On April 5, 1924, Davis's jazz band began an engagement at the Ohio Theater in
Indianapolis, Indiana, and performed the song "Copenhagen." That evening, members of
The Wolverines, including cornetist
Bix Beiderbecke, heard the performance and asked Davis to be allowed to perform the tune in their own engagement. Davis agreed. The Wolverines subsequently worked out their own arrangement in the course of engagements at
Indiana University and elsewhere over the following weeks. The Wolverines recorded it at Gennett Studios in
Richmond, Indiana on May 6, 1924. The single was released by
Gennett Records as 5453-B and also by
Claxtonola Records as 40336-B as by the Jazz Harmonizers. The A side was "Oh Baby", recorded at the same session. "Copenhagen" was published in the same year (in the Wolverines' arrangement) by the
Melrose Bros. Music Company of Chicago, Illinois. At least nine other recordings of the song were released in 1924 alone. The Wolverines' recording features a brief cornet solo by Beiderbecke.
Fletcher Henderson and His Orchestra recorded "Copenhagen" on October 30, 1924, five months after the Beiderbecke version. The recording by Fletcher Henderson and His Orchestra, arranged by
Don Redman, features a solo by
Louis Armstrong. ==Personnel==