THE GREAT AMERICAN BIG BANDS
Big Bands Database Homepage --- http://nfo.net STUDIO ORCHESTRAS

THE WELL KNOWN RECORDING AND RADIO STUDIO BANDS
It is interesting to note that a great many of the well known and popular
orchestras of the Big Bands Era were actually used mainly for either Radio
Shows, or for Recording Labels (or both).  These bands, though very well
known, were rarely seen outside of the 'Studios'.  

Here follows just a very small listing of so called "studio
orchestras".  (Virtually all of them are listed on our main
Amercan Bands Database.)  Even though these bands primarily played music
for their sponsors radio show and for various Record Labels, they would
occasionally do a real "gig". 
Jan August Orch. Paul Baron Orch. Lud Gluskin Orch. Al Goodman Orch. Harry Horlick and the A&P Gypsies Gus Haenschen Orch. Gordon Jenkins Orch. Joey Kearn's Orch. Phila. PA area Elliot Lawrence Orch. Phila. PA area Sam Lanin and the Ipana Troubadors George Melanchrino Orch. Jack Miller Orch. --arranger/conducter for Kate Smith, "The Songbird of the South". Raymond Paige Quintet Jacques Renard Orch. B.A. Rolfe and his Orch. Harry Reser and the Cliquot Club Eskimos Willard Robison & the Deep River Boys Rubinoff and his Magic Violin. The Ben Selvin Orch. Raymond Scott Orch. Orig a studio orch., later a fine local NYC Band. His Brother was Mark Warnow (& his Lucky Strike Hit Parade Orch.") Jan Savitt Orch. (Philadelphia area.) Nat (and brother Jack) Shilkret Orch. Harry Sosnick Orch. Leith Stevens Orch. Axel Stordahl Orch conducted for Frank Sinatra John Scott Trotter conducted for Bing Crosby Peter van Steeden Orch. Paul Weston Orch. Mark Warnow and his Orch. (Brother was Raymond Scott) Meredith Willson Orch. Later to write the show "The Music Man" Victor Young Orch. Played for a great many popular singers, and he also composed many hit songs.

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