Word: lombardos
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...system, personally held sway. The third was a syndicate of birthday balls in Washington, to which 18,000 $2.50 tickets were sold entitling the bearers to visit balls at all or any of six hotels, to travel from ball to ball by free bus. Among the travelers were Guy Lombardo & orchestra, Cinemactress Ginger Rogers (who, though no member of the Cuff-Links Gang, dropped in at the White House) and Anna Eleanor Roosevelt Roosevelt. Accompanied by a troupe of handmaidens including Nancy Cook, Marion Dickerman, Malvina Thompson Scheider and Marguerite ("Missy'') Le Hand, and wearing a necklace...
There is an amusingly coy juggler on the stage, but there are also the Ritz Brothers. Thus whether you go to the Met this week hinges on how much you like Guy Lombardo...
...popular" musician takes his gauge from his phonograph records. At Manhattan's smart Gramophone Shop Ray Noble sells the best. At Macy's his only competitors are Guy Lombardo and the Casa Lomas...
...whom would not call Noble's slick music jazz at all, will haggle endlessly in defense of their favorite orchestras. Among famed dance bands, Paul Whiteman's has the richest tradition but his performances now seem sterile. Leo Reisman, another pioneer, is on the wane. The Lombardo band persists in "flabbing" but the public likes it. Two years ago dancing collegians turned to the stomping Casa Lomas. But with success the Casa Lomas are more & more mechanical. The Vallée band plays just as it always has, but Conductor Rudy has proved an unexpected showman, smart enough...
Smart Jack Kapp left Brunswick lately, decided that popular records would have to be cheaper. He founded his own company, Decca Records, Inc., which for 35¢ apiece will have discs on the market this week made by Bing Crosby, Guy Lombardo, the Mills Brothers, the Casa Loma Band, Frank Crumit, Victor Young, Isham Jones. Jack Kapp's claim: All other cheap records have been made by obscure or mediocre performers. His white hope: Bob Crosby, young brother of Bing...