George Olsen & His Music - Blue Baby, 1927

Описание: George Olsen & His Music with Vocal Refrain - Blue Baby, HMV 1927 (UK)

George Edward OLSEN (1893 - 1971) American band-leader born in Portland, Oregon. Olsen attended the University of Michigan, where he was drum major. Here he formed his band, George Olsen and his Music, which continued in the Portland area. He then made the cross-county transition to Broadway, appearing in Kid Boots, the Ziegfeld Follies of 1924, and Good News and also performing in West Coast ballrooms and theatres of Los Angeles and San Francisco. Olsen signed with Victor in 1924 and remained with Victor as one of Victor's most popular bands through 1933 when he signed with Columbia, then Decca and Varsity. He and his orchestra were in Eddie Cantor's 1928 Broadway hit Whoopee!. I 1930 George met a singer, Ethel Shutta, who sings and dances memorably in Whoopee! (film version from 1930) and they married, appearing together in nightclubs and on radio. They had two children, George, Jr. and Charles; following a divorce, Olsen opened a restaurant in Paramus, New Jersey. A resident of Paramus, New Jersey, George Olsen ran that popular local restaurant for many years before he died there on March 18, 1971.