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Roarin' 20s: Harry Bidgood's Broadcasters - Me And Jane In A Plane, 1927

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Channel: 240252 · 2015 · Music

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Harry Bidgood and His Broadcasters, with Vocal Refrain – Me And Jane In The Plane, Fox Trot (Leslie/Gilbert) Broadcast 1927 (UK)

NOTE: Harry Bidgood was born in London in 1898, he attended the Royal College of Music and after the 1st WW he played as pianist with De Groot at the Piccadilly Hotel, London. In 1926 he started directing recording sessions for Vocalion, which, in 1927, began to issue the famous 8-inch Broadcast records. Harry directed a 'house band' for these records, known as Harry Bidgood and his Broadcasters. Other studio bands under his direction included: The New York Nightbirds, Ciro's Club Band, The Manhattan Melody Makers, Al Benny's Broadway Boys, The Riverside Dance Band and Nat Lewis and his Dance Band.
In early 1930s, when accordion bands started to become popular, Bidgood formed a band for Eclipse called Don Porto's Novelty Accordion Band. He also recorded as Rossini's Accordion Band for the Crown label, which sold in Woolworth's stores. It was under the alias of Primo Scala and his Accordion Band, however, that he was destined to become most famous. He continued his Primo Scala bandleader’s career until his death in 1957.

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