Ozzie Nelson & His Orch. - Swamp Fire, 1935
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Ozzie Nelson & His Orchestra – Swamp Fire, Fox Trot (Harold Mooney), Perfect 1935 (USA)
Oswald (“Ozzie”) Nelson (b. 1906 in Jersey City NJ – d. 1975) – American actor, orchestra leader, film director who became the emblem for the 1950s typical American family with his actress wife and sons. Ozzie went to law school, doing a small bandleading to pay for his courses. By 1931 he was a full-fledged bandleader, able to play all of the band instruments except the trumpet and also write songs. He formed the Ozzie Nelson Band that recorded initially for Brunswick, then for Vocalion, Bluebird and Victor. Nelson's records were consistently popular and in 1934 he enjoyed success with his hit song, "Over Somebody Else's Shoulder". In 1935 he married Harriet, a singer he hired to sing for his band. In 1944, they started The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet on radio which later switched to television in a run that would stretch to twenty-two years.
Oswald (“Ozzie”) Nelson (b. 1906 in Jersey City NJ – d. 1975) – American actor, orchestra leader, film director who became the emblem for the 1950s typical American family with his actress wife and sons. Ozzie went to law school, doing a small bandleading to pay for his courses. By 1931 he was a full-fledged bandleader, able to play all of the band instruments except the trumpet and also write songs. He formed the Ozzie Nelson Band that recorded initially for Brunswick, then for Vocalion, Bluebird and Victor. Nelson's records were consistently popular and in 1934 he enjoyed success with his hit song, "Over Somebody Else's Shoulder". In 1935 he married Harriet, a singer he hired to sing for his band. In 1944, they started The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet on radio which later switched to television in a run that would stretch to twenty-two years.