[78-L] A Backward Glantz/ Now Further to the rear.

[RAY KILCOYNE]

> Sorry... I only know from Harry Goodman and Harry Horlick.
>
> Al S.
>

Me too, and......
Harry James
Harry Roy
Harry Reser
Harry Owens
Harry Lauder
Harry Mills
Harry Richman
Harry Belafonte
Harry Secombe
Harry Hudson
Harry Archer
Harry MacDonough
Harry Babbitt
Harry Gibson
Harry Simeone
Harry Connick, Jr.
Harry Chapin
& Alfi

Ray(H)K

> From: "David Lennick" <dlennick at sympatico.ca>
> To: "78-L Mail List" <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, October 08, 2008 12:15 PM
> Subject: Re: [78-L] A Backward Glantz
>
>
>> Brother of Harry, who played trumpet for Mr. Toscanini?
>>
>> dl
>>
>> simmonssomer wrote:
>>> My goodness! I just looked in my ADBD and Glantz has 36 pages under his
>>> own
>>> name. An important recording presence, one might say.(in his day)
>>>
>>> Al Simmons
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>>> From: "Harold Aherne" <leotolstoy_75 at yahoo.com>
>>> To: <78-L at 78online.com>
>>> Sent: Wednesday, October 08, 2008 11:07 AM
>>> Subject: [78-L] A Backward Glantz
>>>
>>>
>>> The entry for Nathan Glantz in the Big Band Database gives his birth 
>>> year
>>> as
>>> "ca. 1860", which I found surprising--that would make him 8 years older
>>> than
>>> Charles Prince and 17 years older than Billy Murray. Obviously it isn't
>>> impossible that he was in his 60s when he made his dance band 
>>> recordings,
>>> it's just a little unexpected.
>>>
>>> I did some research on my own, starting with the census records of 1900
>>> and
>>> 1910. In the latter census I found whom I believe to be the gentlemen 
>>> who
>>> made all those peppy sides between 1921 and 1931. He was a musician, age
>>> 31,
>>> who immigrated in 1904. He was 41 in the 1920 census, which allows us to
>>> narrow the window of his birth between April 1878 and January 1879. His
>>> wife's name was Rebecca, and by 1930 they had 3 daughters and 2 sons,
>>> ages
>>> 10 to 23.
>>>
>>> On 19 April 1922 he appeared over WJZ on an broadcast called "Party
>>> Night",
>>> organised by Okeh. Fred Hager played several dance tunes, followed by
>>> standard selections from Okeh's vocal roster. Glantz was on hand for a
>>> saxophone solo of "Step Along". He continued to make regular broadcasts
>>> throughout the 20s. I haven't heard an enormous number of his records,
>>> but
>>> those I've listened to have always been enjoyable and well-arranged.
>>>
>>> -Harold
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