Jesters + Crosby Feudin and fightin'

Decca master 73909-A, rec. New York, 8 May 1947.
Dwight "Red" Latham, Walter "Wamp" Carlson, and Guy Bonham (voc) with Bing Crosby and Bob Haggart's Orchestra.
One of several "Jesters" outfits of the 1930s and 1940s, this group originally came from Canada. They started their career in 1930 singing jingles for the Taysteast company, promoting their candy bars, and for several years were known as the "Taysteast Jesters". They dropped that sticky connection in 1933 or 1934, and were successful in movies as well as on records. Their records with Crosby sold especially well, and for several years they recorded together whenever their schedules would allow it. I don't know for sure how long the group actually lasted, but at the time of Carlson's death in 1960 they had not been playing for some time.

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• 1930s
• 1940s
• close
• harmony
• Canadian
• American
• vocal
• trio
• Tastyeast
• Jesters
• Bing
• Crosby
• Bob
• Haggart
• novelty
• comedy
• Decca