The Original Memphis Five Part 3: September 1922 – February 1925 : Busiest Band in the Land by Ralph Wondraschek
The Original Memphis Five Part 3: September 1922 – February 1925 : Busiest Band In The Land By Ralph Wondraschek After the Original Memphis Five had played their last night at Busoni’s Rosebud ballroom, Surf Ave. & West 5 th St., Coney Island (July 18 – Sept.08) 394, 395, 396, 777 , they started, from September 09, with a doubling scheme, alternating evenings between the Danceland, Surf Ave. & 20 th St., Coney Island, and the Balconades Ballroom, 66 th St. & Columbus Ave., Manhattan, for a period of two weeks. 396 to 402 Then, the band topped even that: The Original Memphis Five … are now appearing in three dance halls each week and are making records for eleven different phonograph companies. They appear weekly at the Palais de Danse, Brooklyn; Healy’s Balconades, and Healy’s Danceland, at 95 th street [formerly Healy’s Sunken Gardens] . Besides this, they are recording for the Columbia, Arto, Banner, Pathé, Actuelle, Gennett, Paramount, Regal, Brunswick and Cameo. The members of the Original Memphis Five are Phil Napoleon, leader, cornetist; Frank Signorelli, pianist; James Lytell, clarinet; Charles PanoIIy [sic] , trombone, and Jack Roth, drums. (New York Clipper, November 01, 1922, p.28) Brooklyn Standard Union, September 22, 1922, p.14 Brooklyn Daily Eagle, September 09, 1922, p.22 The tripling schedule had started on September 22, 1922 with the opening of yet another Busoni ballroom, the Palais De Danse, Flatbush Ave. & Sterling Place, Brooklyn 402, 403 : New York Daily News, October 17, 1922, p.17 BUSONI’S PALAIS de DANCE The latest addition to Brooklyn’s sumptuous amusement enterprises, Busoni’s Palais de Dance, at Flatbush avenue and Sterling place, is now open.
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