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Vincent Lopez (30 December, 1895 – 20 September, 1975) was a United States
United States

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...
 bandleader
Bandleader

A bandleader is the leader of a band of musicians. The term is most commonly, though not exclusively, used with a group that plays popular music as a small combo or a big band, such as one which plays jazz, blues, rhythm and blues or rock and roll music....
 and pianist
Pianist

A pianist is a musician who plays the piano. A professional pianist can perform solo pieces, play with an musical ensemble or orchestra, or accompany one or more singers, solo instrumentalists, or other performers....
.

Vincent Lopez was born of Portuguese immigrant parents in Brooklyn, New York and was leading his own dance band in New York City
New York City

The City of New York is the List of United States cities by population in the United States, while the New York metropolitan area ranks among the List of urban areas by population....
 by 1917. In 1921 his band began broadcasting on the new medium of entertainment radio
Radio

Radio is the transmission of signals, by modulation of electromagnetic radiation with frequency below those of visible light.Electromagnetic radiation radio propagation by means of oscillating electromagnetic fields that pass through the air and the vacuum of space....
, which boosted the popularity of both himself and of radio. He became one of America's most popular bandleaders, and would retain that status through the 1940s.

He began his radio programs by announcing "Lopez speaking!".His theme song was "Nola," Felix Arndt
Felix Arndt

Felix Arndt was an American pianist and composer of popular music. His mother was the Countess Fevrier, related to Napoleon III.Educated in New York, Arndt composed songs for the famous vaudeville team of Jack Norworth and Nora Bayes, and recorded over 3000 piano rolls for Duo-Art and QRS....
's novelty ragtime piece of 1915, and Lopez became so identified with it that he occasionally satirized it.






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Vincent Lopez (30 December, 1895 – 20 September, 1975) was a United States
United States

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...
 bandleader
Bandleader

A bandleader is the leader of a band of musicians. The term is most commonly, though not exclusively, used with a group that plays popular music as a small combo or a big band, such as one which plays jazz, blues, rhythm and blues or rock and roll music....
 and pianist
Pianist

A pianist is a musician who plays the piano. A professional pianist can perform solo pieces, play with an musical ensemble or orchestra, or accompany one or more singers, solo instrumentalists, or other performers....
.

Vincent Lopez was born of Portuguese immigrant parents in Brooklyn, New York and was leading his own dance band in New York City
New York City

The City of New York is the List of United States cities by population in the United States, while the New York metropolitan area ranks among the List of urban areas by population....
 by 1917. In 1921 his band began broadcasting on the new medium of entertainment radio
Radio

Radio is the transmission of signals, by modulation of electromagnetic radiation with frequency below those of visible light.Electromagnetic radiation radio propagation by means of oscillating electromagnetic fields that pass through the air and the vacuum of space....
, which boosted the popularity of both himself and of radio. He became one of America's most popular bandleaders, and would retain that status through the 1940s.

He began his radio programs by announcing "Lopez speaking!".His theme song was "Nola," Felix Arndt
Felix Arndt

Felix Arndt was an American pianist and composer of popular music. His mother was the Countess Fevrier, related to Napoleon III.Educated in New York, Arndt composed songs for the famous vaudeville team of Jack Norworth and Nora Bayes, and recorded over 3000 piano rolls for Duo-Art and QRS....
's novelty ragtime piece of 1915, and Lopez became so identified with it that he occasionally satirized it. (His 1939 movie short for Vitaphone
Vitaphone

Vitaphone was a sound film process used on features and nearly 2,000 short subjects produced by Warner Bros. and its sister studio First National from 1926 to 1930....
, Vincent Lopez and his Orchestra, features the entire band singing "Down with Nola.") Lopez worked occasionally in feature films, notably The Big Broadcast (1932). He was also one of the very first bandleaders to work in Soundies
Soundies

Soundies were an early version of the music video: three-minute musical films, produced in New York, Chicago, and Hollywood between 1940 and 1946....
 movie musicals, in 1940. He made additional Soundies in 1944.

