Before movies had sound, all the music and sound effects at the larger movie houses came from the theatre organ, a technological marvel to rival film itself. Here are some of the most remarkable theatre organs ever recorded, highlighted by legendary 1920s theatre organist Jesse Crawford, Fats Waller playing Rodgers and Harts' Thou Swell and Milton Charles on the organ backed by Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians. A must have for organ fans!

Did you know: In 1926, the year before 'talkies' were introduced, Wurlitzer installed 300 theater organs.

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Song List

Amapola Jesse Crawford Playing The Wurlitzer Organ
When Day Is Done Jesse Crawford Playing The Wurlitzer Organ
Roses Of Picardy Jesse Crawford Playing The Wurlitzer Organ
I'd Love To Call You My Sweetheart w/Jean Goldkette's Book Cadillac Hotel Orchestra Jesse Crawford Playing The Wurlitzer Organ
What Are You Waiting For Mary? Jesse Crawford Playing The Wurlitzer Organ
High Hat
Ten Little Miles From Home w/Male Trio, Marimba & Xylophone Jesse Crawford Playing The Wurlitzer Organ
You're The Cream In My Coffee Jesse Crawford Playing The Wurlitzer Organ
Hold Everything Jesse Crawford Playing The Wurlitzer Organ
Maybe w/Nat Shilkret Orchestra Jesse Crawford Playing The Wurlitzer Organ
Oh, Kay! Jesse Crawford Playing The Wurlitzer Organ
It Happened In Monterey Jesse Crawford Playing The Wurlitzer Organ
King Of Jazz Jesse Crawford Playing The Wurlitzer Organ
Cuban Love Song Jesse Crawford Playing The Wurlitzer Organ
Gypsy Love Song Jesse Crawford Playing The Wurlitzer Organ
Operetta, The Fortune Teller Jesse Crawford Playing The Wurlitzer Organ
She's A New Kind Of Old Fashioned Girl w/orchestra Jesse Crawford Playing The Wurlitzer Organ
L'Amour, Toujours, L'Amour Jesse Crawford Playing The Wurlitzer Organ
I Love To Hear You Singing Jesse Crawford Playing The Wurlitzer Organ
My Love Song w/vocal refrain (Played on organ at New Empire Cinema, London) Jesse Crawford Playing The Wurlitzer Organ
A Kiss In The Dark
Orange Blossoms Jesse Crawford Playing The Wurlitzer Organ
Stein Song (Wurlitzer at Paramount Theatre, NY) Jesse And Helen Crawford
Girl Of My Dreams Eddie Dunstedter
If I Had You Eddie Dunstedter
Ciribiribin Eddie Dunstedter
Sweethearts On Parade w/Trumpet And Drum Lew White
I Get The Blues When It Rains Lew White
What Is This Thing Called Love? w/Piano And Xylophone f/Wake Up And Dream (Played at Lew White Organ Studios, NY) Lew White
Dream Kisses (Played on Wurlitzer Organ at Gunn School, Chicago) Milton Charles
The Spell Of The Blues w/Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians (Played on Wurlitzer Organ at WENR Studio, Chicago) Milton Charles
Angela Mia (Played on Kimball Organ at Velazco Organ Studios, NY) Emil Velazco
It Made You Happy When You Made Me Cry (Played on Wurlitzer Organ at Tivoli Theatre) Harold L. Reider
Thou Swell f/A Connecticut Yankee w/Louisiana Sugar Babes Orchestra Fats Waller
Persian Rug w/Louisiana Sugar Babes Orchestra Fats Waller
Smoke Gets In Your Eyes f/Roberta Dick Leibert
Stardust (Played on the Music Hall Organ, Radio City) Dick Leibert
Choo Choo Reginald Foort
Memories Of You f/Revue, Lew Leslie's Blackbirds Of 1930 (Played on organ At Regal Cinema, London) Reginald Foort
Estudiantina Reginald Dixon
I Hate Myself (For Being So Mean To You) Sidney Torch
Love In Bloom (Played on organ at Regal Cinema, Edmonton) Sidney Torch