Page Six T HE M IC H IGA N D AiILY Xunra, ahi n-. 0 1 AP PageS~xTHE MICHCA I D~lYtA,..A...,n,.~., .~. 0 0.f S DorseyBand No Stranger T®J-opp ers Weekend Marked His Fourth Appearance The University's face has changed quite a bit in the past two years, but Tommy Dorsey and his band didn't have too much trouble finding their way around last weekend. The 1948 J-Hop marked their fourth appearance in' Ann Arbor. Dorsey's first stand here was in 1937 when he played at Yost Yield House to raise money for a some- what nebulous women's swimming pool. Former J-Hop Stands His first J-Hop venture was in 1940 when he played opposite Ted Fiorito. He came back in 1946 to play for Michigan's first post-war J-Hop. At that time he was still wondering what happened to the women's pool. Dorsey's band broke up shortly after that dance, but most of his old players were back with him in his new band last weekend. In every poll held in the last ten years, Dorsey has been voted one of the three most popular bands in the country. He reached the heights in January, 1946, when the Downbeat Poll showed his band to be the number one favorite in the Sweet Bands di- vision, 450 radio editors voted his the No. 1 Swing Band, and Band- leaders Magazine's poll of fans named his their favorite band. Started in "Brass Band" Dorsey got his start in music playing in a "brass band" under his father in Shenandoah, Pa. After quitting high school, he and Jimmy, his brother, organized their own band. They parted only after ten years of experience in the "big time" when they found they had hit upon strong indivi- dual styles which they wanted free rein to develop. The subsequent rise, of each to the top of the musical world is a familiar story, recently filmed in Hollywood's "The Fabulous Dor- seys." Hop Marks J-Hop Debut for 'Criers' The Town Criers, Dorsey's re- nowned singing quartet which made its first J-Hop appearance Friday night, have attained a prominent position in the musical world in the last few years by blending humor, sophistication and vocal perfection. The Criers toured with Bobby Sherwood, Les Brown and Bob Crosby before going to Dorsey. They feature original and imagi- native arrangements of popular swing numbers. ii Brndleader Last Year, E lman eturns withHottest Truin pet' Not since the very first J-Hops the rarest gifts a musiciass can way back in the 1870's has one have--a sense of perfect pitch. musician returned year after year When only six he amazed thse con- to entertain at Michigan's biggest certmaster of the Philadelphia dance, but Ziggy Elman has held Orchestra by identifying a note this distinction since 1946. played on the piano, and the mu- At that time he almost stole the sician offered to teach him gratis. show from Dorsey with his Elman first worked in a night clownish antics in addition to his club when he was 13 and later trumpet work. As The Daily re- took a job as house musician at porter phrased it, "Elman had a Steel Pier in Atlantic City. There big evening." he was discovered by Benny Good- Last year he returned as the man. Elman -was "Jack-of-all- leader of his own band, composed music" and arranger for Good- msostly of former Dorsey players, man for five years before joiing to team up with the late Jimmie Tommy Dorsey. Lunceford for an evening of con- Best known of his compositions tinuous musical entertainment. is "And the Angels Sing." Least Now back with Dorsey again, known fact about him: his name. Elman owes his career to one of It's Harry Finkelman. 1 ,1 t S t I -3 E TOMMY DORSEY Stutart FoserMorsey Singer, CroonsJ-Hoppers' Favorites The romantic baritone voice band six months before joining that crooned J-Hoppers' favorite I Dorsey's crew. songs over the weekend belongs Probably his biggest disappoint- to Stuart Foster, 29-year old vo- ment came when he was forced calist, who has been with Dorsey to discard his real name for a since the band opened in a Fifth stage name. He had hitch-hiked Avenue restaurant in New York. into New York from his home Foster's first public appearance town of Binghamton, N.Y., for was in a church choir at the age an audition, so he was in no mood of 10. After graduating from high to argue when Ina Ray Hutton school he landed a job singing demanded something different with Ina Ray Hutton's band. than Tamer Aswad, the name he When it disbanded in 1943, he inherited from his Assyrian par- ents. moved to the Apollo Theatre in Foster was the sole support of Harlem and from there jumped to his parents and sister while his Guy Lombardo's band. three brothers served in the Army He sang with the Lombardo during the war. I - . _ . . .. J over a.ckvarter o/a certtvHtrl Ac %/t ui. mertijuear .. OXFORD CLOTHES BURBERRY COATS -r- i DOBBS J-IATS HANLEY BELTS DANIEL HAYS GLOVES JOHNSTON & MURPHY SHOES STATE STREET AT CAMPUS 41 EAST ADAMS AVENUE ANN ARBOR DETROIT SWIFT'S DRUG STORE 340 S. State St.