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Musically Speaking
Right from the dawn of the Swing Era, Vincent Lopez?s band was big news; in fact, his orchestra made history in 1921 when it was the first to be featured on a remote radio broadcast (which also marked the first appearance of the catchphrase "Lopez speaking"). So the fact that this is the first CD to feature his band is a real head-scratcher, especially when you consider that Lopez kept his band together for 40 years! And we?ve caught them right in their prime, in the midst of their 20-year engagement at the Taft Hotel. more
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- Posted: Jan-25-2005
A forgotten legend of the "sweet band" era
Genteel dance music from the bandleader who discovered the Hutton Sisters, Marion Hutton (who sang with the Glenn Miller Orchestra) and actress-comedienne Betty Hutton, who he hired as singers in the mid-'30s edition of his band. Lopez was a relic of the 1920s "sweet band" era, where he shared...
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