SWEET BANDS V: Jan Garber/Shep Fields
Jan Garber and His Orchestra 1939-41
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Jan Garber/Shep Fields
Jan Garber Image: courtesy www.jangarber.com Born: November 5, 1894, Indianapolis, IN Died: October 5, 1977, Shreveport, LA Theme Songs: "My Dear", "Mexicali Rose" Courtesy: www.parabrisas.com For more info on this artist try these links.. The Jan Garber Website is here Find more Jan Garber recordings on Swing Thing I must say I always thought of Jan Garber as very corny and dated when I was a lad (his first band was in 1918). He came to be called, "The Idol of the Airlines". His first west coast trip was made in 1934, to play Catalina Island's famed Avalon Ballroom, and was there longer than any other band. He was also at L.A.'s Palomar Ballroom (where many Big Bands started), until 1939. Then he switched to a big swing band, a complete musical style change. Few in the public accepted the music style. In the spring of 1945, he disbanded the swing band and retired for six months. Then he started yet another band that was built around Guy Lombardo's arranger, Freddy Lauge, who had worked in a defense plant during WWII. They were booked solidly for a number of years. Garber was voted, in 1959, by Ballroom Operators of America, the Number One All-Around Dance Band. He had played in every major hotel, ballroom, and theater in the United States. He died on October 5, 1977, a month before his 83rd birthday. - Fred Shep Fields Image: courtesy porthalcyon.com Born September 12, 1910 Died February 23, 1981 Courtesy: wikipedia.org For more info on this artist try these links.. Google on Shep Fields Find more Shep Fields recordings on Swing Thing Shep Fields (September 12, 1910 – February 23, 1981) was the band leader for Shep Fields and His Rippling Rhythm. He was born in Brooklyn, New York, and his mother's maiden name was Sowalski. As a yound man he played the clarinet and tenor sax, and started playing in bands during college. By 1933 he led a band at Grossinger's Catskill Resort Hotel. In 1936 he was booked at Chicago's Palmer House, and the concert was broadcast on radio. A radio contest was held in Chicago for fans to suggest a new name for his band. The word "rippling" was suggested in more than one entry, and he came up with "Rippling Rhythm". When he was at a soda shop counter, his wife was blowing bubbles into her soda through a straw and that sound became his trademark that opened each of his shows. In 1936 he received a recording contract with the RCA's Bluebird label. His hits included: Did I Remember?, Cathedral in the Pines and Thanks for the Memory. In 1937 Shep started a radio show called The Rippling Rhythm Revue with Bob Hope as the announcer. In 1938 Shep was in his first motion picture, The Big Broadcast of 1938. The group disbanded in 1953, and he moved to Houston, Texas where he worked as disc jockey. He later started a talent agency in Los Angeles, and died in 1981 in Los Angeles. ~Wikipedia
Died: October 5, 1977, Shreveport, LA
Theme Songs: "My Dear", "Mexicali Rose"
Courtesy: www.parabrisas.com
I must say I always thought of Jan Garber as very corny and dated when I was a lad (his first band was in 1918). He came to be called, "The Idol of the Airlines". His first west coast trip was made in 1934, to play Catalina Island's famed Avalon Ballroom, and was there longer than any other band. He was also at L.A.'s Palomar Ballroom (where many Big Bands started), until 1939. Then he switched to a big swing band, a complete musical style change. Few in the public accepted the music style.
In the spring of 1945, he disbanded the swing band and retired for six months. Then he started yet another band that was built around Guy Lombardo's arranger, Freddy Lauge, who had worked in a defense plant during WWII. They were booked solidly for a number of years. Garber was voted, in 1959, by Ballroom Operators of America, the Number One All-Around Dance Band. He had played in every major hotel, ballroom, and theater in the United States. He died on October 5, 1977, a month before his 83rd birthday.
- Fred
Courtesy: wikipedia.org
Shep Fields (September 12, 1910 – February 23, 1981) was the band leader for Shep Fields and His Rippling Rhythm.
He was born in Brooklyn, New York, and his mother's maiden name was Sowalski. As a yound man he played the clarinet and tenor sax, and started playing in bands during college. By 1933 he led a band at Grossinger's Catskill Resort Hotel. In 1936 he was booked at Chicago's Palmer House, and the concert was broadcast on radio. A radio contest was held in Chicago for fans to suggest a new name for his band. The word "rippling" was suggested in more than one entry, and he came up with "Rippling Rhythm". When he was at a soda shop counter, his wife was blowing bubbles into her soda through a straw and that sound became his trademark that opened each of his shows. In 1936 he received a recording contract with the RCA's Bluebird label. His hits included: Did I Remember?, Cathedral in the Pines and Thanks for the Memory. In 1937 Shep started a radio show called The Rippling Rhythm Revue with Bob Hope as the announcer. In 1938 Shep was in his first motion picture, The Big Broadcast of 1938. The group disbanded in 1953, and he moved to Houston, Texas where he worked as disc jockey. He later started a talent agency in Los Angeles, and died in 1981 in Los Angeles.
~Wikipedia
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