Arthur James Kok (1902 in Czernowitz, presently called Chernivtsi, Ukrania - 1976 in Berlin) was a Romanian bandleader, violinist, and arranger. He led dance bands that played light music and jazz. Kok learned to play music from his father, a violinist. He also could play saxophone, clarinet, and piano. Later in life, he alleged that he had been raised in the US, but he was born in what is now the Ukraine. At the time, the area was in Austria-Hungary's Duchy of Bukovina, passing to the Kingdom of Romania for the interwar period. He attended the Prague Conservatory and then put a band together in Berlin, which remained active through 1933, toured throughout germanophone Europe, and recorded for Deutsche Grammophon. He left Germany under duress in 1935 and led a new ensemble in Romania, which toured Switzerland in 1938 and Holland in 1939, shortly before the outbreak of war. In 1939 he relocated to Switzerland, where he lived until the late 50s; he then lived in the United States for much of the 1960s. In 1969 he moved back to Berlin, where he would live out the rest of his life. This lovely performance was waxed in 1934. The vocal is by Max Mensing, (1886 in Hamburg, Germany - 1945 in Berlin-Charlottenburg), who was a German tenor and actor. During the First World War, he was widely appraised at the Eastern Front, especially in Bjalystok, with his presentation of the most beautiful German songs. He reached at the paramount of his career in Weimar Republic Berlin as a singer of daily hits. During this period he also was involved in numerous recordings with famous Berlin dance orchestras. In the mid-30s, Mensing's success partly waned, but he did continue to perform as a vocalist until the end of the decade. In the movie 'Es leuchten die Sterne' (1938), Mensing lent his voice to an actor. In 'Der Gouverneur' (1939), he played a secondary role. Mensing was killed in the last days of the Second World War in Berlin.