Isham Jones & His Orchestra - Tell Me, Dreamy Eyes 1924

Brunswick 2738 - Recorded 9-16-1924 Chicago, Illinois - Reached US Billboard 8 - Jan 1925 (2 weeks). Isham Jones His Orchestra. Fox Trot Instrumental. Music By Gus Kahn. Vintage Photo Slideshow. Isham Jones (January 31, 1894 -- October 19, 1956) was a United States bandleader, saxophonist, bassist and songwriter. Jones was born in Coalton, Ohio, to a musical and mining family, and grew up in Saginaw, Michigan, where he started his first band. In 1911 one of Jones’ earliest compositions “On The Alamo“ was published by Tell Taylor Inc. (Taylor had just formed a publishing company the year before when his song “Down By The Old Mill Stream“ became a big hit.) In 1915 Isham Jones moved to Chicago, Illinois, which remained his home base until 1932, when he reestablished himself in New York City. Jones also toured England with his orchestra in 1925. The Isham Jones band made a series of popular gramophone records for Brunswick throughout the 1920s. He led one of the most popular