Piccadilly Revels Band & Ray Starita - Meadow Lark, 1926
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Piccadilly Revels Band & Ray Starita (Recorded in a Public Hall) - Meadow Lark, Columbia 1926
NOTE: Al, Ray, Rudy and Julio STARITA were Italian-Americans and all important musicians in the British dance band scene of the 1920/30s. They were born in Chelsea, MA. In 1921 Starita brothers formed a band in the Boston area.Two years later, Ray and Al travelled to UK where soon they were playing with Savoy Orpheans. In 1925-1928 Al and Ray Starita recorded with Jack Hylton's Kit-Cat Band. In this time The Piccadilly Hotel put the show staged by Edward, brother of the Dolly Sisters, called 'Dolly's Revels.' This show continued under the name of the 'Piccadilly Revels' .The Piccadilly Revels Band played a mixture of dance music with jazz arrangements. Hylton, who was busy with his band, put Ray in charge of the ensamble which played for the Revels Cabaret and at the Piccadilly Hotel. 1928 Ray and Al formed their own band, the Piccadilly Players, and two younger brothers sailed to join them.
NOTE: Al, Ray, Rudy and Julio STARITA were Italian-Americans and all important musicians in the British dance band scene of the 1920/30s. They were born in Chelsea, MA. In 1921 Starita brothers formed a band in the Boston area.Two years later, Ray and Al travelled to UK where soon they were playing with Savoy Orpheans. In 1925-1928 Al and Ray Starita recorded with Jack Hylton's Kit-Cat Band. In this time The Piccadilly Hotel put the show staged by Edward, brother of the Dolly Sisters, called 'Dolly's Revels.' This show continued under the name of the 'Piccadilly Revels' .The Piccadilly Revels Band played a mixture of dance music with jazz arrangements. Hylton, who was busy with his band, put Ray in charge of the ensamble which played for the Revels Cabaret and at the Piccadilly Hotel. 1928 Ray and Al formed their own band, the Piccadilly Players, and two younger brothers sailed to join them.