Noted musicians who played in his band included Artie Shaw
Artie Shaw

Arthur Jacob Arshawsky , better known as Artie Shaw, was an United States jazz clarinetist, composer, and bandleader. He is widely considered to be one of the greatest jazz clarinetists of his time....
, Xavier Cugat
Xavier Cugat

Xavier Cugat, born Francesc d'As?s Xavier Cugat Mingall de Bru i Deulofeu was a Spanish people-Cuban peoplen-United States bandleader who spent his formative years in Havana, Cuba....
, Jimmy Dorsey
Jimmy Dorsey

James "Jimmy" Dorsey was a prominent United States jazz clarinetist, saxophonist, trumpeter, composer, and big band leader....
, Tommy Dorsey
Tommy Dorsey

Tommy Dorsey was an United States jazz trombonist, trumpeter, composer, and bandleader of the Big band era. He was the younger brother of Jimmy Dorsey....
, Mike Mosiello
Mike Mosiello

Mike Mosiello was an Italian-born USA trumpet player....
 and Glenn Miller
Glenn Miller

Alton Glenn Miller , was an United States jazz musician, arranger, composer, and band leader in the Swing era. He was one of the best-selling recording artists from 1939 to 1942, leading one of the best known "Big band"....
. He also featured singers Keller Sisters and Lynch
Keller Sisters and Lynch

The Keller Sisters and Lynch were a United States pop music group of singers of the 1920s and 1930s.The group consisted of Annie Catherine "Nan" Keller , Kathryne Ann "Taddy" Keller and Frank Lynch ....
, Betty Hutton
Betty Hutton

Betty Hutton was an United States Cinema of the United States actor and singer....
 and Marion Hutton
Marion Hutton

Marion Thornburg, better known as Marion Hutton was a United States singer and actor.She was the elder sister of actress Betty Hutton. Their father abandoned their family when they were both young, he later committed suicide....
. Lopez's longtime drummer was the irreverent Mike Riley, who popularized the novelty hit "The Music Goes Round and Round."

Lopez's flamboyant style of piano playing influenced such later musicians Eddy Duchin
Eddy Duchin

Eddy Duchin was an American popular pianist and bandleader of the 1930s and 1940s, famous for his engaging onstage personality, his elegant piano style, and his courageous fight against leukemia....
 and Liberace
Liberace

Wladziu Valentino Liberace , better known by only his last name Liberace , was a famous United States entertainer and pianist of Poles and Italian people descent....
.

In 1941 Lopez's Orchestra began a residency at the Taft Hotel in Manhattan
Manhattan

Manhattan is one of the five borough of New York City, located primarily on Manhattan Island at the mouth of the Hudson River.With a United States Census of 1,620,867 living in a land area of 22.96 square miles , Manhattan, coextensive with New York County, is the most population density county in the United States, w...
 that would last 20 years.

In the early 1950s, Lopez along with Gloria Parker
Gloria Parker

Glorious Gloria Parker is an United States entertainer and female icon during the Big Band or Swing Era, as an all girl bandleader. The Gloria Parker Show aired nightly coast to coast on WABC and Gloria entertained her audience playing the marimba, organ and the singing glasses or glass harp....
 hosted a radio program broadcast from the Taft Hotel called Shake the Maracas in which audience members competed for small prizes by playing maracas with the orchestra.

Vincent Lopez died in Miami Beach, Florida
Miami Beach, Florida

Miami Beach is a city in Miami-Dade County, Florida, Florida, United States. The city was incorporated on 26 March, 1915.Miami Beach has been one of America's pre-eminent beach resorts for almost a century....
.

