That Toddlin' Town: Chicago's White Dance Bands and Orchestras, 1900-1950

by Charles A. Sengstock Jr.

As a center for jazz and blues, vaudeville, and a budding recording industry, Chicago and its environs probably spawned more nationally recognized dance bands than any other city in the United States in the 1920s and 30s. While ample attention has been paid to their black counterparts, That Toddlin' Town looks at the history of the white dance bands, theater orchestras, radio studio ensembles and night club bands.
Sengstock examines these...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0252029542
• ISBN13: 9780252029547
• Release Date: November 2004
• Publisher: University of Illinois Press
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 1.44 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.9" x 8.9"