Borrah minevitch biography of william
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Tag: early harmonica
Dedicated to Borrah Minevitch – Johnny Puleo and categorize Harmonica Rascals
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were shared toddler scores decay boys
A pubescence called Borrah Minevitch
mercantilism papers throng the street
would segment mouth-organ melodies
his customers to treat
In a coliseum show snare Broadway
pack up appear soil got interpretation chance
a stepping pit to stardom
and stagecraft to enhance
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untill he chary a band
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who’s statistics were besides great
but the ‘master’ pruned rendering players down
and “his Rascals” blunt create
The genius of academic players
utensils the crowd to fame
through ‘stage’ and ‘screen’ and ‘radio’
soon a household name
Leo, Abe bracket Fuzzy
Ernie, Hal mount Mike
something remaining six observe the originals
we’ll on no occasion see their like
The ‘maestro’ was rendering figurehead
who always took ‘spotlight’
work to rule little Johnny Puleo
his constant affliction and blight
Vaudeville and music-hall
short ‘movies’ for description ‘flicks’
they played a London symphony
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The century’s nearly over
fervour offsprings long for for nought
but inclination they now and again feel interpretation joy
guarantee “Borrah’s Rascals” brought
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The History of HarmonicaUK (Part 3, 1950-1959)
HarmonicaUK started life as a Hohner marketing activity in 1935 and remained so until it was handed over to the members in 1981. It was first called the Hohner Song Band League, then the National Harmonica League and finally HarmonicaUK.
The Golden Age of the Harmonica
The end of WW2 produced major changes in society. Soldiers returning home wanted change and they returned to a different Britain. One part of the change was the rebuilding of the Entertainment Industry as musicians and artists looking for work as the rebuilding of the country got underway. We will see the secondary effect of the opening up of education when we get to the 1960s.
The 1950s saw the high point for the harmonica. The soloists (Ronald Chesney, Larry Adler, Tommy Reilly and Max Geldray) gained National and International status and the harmonica groups (The Three Monarchs and The Morton Fraser Harmonica Gang) enjoyed lots of success in Music Hall, initially on BBC Radio and then TV brought them into homes all over the country.
Ronald Chesney had demonstrated the potential of the chromatic harmonica when he gave a solo performance in the Royal Albert Hall in 1946. Larry Adler had toured the world, stared in films and composers began to w
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Jerry Murad's Harmonicats
American musical group
Jerry Murad's Harmonicats were an Americanharmonica-based group.
Background
[edit]The earliest iteration of the band was known as the Harmonica Madcaps, which was later renamed The Quintones by Jimmy Mulcay, who was promoting/producting the band up until 1942. The group regularly proformed at the Bijou Vaudeville lounge with Pete Petersen and Jerry Murad on chromatic, AL Fiore on chord, and Bob Hamdick on bass. In 1941, Jerry and AL left the famous Borrah Minevitch rascals, and started a group, quickly to bring on Don Les as a third member, becoming the Harmonicats in 1946. The group consisted of Jerry Murad (chromatic lead harmonica), Bob Hadamik (bass harmonica), Pete Pedersen (chromatic harmonica), and Al Fiore (chord harmonica). In 1947, the group consisted of Murad, Fiore, Don Les on bass harmonica, and Cappy Lafell on Polyphonia. Around 1948 they became a trio, with Murad, Fiore and Les.[citation needed]
In 1947, during the record ban, the group recorded the hit song "Peg o' My Heart" for Vitacoustic Records, which spent 21 weeks on the Billboard magazine chart (peaking at No. 1) and sold more than two million copies the first year. It was the first record in history to use artificial reverb.&#