Harlem Chapel Chimes

The song was recorded by the Dorsey Brothers Orchestra on February 6, 1935, in New York and released as a 78 single.

The instrumental featured a clarinet solo by Jimmy Dorsey with chimes at the beginning and end of the song.

The personnel on the recording: George Thow, Charlie Spivak, trumpet, Tommy Dorsey, Joe Yukl, trombone, Don Mattison, tb, Jimmy Dorsey, clarinet, alto sax, Jack Stacey, alto sax, Skeets Herfurt, tenor sax, Bobby van Eps, piano, Roc Hillman, guitar, Delmar Kaplan, bass, and Ray McKinley, drums.

The band has polish and restraint, but they play the wrong kind of music.Don't forget them drums.This instrumental is not to be confused with "Harlem Chapel Bells" which was composed by Glenn Miller orchestra trumpeter Billy May and performed by the band on April 2, 1941, on the Chesterfield radio program.

The instrumental was featured on a Big Band Show program on Glenn Miller which was broadcast on Radio Clyde on 15 December 1981 hosted by Ken Sykora, playing recordings of Glenn Miller as a member of other bands, as a soloist, and rare radio performances.