The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U... musician who led a territory band
Territory band
Territory bands were dance bands — circa 1920s?1960s — that crisscrossed specific regions of the country. Beginning in the 1920s, the bands typically had 8 to 12 musicians.... in Columbus, Ohio
Columbus, Ohio
Columbus is the Capital , the largest, and the most populous city of the U.S. state of Ohio. Located near the Geographic centers of the United States, Columbus is the county seat of Franklin County, Ohio, although parts of the city also extend into Delaware County, Ohio and Fairfield County, Ohio counties.... .
Documentation listing musicians who performed with Ernie McKay and his Orchestra has not been made available, although the best-known name associated with McKay is that of young Dean Martin
Dean Martin
Dean Martin was an United States singer, film actor and comedian of Italians descent. He was one of the best known musical artists of the 1950s and 1960s.... (using his birth name, Dino Crocetti) who sang with the band in the 1930s. It was McKay who changed Crocetti’s name to Dino Martini. Another familiar personality, Paul "Snook" Neal, who was inducted into the Columbus Senior Musicians Hall of Fame in 1996, played with the band.
