George Hall (c. 1893 – c. 1989) was an American bandleader in the 1920s and 1930s. With the vocalist

Dolly Dawn Dolly Dawn (born Theresa Maria Stabile; February 3, 1916 – December 11, 2002) was an American big band singer. She was vocalist with George Hall (musician), George Hall's Hotel Taft Orchestra in the 1930s, and later had a solo career. Life She ...

, his band was most popular in the late 1930s.

Career

Hall, described by George T. Simon as "an affable man who looked more like the chief buyer in a men's clothing store than a bandleader",George T. Simon. "George Hall" in ''The Big Bands''. Schirmer Trade Books, 2012.
/ref> performed with his band In the 1920s in the Arcadia Ballroom in New York, as "George Hall and His Arcadians". The band was successful, and they made recording for Pathe Actuelle. In the early 1930s the band moved to the Grill Room of the Taft Hotel in New York; the band was renamed "George Hall and His Hotel Taft Orchestra". They played there for eight seasons.George Hall
bigbandlibrary.com. Retrieved August 22, 2018. At the start of their contract with the hotel, Loretta Lee sang with the band, and they began making recordings for

Bluebird Records Bluebird Records is a record label best known for its low-cost releases, primarily of kids' music, blues and jazz in the 1930s and 1940s. It was founded in 1932 as a lower-priced RCA Victor subsidiary label of RCA Victor. Bluebird became known ...

. They also performed at other venues in New York, and toured the US, playing in venues including The Roosevelt in New Orleans and The Claridge in Memphis. In 1935 the vocalist

joined the band, replacing Lee. Often heard on the radio with the band, she became very popular, and they made hit records, the most successful being "You're a Sweetheart", released in 1938. On July 4, 1941, at the

Roseland Ballroom The Roseland Ballroom was a multipurpose hall, in a converted ice skating rink, with a colorful ballroom dancing pedigree, in New York City's theater district, on West 52nd Street in Manhattan. The venue, according to its website, accommodat ...

in New York, Hall officially turned the band over to her, leaving the music business, and she renamed the band "Dolly Dawn and Her Dawn Patrol". In March 1942 she continued without the band, whose members were drafted during the Second World War.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hall, George 1890s births 1989 deaths American bandleaders Place of birth missing