Gus Arnheim (born September 4, 1897 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; died January 1955 in Los Angeles, California) was an early popular band leader. Events 476 - Romulus Augustus, last emperor of the Western Roman Empire, is deposed when Odoacer proclaims himself Year 1897 ( MDCCCXCVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Philadelphia (ˌfɪləˈdɛlfiə Los Angeles (lɑˈsændʒələs los ˈaŋxeles in Spanish) is the largest City in the state of California and the American West He is noted for writing several songs with his first hit being I Cried for You from 1923. He was most popular in the 1920s and 1930s. [1] He also had a few small acting roles. [2]
In 1930-31, Arnheim had an extended engagement at the Coconut Grove in Los Angeles. When Paul Whiteman finished filming The King of Jazz for Universal, The Rhythm Boys vocal trio, consisting of Bing Crosby, Harry Barris and Al Rinker decided to stay in California and they signed up with Arnheim's band. Paul Whiteman ( March 28, 1890 &ndash December 29, 1967) was an American orchestral King of Jazz ( 1930) is a motion picture starring Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra Universal Studios (sometimes called Universal Pictures or Universal City Studios) a subsidiary of NBC Universal, is a major Global American The Rhythm Boys were a male singing trio consisting of Bing Crosby, Harry Barris and Al Rinker. Harry Lillis “Bing” Crosby ( May 3, 1903 &ndash October 14, 1977) was an Academy Award winning American Popular Harry Barris ( November 24, 1905 – December 13, 1962) was an American popular singer Al Rinker ( December 20, 1907 &ndash June 11, 1982) began performing as a partner with Bing Crosby in 1925 and the two singers formed A select number of Victor followed, which were popular and coupled with Arnheim's radio broadcasts featuring Crosby's solo vocals, this really was the beginning of Crosby's popularity as a crooner. Victrola redirects here For other uses see Victrola (disambiguation The Victor Talking Machine Company ( 1901 – 1929
It was back in 1919 that 3 young men who all would become famous band leaders played together at the Sunset Inn in Santa Monica, California. Gus Arnheim played piano, Abe Lyman played the drums and Henry Halstead played violin. Abe Lyman (August 4 1897 - October 23 1957 was a popular bandleader from the 1920s to the 1940s Henry Halstead ( November 16, 1897 – March 19, 1984) was a U
During Arnheim's band career, some notable people played in his band: 1930-31,
- Fred MacMurray played clarinet and tenor sax in 1930-31 and sang on one recording ("All I Want Is Just One" on 3/30/30)
- Russ Columbo played violin in 1930 and sang on "A Peach Of A Pair" (6/18/30)
- Future popular bandleader Jimmie Grier was staff arranger during this time
- Eddie Cantor and Joan Crawford(!) each recorded a song for Arnheim on 7/23/31, although the Crawford side ("How Long Will It Last?") was not issued. Frederick Martin MacMurray ( August 30, 1908 &ndash November 5, 1991) was an American Actor who appeared in over one Ruggiero Eugenio di Rodolpho Colombo ( January 14 1908 &ndash September 2 1934) better known as Russ Columbo, was an American Eddie Cantor ( January 31, 1892 - October 10, 1964) was an American Comedian, Singer, Actor, Joan Crawford (born Lucille Fay LeSueur; ( March 23, 1905 - May 10, 1977) Crawford was signed to a motion picture
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External links
- Gus Arnheim at Find-A-Grave
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