Big Band/Swing Era Music

  • Early In The Morning, recorded by Vincent Lopez
    Vincent Lopez

    Vincent Lopez was a United States bandleader and pianist.Vincent Lopez was born of Portuguese immigrant parents in Brooklyn, New York and was leading his own dance band in New York City by 1917....
     on Columbia Records, lyrics and music by Gloria Parker
    Gloria Parker

    Glorious Gloria Parker is an United States entertainer and female icon during the Big Band or Swing Era, as an all girl bandleader. The Gloria Parker Show aired nightly coast to coast on WABC and Gloria entertained her audience playing the marimba, organ and the singing glasses or glass harp....
    .
  • Here Comes That Mood, recorded by Vincent Lopez
    Vincent Lopez

    Vincent Lopez was a United States bandleader and pianist.Vincent Lopez was born of Portuguese immigrant parents in Brooklyn, New York and was leading his own dance band in New York City by 1917....
    , music and lyrics by Gloria Parker
    Gloria Parker

    Glorious Gloria Parker is an United States entertainer and female icon during the Big Band or Swing Era, as an all girl bandleader. The Gloria Parker Show aired nightly coast to coast on WABC and Gloria entertained her audience playing the marimba, organ and the singing glasses or glass harp....
    .
  • In Santiago by the Sea, recorded by Vincent Lopez
    Vincent Lopez

    Vincent Lopez was a United States bandleader and pianist.Vincent Lopez was born of Portuguese immigrant parents in Brooklyn, New York and was leading his own dance band in New York City by 1917....
     and his Orchestra, music and lyrics by Gloria Parker
    Gloria Parker

    Glorious Gloria Parker is an United States entertainer and female icon during the Big Band or Swing Era, as an all girl bandleader. The Gloria Parker Show aired nightly coast to coast on WABC and Gloria entertained her audience playing the marimba, organ and the singing glasses or glass harp....
    .
  • I Learned To Rumba, recorded by Vincent Lopez
    Vincent Lopez

    Vincent Lopez was a United States bandleader and pianist.Vincent Lopez was born of Portuguese immigrant parents in Brooklyn, New York and was leading his own dance band in New York City by 1917....
     and his Orchestra, music and lyrics by Gloria Parker
    Gloria Parker

    Glorious Gloria Parker is an United States entertainer and female icon during the Big Band or Swing Era, as an all girl bandleader. The Gloria Parker Show aired nightly coast to coast on WABC and Gloria entertained her audience playing the marimba, organ and the singing glasses or glass harp....
    .
  • My Dream Christmas, recorded by Vincent Lopez
    Vincent Lopez

    Vincent Lopez was a United States bandleader and pianist.Vincent Lopez was born of Portuguese immigrant parents in Brooklyn, New York and was leading his own dance band in New York City by 1917....
    , lyrics and music by Gloria Parker
    Gloria Parker

    Glorious Gloria Parker is an United States entertainer and female icon during the Big Band or Swing Era, as an all girl bandleader. The Gloria Parker Show aired nightly coast to coast on WABC and Gloria entertained her audience playing the marimba, organ and the singing glasses or glass harp....
    .
  • Shake The Maracas, name of a radio program on WABC hosted by Vincent Lopez
    Vincent Lopez

    Vincent Lopez was a United States bandleader and pianist.Vincent Lopez was born of Portuguese immigrant parents in Brooklyn, New York and was leading his own dance band in New York City by 1917....
     and Gloria Parker
    Gloria Parker

    Glorious Gloria Parker is an United States entertainer and female icon during the Big Band or Swing Era, as an all girl bandleader. The Gloria Parker Show aired nightly coast to coast on WABC and Gloria entertained her audience playing the marimba, organ and the singing glasses or glass harp....
    , lyrics and music by Gloria Parker
    Gloria Parker

    Glorious Gloria Parker is an United States entertainer and female icon during the Big Band or Swing Era, as an all girl bandleader. The Gloria Parker Show aired nightly coast to coast on WABC and Gloria entertained her audience playing the marimba, organ and the singing glasses or glass harp....
    .
  • When Our Country Was Born, recorded by Vincent Lopez
    Vincent Lopez

    Vincent Lopez was a United States bandleader and pianist.Vincent Lopez was born of Portuguese immigrant parents in Brooklyn, New York and was leading his own dance band in New York City by 1917....
    , lyrics and music by Gloria Parker
    Gloria Parker

    Glorious Gloria Parker is an United States entertainer and female icon during the Big Band or Swing Era, as an all girl bandleader. The Gloria Parker Show aired nightly coast to coast on WABC and Gloria entertained her audience playing the marimba, organ and the singing glasses or glass harp....
    .