78s - In A Shady Nook By A Babbling Brook - Hollywood Dance Orchestra

Another great Dance song by Harry Reser and His Orchestra under the pseudonym Hollywood Dance Orchestra. Written by Ed Nelson in 1927 on the Banner label. Enjoy!

Harry Reser was perhaps the greatest banjoist of the 1920s if not the greatest banjoist of all time. He got his start playing in dance bands in his home state of Ohio and in the Midwest, moved to Buffalo, New York in 1920 and then to New York City in 1921, where he soon became a sought-after session musician. Reser released a series of solo banjo records starting in 1921 which proved that the banjo was not just a rhythm instrument. In 1925, he was picked to become the director and frontman for the Clicquot Club Eskimo Orchestra on the NBC radio network. This weekly half-hour show, sponsored by Clicquot Club ginger ale, made Reser quite well known and was on the air until 1935. During the 1920s and 1930s, he also led MANY bands using an amazing number of pseudonyms. Reser continued to be quite active in music for the rest of his life, touring, leading television studio orchestras, playing in Broadway orchestras, recording and writing several popular banjo, guitar and ukulele instruction books. He died of a heart attack in 1965 while tuning up in the orchestra pit before a performance of the Broadway stage version of "Fiddler On The Roof".

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[MrXnews]

Nice, and Scrappy Lambert isn't too shabby either!

[althazarr]

Thanks! I'm glad you like it.

[roybo1930]

@MrXnews You said it! They are just FANTASTIC records. Thank You so much for Your reply.

[MrXnews]

@roybo1930

Banners are pretty interesting discs, even if the songs sometimes are just covers of popular hits of the day.

[roybo1930]

I Love These Old BANNER Records I Have Over 200 Of them in mt collection, & love every one of them. thank you so much for posting.

[EdisonSquirrel]

Another 20s dance tune to brighten my day! Thanks.