Record #:

18453

Author(s):

Cranford, H.C.

Abstract:

In the field of popular music, six big time bands got their start at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Kay Kyser, the late Hal Kemp, John Scott Trotter, Skinnay Ennis, Jan Garber, and Saxie Dowell. All formed their original bands at Chapel Hill, and they, with the exception of Kemp, are still going strong.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 9 Issue 29, Dec 1941, p8, 23

Subject(s):

Band leaders; Bands--Chapel Hill