Howard Lanin and His Orch. - Black Bottom, 1926

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Howard Lanin was the third most prominent figure in the family of musicians (see my info for the clip with Sam Lanin's Orchestra). His brother Sam was a major bandleader and director of the 1920s and early '30s, responsible for the enormous number of recordings and broadcasts. Lester was also the famed dance-band leader from the 1930s through the 1990s. Howard was born in Philadelphia in 1898 to an immigrant Russian Jewish family, whose members (including father and grandfather) were ...