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Fred Rich was born in Warsaw, Poland. Rich was a pianist and he formed his own band in the 1920s. His theme songs were I m Always Chasing Rainbows and So Beats My Heart For You. Between 1925-1928, he toured Europe then enjoyed a long stay at the famous Waldorf-Astoria in New York City. After this, he began leading a studio band that featured many famous musicians. He recorded for Okeh, Columbia, Paramount, the ARC family, Vocalion.Decca and others, under many pseudonyms. In the late 1930s, he would become a musical director for various radio stations and in 1942, he moved onto a staff position with United Artists Studios in Hollywood, where he was to remain for most of his career.
Studio Stunts features Freddie Rich's Band, Arnold Brilhart, Happiness Boys (Jones + Hare), Franklyn Baur, The Revelers and the Cavaliers (a Ben Selvin Unit).
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SWEETHEART,WE NEED EACH OTHER SMITH BALLEW IMP 2194 08/20/29 9009 MCCARTHY-TIERNEY
GOOD EVENIN' SCRAPPY LAMBERT DNO 4624 08/20/30 9946 SEYMOUR-O'FLYNN-HOFFMAN
WHEN THE ORGAN PLAYED AT TWILIGHT S.LAMBERT DNO 4624 08/20/30 9948 WALLACE-CAMPBELL-CONNELLY
SING SOMETHING SIMPLE PAUL SMALL COL 2299-D 09/03/30 150751 HUPFIELD
IF I'D ONLY LISTENED TO YOU PAUL SMALL COL 2299-D 09/03/30 150752 WENDLING-GOETZ
I'LL BE BLUE JUST THINKING OF YOU S.BALLEW OK 41466 10/29/30 404533 WENDLING-WHITING
I GOT RHYTHM SMITH BALLEW HAR 1234-H 10/29/30 150908 GERSHWIN
SOMEONE SANG A SWEETER SONG TO MARY SMITH BALLEW VEL 2251 10/29/30 150912 SHAND-MACDONALD
SOMEONE SANG A SWEETER SONG TO MARY (BUD BLUE)SMITH BALLEW OK 41466 10/29/30 404538 SHAND-MACDONALD
CALL ME DARLING HOW M-3 01/01/31 DICK-REISFORD-FRYBERG-MARBOT
COMIN' THRU THE RYE HOW M3 01/01/31 BURNS
WOULD YOU LIKE TO TAKE A WALK?(FRANK AUBURN)PAUL SMALL CLA 5212 01/07/31 151190 DIXON-ROSE-WARREN
PEANUT VENDOR ELMER FELDKAMP VEL 2270-V 01/07/31 151188 SIMONS-SUNSHINE
IT'S THE GIRL ELMER FELDKAMP HOW K1 08/01/31 OPPENHEIM-BAER
SHE'S JUST A DANCING SWEETHEART BEN ALLEY HOW L-1 09/01/31 TOBIAS-ROSE
AS THE BACKS GO TEARING BY HOW L-1 09/01/310
YOU CALL IT MADNESS HELEN ROWLAND HOW M-2 11/01/31 CONRAD-DU BOIS-GREGORY
WHISTLE WHILE YOU WORK CLUBMEN DEC 1631 01/22/38 63198 MOREY-CHURCHILL
I'M WISHING CLUBMEN DEC 1631 01/22/38 63199 MOREY-CHURCHILL
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