Roaring 1920s: Horace Heidt's Orch.: Golden Gate, 1928
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Channel: 240252 · 2013 · Music
Horace Heidt's Orchestra with vocal chorus -- Golden Gate, Fox Trot (Jolson -- Dreyer- Rose -- Meyer), Victor 1928 (USA) NOTE: Horace HEIDT (b. 1901 in Alameda, CA -- d. 1986 in Hollywood, CA) -- one of the most popular American bandleaders of the late 1920s thru 1930's and 1940's. In 1923, Horace Heidt -- who then attended military boarding school Culver Academy - gathered other college musicians and began with Horace Heidt and his Californians. The Californians became one of the most successful vaudeville acts in entertainment. The band featured a trained dog, Lobo, who wowed American audiences nationwide. In 1929 they broke all existing attendance records at the famed Palace Theatre on Broadway by being booked an 16 weeks. From there he developed other big bands, bringing his big band fame to the top with Horace Heidt and his Musical Knights. Between 1937 to 1945, Horace Heidt and his Musical Knights recorded over fifty hit records. Heidt founded two top-running radio and TV shows - Original Youth Opportunity Program and Pot o' Gold.
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