Collection of sound recordings, 1932-1948.

Links

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Creator

Reisman, Leo, 1897-1961.

Location

Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound

Extent

• 809 sound discs : analog.

Access Restrictions

Access to acetate discs restricted; advance notification required.

Scope/Contents Notes

The Leo Reisman collection contains primarily private acetate disc recordings of Reisman's radio performances ofthe 1930's, as well as Reisman's personal collection of commercial 78 rpm discs. Included among the noncommercialrecordings are extensive holdings of his Philip Morris Show and Schaefer's nine o'clock revue appearances. Less complete holdings for Lucky Strike's your hit parade are also included. The commercial disc collection is comprised mostly of Reisman's commercially released recordings, as well as a small number of other artists' recordings. All commercial discs have been assimilated into the general holdings of the archive, and can be located in the NYPL catalog.

Some of the performers who performed with Leo Reisman and his Orchestra are: Fred Astaire, Sheila Barrett, Arthur Boran, Anita Boyer, the Capybara Harmonica Ensemble,Loretta Clemens, Glenn Darwin, Carol Deis, Milton Douglas and Priscilla, Morton Downey, Phil Duey, Ruth Etting, JohnFeeney, the Four Eton Boys, the Giersdorf Sisters, Mitzi Green, Ray Heatherton, the Jesters, the King's Men, Felix Knight, Gertrude Lawrence, Loretta Lee, Lotte Lehmann, Ed Leonard, the Mills Brothers, the Paul Whiteman Orchestra, the Pickens Sisters, Jane Pickens, Penny Powell, the Raymond Scott Quintet, the Ricci Orchestra, Bob Richardson,Lanny Ross, Thelma Rubin, Jimmy Shields, Ethel Shutta, Maria Silverna, Sally Singer, Eve Symington, the Symphonettes, the Three Jesters, the Three Sweethearts, Mary Jane Walsh, Leonard Whitcomb, Lawrence White, Lee Wiley, Trudy Wood, and Henny Youngman.

Biographical/Historical Note

Leo Reisman was a bandleader from 1916 into the 1950's, most prominently in the 1930's. During the 1930's, Reisman led bands that played on radio shows such as LuckyStrike's your hit parade (1937-1939), Philip Morris presents (1934-1937), Schaefer's nine o'clock revue (1937),and the Schaefer revue (late 1937). Reisman continued to lead bands through the 1940's and into the 1950's, playingin hotel ballrooms in New York and Cincinnati. Reisman died in 1961.

Controlled Access Terms

• Radio programs, Musical -- United States.
• Big band music.

Additional Creator Names

• Astaire, Fred. voc
• Barrett, Sheila, d. 1980. prf
• Boran, Arthur. prf
• Boyer, Anita. prf
• Clemens, Loretta. prf
• Darwin, Glenn, d. 1982. prf
• Deis, Carol. prf
• Douglas, Milton, d. 1970. prf
• Downey, Morton, 1901-1985. prf
• Duey, Phil, d. 1982. prf
• Etting, Ruth, 1897-1978. voc
• Feeney, John, d. 1968. prf
• Green, Mitzi, 1920-1969. prf
• Heatherton, Ray. prf
• Knight, Felix. prf
• Lawrence, Gertrude. prf
• Lee, Loretta, 1914- prf
• Lehmann, Lotte. prf
• Leonard, Eddie, 1875-1941. prf
• Powell, Penny. prf
• Richardson, Bob. prf
• Ross, Lanny, 1906-1988. prf
• Rubin, Thelma. prf
• Shields, Jimmy. prf
• Shutta, Ethel, 1896-1976. prf
• Silverna, Maria. prf
• Singer, Sally. prf
• Symington, Eve. prf
• Walsh, Mary Jane. prf
• Whitcomb, Leonard. prf
• White, Lawrence. prf
• Wiley, Lee. prf
• Wood, Trudy. prf
• Youngman, Henny. prf
• Capybara Harmonica Ensemble.
• Four Eton Boys.
• Giersdorf Sisters.
• Jesters (Musical group)
• King's Men (Musical group)
• Mills Brothers.
• Pickens Sisters.
• Raymond Scott Quintet.
• Symphonettes.
• Three Jesters (Musical group)
• Three Sweethearts (Musical group)
• Lucky Strike. asn
• Philip Morris and Company. asn
• Schaefer. asn
• Nine o'clock revue (Radio program)
• Schaefer revue (Radio program)
• Your hit parade (Radio program)
• Philip Morris Show (Radio program)