Charlie Fry's Million Dollar Pier Orch. -- Happy Days And Lonely Nights, 1928
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Channel: 240252 · 2015 · Music
Charlie Fry’s Million Dollar Pier Orchestra, with Vocal Refrain (by Lewis James?) – Happy Days And Lonely Nights, Fox Trot (Rose – Fisher) HMV 1930 NOTE: Only a handful of information is available about that fantastic, bouncy American dance band, which operated in Atlantic City in the 1920s. This seems to be one of the last recordings of that band, which completely disappears with the dawn of the Big Band era in the USA. The Million Dollar Pier, the Charlie Fry’s orchestra took its name from, was a large boardwalk constructed in Atlantic City in 1906, with the amusement centre including the "World's Largest Ballroom," Hippodrome Theater, Exhibit Hall, Greek Temple, an aquarium and a roller skating rink. The pier hosted the 1925 Miss America Pageant. Dance marathons were held at the pier from 1931 to 1933. In 1960s the pier was purchased by a group of local businessmen, and in 1981 the fire destroyed part of it. Two years later it was torn down giving place to a 900-foot-long shopping mall.
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