Sleepy Hall & His Collegians - Who Cares

  • 15 years ago
John "Sleepy" Hall, was a banjo player who went to Yale, in 1924. He led the Yale Banjo Club, entertained with his band there and also toured. Rudy Vallée also was in his band at one time and recorded with Hall.  He had an exceptional custom-made banjo made for him by Bacon Banjo Co. In this case however, the credits my not refer to the actual banjoist. This pseudonym was used by several orchestras, a.o. by Gene Kardos and an ARC studio band. The latter possibility is the most likely in this case. The great vocal remained uncredited and the recording was made in 1932.

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