During a 15-year stretch beginning in 1921, a certain hot jazz and dance band with constantly changing personnel made hundreds of 78-rpm phonograph recordings for numerous labels using quite a selection of colorful names. Most of the group's output was released under the heading of the California Ramblers; additional monikers included the Golden Gate Orchestra, the Five Birmingham Babies, the Vagabonds, the Goofus Five, the University Six, and the Varsity Eight, which was the name under which their records appeared on the Cameo label during the years 1923-1931. The anchor of t...