[78-L] Melvin Marvin

[Ray Kilcoyne]

From: "Tyrone Settlemier"
> I'm holding a 16" lacquer aircheck from WOR, dated Feb 13, 1941.  It's by 
> the Melvin Marvin orchestra.  A sweet/novelty band.  Who is this?  I seem 
> to have misplaced my copy of Simon, I don't recall this leader being 
> mentioned.
>
Simon does mention him, barely, at the end under "Still more bands playing 
during the 1935 to 1946 period".  He lists about a hundred bands and 
mentions Mel Marvin and his Take It Easy Music.
RayK