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Benjamin Bernard Selvin (March 5, 1898 – July 15, 1980) was an American musician, bandleader, and record producer. He was known as the Dean of Recorded Music. Selvin was born in New York City, United States, the son of Jewish Russian immigrants. He started his professional life at age 15 as a fiddle player in New York City night clubs. Six years later, as leader of his own dance band, the Novelty Orchestra, he released what was later alleged to be the biggest-selling popular song in the first quarter-century of recorded music. "Dardanella" allegedly sold more than six million copies and an additional million pieces of sheet music—although in a joint interview with Gustave Haenschen, founding director of popular-music releases at Brunswick Records, Selvin described the alleged record-sales

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  • Benjamin Bernard Selvin (March 5, 1898 – July 15, 1980) was an American musician, bandleader, and record producer. He was known as the Dean of Recorded Music. Selvin was born in New York City, United States, the son of Jewish Russian immigrants. He started his professional life at age 15 as a fiddle player in New York City night clubs. Six years later, as leader of his own dance band, the Novelty Orchestra, he released what was later alleged to be the biggest-selling popular song in the first quarter-century of recorded music. "Dardanella" allegedly sold more than six million copies and an additional million pieces of sheet music—although in a joint interview with Gustave Haenschen, founding director of popular-music releases at Brunswick Records, Selvin described the alleged record-sales total as “nonsensical” and said the actual sales of “Dardanella” and other purported “million-sellers” in the 1920s was 150,000 discs. He was awarded a gold disc by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) that was presented to Selvin on his retirement on March 14, 1963. According to The Guinness Book of World Records, Selvin recorded more musical sides (on 78-rpm discs) than any other person. One reason for this prolific output is that he recorded for dozens of different record labels during this productive time in the industry, using a different name for each label. His output has been estimated at 13,000 to 20,000 song titles. (en)
  • Benjamin B. Selvin (* 5. März 1898 in New York City; † 15. Juli 1980 in Manhasset/New York) war ein Bandleader der Tin-Pan-Alley-Periode und gehört zu den produktivsten englischsprachigen Plattenkünstlern aller Zeiten. (de)
  • Benjamin Bernard Selvin (New York, 5 marzo 1898 – Manhasset, 15 luglio 1980) è stato un musicista, direttore d'orchestra e produttore discografico statunitense. Era conosciuto come il decano della musica registrata. (it)
  • Benjamin B. Selvin (New York, 5 maart 1898 – Manhasset, 15 juli 1980) was een Amerikaans bandleider uit de Tin pan Alley-periode. Hij was een van de productiefste muzikanten aller tijden: hij nam minstens 9000 nummers op en sommige schattingen gaan uit van 13.000 tot 20.000 plaatopnames. De plaat was tot Rock Around the Clock van Bill Haley (1955) de bestverkochte plaat ooit in Amerika. Hij werd de Dean of Recorded Music genoemd. (nl)
  • Ben Selvin, född 12 september 1898, död 15 juli 1980, var en amerikansk violinist och orkesterledare. Hans inspelning från 1919 av "Dardanella" sålde över fem miljoner exemplar och banade vägen för den jazzigt synkoperade dansmusikens kommersiella genombrott. Enligt beräkningar har Selvin totalt medverkat på över 13 000 inspelningar. Denna artikel om en musiker från USA saknar väsentlig information. Du kan hjälpa till genom att lägga till den. (sv)
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  • You may hear the Ben Selvin's collaboration with John Serry on his album Squeeze Play in 1956 Here on Archive.org (en)
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  • Ben Selvin, c. 1945 (en)
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  • Benjamin B. Selvin (* 5. März 1898 in New York City; † 15. Juli 1980 in Manhasset/New York) war ein Bandleader der Tin-Pan-Alley-Periode und gehört zu den produktivsten englischsprachigen Plattenkünstlern aller Zeiten. (de)
  • Benjamin Bernard Selvin (New York, 5 marzo 1898 – Manhasset, 15 luglio 1980) è stato un musicista, direttore d'orchestra e produttore discografico statunitense. Era conosciuto come il decano della musica registrata. (it)
  • Benjamin B. Selvin (New York, 5 maart 1898 – Manhasset, 15 juli 1980) was een Amerikaans bandleider uit de Tin pan Alley-periode. Hij was een van de productiefste muzikanten aller tijden: hij nam minstens 9000 nummers op en sommige schattingen gaan uit van 13.000 tot 20.000 plaatopnames. De plaat was tot Rock Around the Clock van Bill Haley (1955) de bestverkochte plaat ooit in Amerika. Hij werd de Dean of Recorded Music genoemd. (nl)
  • Ben Selvin, född 12 september 1898, död 15 juli 1980, var en amerikansk violinist och orkesterledare. Hans inspelning från 1919 av "Dardanella" sålde över fem miljoner exemplar och banade vägen för den jazzigt synkoperade dansmusikens kommersiella genombrott. Enligt beräkningar har Selvin totalt medverkat på över 13 000 inspelningar. Denna artikel om en musiker från USA saknar väsentlig information. Du kan hjälpa till genom att lägga till den. (sv)
  • Benjamin Bernard Selvin (March 5, 1898 – July 15, 1980) was an American musician, bandleader, and record producer. He was known as the Dean of Recorded Music. Selvin was born in New York City, United States, the son of Jewish Russian immigrants. He started his professional life at age 15 as a fiddle player in New York City night clubs. Six years later, as leader of his own dance band, the Novelty Orchestra, he released what was later alleged to be the biggest-selling popular song in the first quarter-century of recorded music. "Dardanella" allegedly sold more than six million copies and an additional million pieces of sheet music—although in a joint interview with Gustave Haenschen, founding director of popular-music releases at Brunswick Records, Selvin described the alleged record-sales (en)
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