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...days after this rather unusual swing concert, the band went down to New York where, with a little persuasion, a famous band leader listened to her, dismissed the girl he had hired only a month before, and hired Helen O'Connell as the feminine vocalist for Jimmy Dorsey and his orchestra...
Tonight after the Chicago game from 8 to 12, the Deacons will dance to Nye Mayhew and his "Fashions of Music" (formerly at the Statler). Featured on the program will be June Davis, brunette vocalist, and drummer Ernie Coca, Clark. Sumptuous buffet including Coca Cola thru the evening--Couple $2.50, Stag $1.50--Informal...
Dean Hudson's orchestra will play for the Lowell House Kindergarten Prom this Thursday with Frances Colwell as vocalist. Dancing will be from ten o'clock to three and a midnight supper will be served. Costume is preferred...
...Swing is here to stay." That was the verdict handed down last night by Harlem's Chick Webb, whose orchestra is currently at Levaggi's uptown Flamingo Room, and Ella Fitzgerald, his nineteen year old vocalist...
Chick holds a unique position, for in addition to being the leader of the band and also a top-ranking drummer, he is Ella Fitzgerald's legal guardian. He assumed this responsibility four years ago when, in search of a vocalist for his band, he happened to hear Ella at a Harlem amateur show. Within a few days he had signed papers releasing her from a Brookyn orphan asylum and making her his own ward...