfect - American, Apex, Crown, Melotone - Canadian Clicquot Club Eskimos
In A Little Town Called Home, Sweet Home (Tom Stacks vocal) (Walter Donaldson)	1-28-1929	New York, New York	Columbia 1718-D
'Leven-Thirty Saturday Night (Earl Burtnett / Andrew Grantham)	5-9-1930	New York, New York	Oriole, Perfect - American, Angelus, Clifford, Embassy, Vocalion - Australian Clicquot Club Eskimos
Lingering Lips	12-28-1925	New York, New York	Columbia 544-D
Little White Lies (Walter Donaldson)	7-16-1930	New York, New York	Perfect - American, Imperial - British Clicquot Club Eskimos Broadway - American Midnight Ramblers Oriole - American, Apex, Crown, Sterling - Canadian, Angelus, Clifford, Embassy - Australian The Rounders
Lonesome And Sorry (Davis / Conrad)	4-20-1926	New York, New York	Columbia 637-D
Look At The World And Smile (Tom Stacks vocal)	2-8-1927	New York, New York	Columbia 912-D
Marianne (Tom Stacks vocal) (Roy Turk / Fred Ahlert)	8-13-1929	New York, New York	Columbia - American, Australian Clicquot Club Eskimos Columbia - British Harry Reser's Syncopators
My One And Only (Tom Stacks vocal)	12-5-1927	New York, New York	Columbia 1213-D
My Sunday Girl (Tom Stacks vocal) (Stept / Ruby / Cooper)	2-25-1927	New York, New York	Columbia 921-D
Olaf (You Oughta Hear Olaf Laff) (Tom Stacks vocal) (Baer / Gilbert)	1-28-1929	New York, New York	Columbia 1718-D
On The Sunny Side Of The Street (Dorothy Fields / Jimmy McHugh)	5-9-1930	New York, New York	Banner, Perfect - American, Imperial - British, Vocalion - Australian Clicquot Club Eskimos
One Little Raindrop	2-11-1931	New York, New York	Perfect - American, Apex, Melotone, Royal - Canadian,Vocalion - Australian Clicquot Club Eskimos
Out Of Breath (And Scared To Death Of You)	7-16-1930	New York, New York	Perfect - American Clicquot Club Eskimos Broadway - American Midnight Ramblers
Ro-Ro-Rollin' Along (Billy Moll / Harry Richman)	5-9-1930	New York, New York	Perfect - American, Imperial - British, Clifford - Australian Clicquot Club Eskimos Filmophone - British Phil Regent and His Orchestra
Sing, You Sinners	2-20-1930	New York, New York	Perfect, Pathe - American, Sterling - Canadian - American Clicquot Club Eskimos Broadway - American The Collegians Imperial - British Missouri Jazz Band
Somebody's Lonely (Davis / Gold)	4-20-1926	New York, New York	Columbia 637-D
Someday	10-28-1926	New York, New York	Columbia 795-D
Songs Of Long Ago (intro. "When You And I Were Young, Maggie"/"Silver Threads Among The Gold"/"In The Gloaming")	12-24-1925	New York, New York	Columbia 544-D
The Two Of Us (Tom Stacks vocal)	9-10-1926	New York, New York	Columbia 766-D
There Must Be Somebody Waiting For Me (In Loveland) (Tom Stacks vocal)	8-13-1929	New York, New York	Columbia 1936-D
Too Busy ! (Tom Stacks vocal in duet) (Cohn / Miller)	6-14-1928	New York, New York	Columbia 1445-D
Under A Texas Moon (Ray Perkins)	1-15-1930	New York, New York	Banner, Conqueror, Domino, Regal, Perfect, Pathe - American, Apex - Canadian, Angelus, Clifford, Vocalion - Australian Clicquot Club Eskimos
Watching The Clouds Roll By (from "Animal Crackers") (Tom Stacks vocal) (Kalmar / Ruby)	11-5-1928	New York, New York	Columbia 147388
Where The Golden Daffodils Grow	2-20-1930	New York, New York	Oriole, Conqueror - American, Kristall - German Clicquot Club Eskimos Broadway - American The Collegians Imperial - British Missouri Jazz Band
Wings (Tom Stacks vocal)	2-23-1928	New York, New York	Columbia 1322-D
You And I Love You And Me (intro. "Just Around The River From Queens") (Tom Stacks vocal)	2-8-1927	New York, New York	Columbia 912-D
You Do Something To Me	12-17-1929	New York, New York	Domino, Perfect, Pathe, Regal - American Clicquot Club Eskimos
You've Got That Thing	12-17-1929	New York, New York	Perfect, Pathe, Oriole, Regal - American, Apex - Canadian Clicquot Club Eskimos

Artist	Instrument
Maurice Black	Brass Bass
Andy Bossen	Trumpet
Matthew Collen	Trombone
Joe Davis	Clarinet, Alto Saxophone
Clarence Doench	Clarinet, Tenor Saxophone
Scrappy Lambert	Vocals
Paul Redmond	Banjo
Harry Reser	Banjo, Leader, Arranger
Paul Rickenbach	Piano
The Strollers Quartet	Vocals
Tom Stacks	Drums, Vocals

Title	Director	Year
Harry Reser and His Eskimos	Roy Mack	1936