The Village Stompers was an American

dixieland Dixieland jazz, also referred to as traditional jazz, hot jazz, or simply Dixieland, is a style of jazz based on the music that developed in New Orleans at the start of the 20th century. The 1917 recordings by the Original Dixieland Jass Band ( ...

jazz group during the 1950s and '60s. The group developed a folk-dixie style that began with the hit song " Washington Square".Liner notes, "Around the World with The Village Stompers" The Village Stompers came from

Greenwich Village Greenwich Village ( , , ) is a neighborhood on the west side of Lower Manhattan in New York City, bounded by 14th Street to the north, Broadway to the east, Houston Street to the south, and the Hudson River to the west. Greenwich Village ...

in New York City and consisted of Dick Brady, Don Coates, Ralph Casale, Frank Hubbell, Lenny Pogan, Al McManus, Don Steele, Mitchell May, and

Joe Muranyi Joseph P. Muranyi (January 14, 1928 – April 20, 2012) was an American jazz clarinetist, producer and critic. Muranyi studied with Lennie Tristano but was primarily interested in early jazz styles such as Dixieland and swing. After playing ...

. Their song "Washington Square" reached No. 2 on the ''Billboard'' magazine Hot 100 singles chart in 1963, and No. 1 on the Adult Contemporary Chart. Their hits included "From Russia with Love"/"The Bridge of Budapest" in April 1964 (No. 81) and "Fiddler on the Roof"/"Moonlight on the Ganges" in December 1964 (No. 97) and No. 19 on the Adult Contemporary Chart. Three other tracks made the ''Billboard'' Bubbling Under chart: "The La-Dee-Song"/"Blue Grass" February 1964 (104), "Oh! Marie"/ " Limehouse Blues" in October 1964 (132), and "Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines"/"Sweet Water Bay" in July 1965 (130 pop chart and 35 Adult Contemporary). The group disbanded in 1967.

Discography

* 1963 ''Washington Square'' * 1964 ''More Sounds of Washington Square'' * 1964 ''Around the World with the Village Stompers'' * 1965 ''Some Folk, a Bit of Country and a Whole Lot of Dixie'' * 1965 ''New Beat on Broadway'' * 1966 ''Taste of Honey and Other Goodies'' * 1967 ''Live at the Copa'' * 1967 ''One More Time'' * 1967 ''Greatest Hits''

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Frank Hubbell
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