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Stan Keller
Summary
Stan Keller ( Stanley Keller Grubb, (1907–1990) was an American bandleader, composer, arranger, and woodwind player who led his own orchestra — Stan Keller and His Orchestra. Keller was a member of the original Pennsylvanians, the California Nighthawks, and orchestras led by Charlie Kerr, Charles Previn, Josef Pasternack, Earl Bernnett, Marshall Van Poole, Harry James, and Carmen Cavallaro. His fellow members in the Charles Kerr Orchestra included Tommy Dorsey, Eddie Lang and Joe Venuti. Keller was also a member of the Townsmen, a quartet (vibes, guitar, saxophone, bass) which played at the Warwick Hotel. Photos of the Townsmen were often featured on the covers of sheet music that the group performed.
Stan Keller and His Orchestra performed in the 1940s at New York venues that included an 11-month engagement the Stork Club (1944–45), the Waldorf, the Essex House, the Copacabana, and the Columbia Room at Hotel Astor. While performing at the Stork, Sherman Billingsley, the proprietor, often referred to Keller's group as the "Ork of Stork" ("ork" being colloquial for "orchestra"). Members of his orchestra included Liberace (piano), Bob Hames (guitar) and Carmen Cavallaro (piano). Sonny Werblin of MCA booked Stan Keller and His Orchestra at the Hotel Astor with five radio broadcasts a week, coast-to-coast, on the CBS network.
All compositions below were originally scored for and performed by The Townsmen, a quartet consisting of a guitar player, a bass player, a saxophonist, and a vibraphonist.
"Pikes Peak Polka", music by Stan Keller
"Hop, Skip and Jump (Honey Hurry to Me)", music by Stan Keller and Jerry Livingston, words by Al Hoffman and Milton Drake ( Druckman; b. 1916, New York City)
Publishers:
Sony Tunes Inc.
Al Hoffman Songs, Inc.
Hallmark Music Co., Inc.
Empire Music Company, 1650 Broadway, New York
Recorded by Gene Krupa and his Orchestra, Anita O'Day, vocals, Columbia, New York City, Oct. 24, 1945 (Record Catalog No.
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