"Rarin' To Go" (Boston 1928)

After performing for several months in Baltimore with the Eddie Lemon Stock Company and a brief marriage, Myrtle Dillard-Watkins departed in the summer of 1926 to Boston with the "Rarin' To Go" company.

Myrtle Watkins (Second from Left)

Zarate & Paquita Discography (1931-1960)

Paquita & Zarate (1950s)

1931: Barcelona Compania del Gramofono

• (?) Negra de mi Vida

1933: Columbia Records (Brussels, Belgium)

• (Jun.?) Rose Creole (Lonely Brown Rose)

*Myrtle Watkins (Paquita) performs with Samuel B. Zarate from 1937 onwards

1941:  Columbia Records (Calcutta, India)

• (Nov.?) South American Way/Savage Conga/St. Louis Blues/Lady Be Good

1942: Columbia Records (Calcutta, India)

• (Jan.7) In Waikiki/White Blossoms of Tahiti/The Magic of You/Yours/Charming Little Faker/Taboo
• (Jun.22) A Weekend In Havana/Tropical Magic/How Long Did I Dream/Humpty Dumpty Heart
• (Oct.?) Tangerine/Starlight Serenade/Morena Linda/My Gal Sal

1943: Columbia Records (Calcutta, India)

• (Jan) Pan-American Jubilee/A Poem Set To Music/At Last/I Had The Craziest Dream

1954: Continent Music Co. (Hollywood, CA)

• (Aug.16) They're Breaking Up The Town of Trinidad
• (Oct.7) Free With Fancy/Ram-Boo-Boo
• (Oct.11) 1-0-2

1955: Northwestern Music Pub. (Portland, OR) - Red, White & Blue Pub. (?)

• (?) Long Shot/Buzz The Fuzz
• (Dec.19) I Should Like To Take Paris To Hawaii/A Night In Waikiki

1956: ZARPAC Music Pub. (Los Angeles, CA)

• (Jul.30) Goodnight Little Stranger/Do Right
• (Aug.2) I Like To Sing of Texas/Hats Off To Texas/There's A Fog In The Mountain (sung by Heck Harper)
• (Oct.29) Goodness Of The Land/The Whole World Needs Revival

1957: ZARPAC Music Pub. (Los Angeles, CA)

• (Jan.30) I Found Jesus/I Hardly Know What To Say/My Dream/I Love To Go To Sunday School
• (Jan.30) There's Goodness In The House
• (Mar.15) Sleight of Hand (sung by Mary Milam Chaudet)
• (Jul.22) English Muffin Time

1958: ZARPAC Music Pub. (Los Angeles, CA)

• (Apr.14) Little Mary Easter

1959: ZARPAC Music Pub. (Portland, OR)

• (Feb.24) 20 Miracle Miles

1960: ZARPAC Music Pub. (Portland, OR)

• (Jun.15) 20 Miracle Miles {From Otis to Depoe Bay}

Chez Les Nudistes Cabaret

Chez Les Nudistes cabaret (1932-1937):

Built above Chez Joe Zelli's, featured Afro-American entertainer Zaidee Jackson and North-African dancer Belle Kadra in the 1933 revue: "Au Déla des Reins"

Ruth Bayton's return to Europe (1933)

French press acknowledging Ruth Bayton's return to Europe on the SS Lafayette after appearing for several months in New York.

Le Havre, France - February 5, 1933

Ford SEBAR Company (1931-1947)

Ford SEBAR Company

Located at the "Casa-Alba" on the Strada A.I. Cuza in Craiova, Romania.

Barbu Neamtu - 1935

(Second from left) 

*Husband to Afro-American entertainer, Zaidee Jackson 

Elsie Bayron's European Tour

Budapest Royal Hotel - 1936/37

After five years of performing in Spain, Elsie Bayron fled to Paris in the fall of 1936 with her boyfriend, Dominican bandleader Napoleon Zayas. Afterwards, they joined with Benny Peyton's orchestra for A European Tour, appearing in Holland, Hungary, Turkey, Scandinavia and Egypt. 

Elsie & Napoleon married & returned to Spain upon the outbreak of WWII.