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Roaring 1920s: B.F. Goodrich Silvertown Cord Orch. - Charmaine, 1927

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Channel: 240252 · 2013 · Music

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B.F. Goodrich Silvertown Cord Orchestra, Directed by Joseph Knecht -- Charmaine! Waltz (Erno Rapee -- Lew Pollack) Vocal refrain by The Silver-Masked Tenor, Victor 1927 (USA)

NOTE: B.F. Goodrich Silvertown Orchestra was an hour long musical variety radio program which run on WEAF in NYC in 1925-1927, airing Thursday nights at 10pm. From 1926, the show moved to the NBC Network. The program - sponsored by B.F. Goodrich Company -- an American tyre and rubber goods manufacturers - was composed from variuos numbers, including sketches, humorous dialogues and the dance music. At various times it was titled The Goodrich Zippers, The Silvertown Cord Orchestra, Silvertown Orchestra, Silvertown Quartet. The performing artists included Henry Burr (tenor), Carl Mathieu (tenor), James Stanley (baritone), Stanley Baughman (bass), Monroe Silver (comedian), Frank Banta (piano), and Sam Herman (xylophone). The dance band was directed by Joseph Knecht. The show was also notable for introducing listeners to Joseph M. White, aka "The Silver-Masked Tenor", who had first been heard on WEAF as early as 1923. With a mask concealing his secret identity, White found such fame on radio that when the Silvertown Orchestra played on the Keith vaudeville circuit, police had to escort White into theaters.
Joseph Knecht at various times, run different dance bands. For some time, in early-mid 1920s, he also led the dance band at the New York's Waldorf-Astoria http://youtu.be/t37lXWC3zsQ

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