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She entertained there nightly and hired the Quintette du Hot Club de France as one of the house bands at the club. [3] [4] As World War II broke out in September 1939, the Quintette was on a concert tour of England. Reinhardt, who spoke virtually no English, immediately returned to France, where he thought he would feel safer than in the UK.
[10] They followed this success with a string of best-selling records over the next two years and, by the 1940s, had become a household name. [ 11 ] Instrumental to the sisters' success over the years were their parents, Olga and Peter, their orchestra leader and musical arranger, Vic Schoen (1916–2000), and Jack and David Kapp , who founded ...
During the 1940s, the band featured some of the best female musicians of the day. [1] They played swing and jazz on a national circuit that included the Apollo Theater in New York City, the Regal Theater in Chicago, and the Howard Theater in Washington, D.C. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] After a performance in Chicago in 1943, the Chicago Defender announced the ...
Popular in the 1930s and 1940s, [1] it was an all-female orchestra in an era when most orchestra members were male. [2] The group was also known as Phil Spitalny's All-Girl Orchestra . [ 3 ]
Although Philadelphia string bands had been exclusively a "male's club", in 1935 Joseph Ferko started a ladies' auxiliary which brought women into club activities. This action influenced other string bands to follow suit, although female participation in the actual parade was almost non-existent until the late 1970s. [13]
Lady of Burlesque (also known as The G-String Murders and in the UK, Striptease Lady) is a 1943 American musical comedy-mystery film, produced by Hunt Stromberg and directed by William A. Wellman and starring Barbara Stanwyck and Michael O'Shea.
Pages in category "Musical groups established in the 1940s" The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total. This list may not reflect recent changes.
Sensation Hunters, also known as Club Paradise, [1] is a 1945 American film directed by Christy Cabanne. Plot. This article needs a plot summary.