Louis Halmy

Louis Halmy
Born June 23, 1911(1911-06-23)
Died March 14, 2005(2005-03-14) (aged 93)
Known for The Big Broadcast of 1938

Lou Halmy (June 23, 1911 - March 14, 2005) was a jazz musician and music arranger with Shep Fields and he appeared in the The Big Broadcast of 1938.[1][2]

Biography

He was born on June 23, 1911 in Budapest, Hungary.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Great Depression a gold mine for musicians". The Register-Guard. February 15, 2002. http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-83062706.html. Retrieved 2010-05-16. "When trumpet star and jazz arranger Lou Halmy looks back on the Great Depression of the 1930s, it doesn't seem depressing at all. 'I was lucky,' the 91-year-old Eugene musician says. 'I was playing with a band and working all the time. We had a steady job, which was the rarest thing in music.' While many people were standing in bread lines and living in shanty camps, Halmy was inside New York's posh Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, cheering people up by playing his horn in one of the most popular dance bands of the era: Shep Fields and His Rippling Rhythm ..." 
  2. ^ a b "Musician, arranger Lou Halmy dies at 93". The Register-Guard. March 22, 2005. http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-130805373.html. Retrieved 2010-05-16. "Halmy was born in Budapest, Hungary, and his family immigrated to the United States when he was 2. He made his mark as a trumpet player with East Coast outfits including Shep Fields and His Rippling Rhythm Orchestra, a society band that played on 'The Woodbury Hour With Bob Hope' and in the 'The Big Broadcast of 1938,' a film starring Hope, W.C. Fields and Dorothy Lamour."