MANY HOLLYWOOD STARS FROM THE ERA 192OS-30'S  EITHER BEGAN AS BAND LEADERS, CROONERS AND BLUES SINGERS  OR BECAMES ONES AFTER THEIR FAME ARRIVED - HEAR SOME RARE RECORDINGS BY JIMMY STEWART ( WITH THE HOT  PRINCETON BAND IN 1932!), MEL FERRAR ( LEADING THE PRINCETON BAND IN 1932!), PHIL HARRIS AT THE COCOANUT GROVE, BING CROSBY GETTING HOT WITH THE MILLS BROTHERS, DICK POWELL PLAYING BANJO WITH THE CHARLIE DAVIS BAND IN MINNEAPOLIS IN 1928  AND MANY OTHER SURPRISES! 

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