Radio stars (Oct 1934-Sept 1935)

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We'll get up a crack entertainment foursome and if you'll play our club dates with us, we'll go on the air with you and help you fill your time." For days, while unattended customers fretted in front, the Landt Trio's harmony floated through the sweet bakery air from the back room. Two weeks later, armed with a repertory of seven songs— they knew three of them by heart— they approached the manager of WGBI. "Glad to have you boys," he said. He should have been— at a price' of $5.00 an hour for the group. But then, with a repertory which made it necessary for them to repeat songs when they were on hour long broadcasts, what could they expect? They were happy to be on the air, of course, but they weren't satisfied. The fan mail made them sure they were worth more money than that. Even when the club engagements began to be more frequent, they were hardly wallowing in wealth. And something discouraging always seemed to happen. On one occasion Dan has been approached by a club entertainment manager to find out how much they wanted for singing at a party. "Is fifteen dollars apiece too much?" Dan asked timidly. "No, that's fine," the manager said. During the course of the evening, the manager approached White, who didn't know of the price agreed upon. "How much did you fellows say you wanted?" the manager asked. "Oh," said White with all the casual confidence he could master, "I guess ten dollars apiece will be all right." Total loss for the group, twenty dollars. But it was just that sort of thing that made the first glimmerings of their dream of going to New York and making a lot of money, burst into full brilliance. THEY consulted their friends and families. To their surprise, the ones who had been most enthusiastic about their entertaining in Scranton now shook their heads most dubiously. Howard had a good bakery business. Carl was doing well as a milk tester and Dan was building up a good business as a painting contractor. Jack was still in high school. Why should they leave home for the risks of a city. "But you've got to leave home," the boys argued, "if you want to get anywhere." Their arguments fell on deaf ears. And in their turn, their spirited confidence drowned out all protests. Dan and Carl and Howard gave up their work. Jack left school. With $400 in borrowed money, their sole financing, safely in Carl's pocket, they boarded the New York train. No feeling of doubt as to the wisdom of what they were doing disturbed their high spirits. That was to come later. So sure were they of success, so certain their time would be entirely occupied with entertaining, they made an agreement among themselve that the first to marry should forfeit $500 to the other three. The second would do the same to the remaining two. They set their bags down in that bullet scarred, ill-furnished New York room and began to think. What to do now? What does one do when one wants to go on the air or the stage and knows no one? "Why not see Vincent Lopez" Howard suggested. But Lopez was a busy maa Wouldn't he be too busy to see them? To their astonishment, Lopez not only saw them but was willing to listen to them. And when he said he liked their' work, their spirits bubbled ecstatically. "How much do you boys think yor ought to get?" Lopez asked them. "Would $250 a week be too much?" they asked shyly. "I guess not," Lopez laughed. The orchestra leader was playing at the Concourse Plaza Hotel in New York and said he'd give the boys a try up there. THEIR happiness was boundless when their songs were applauded vigorously. But a day later came disheartening news. "I'm awfully sorry boys," Lopez told them. "I thought I'd be able to use you, but I've had to change my plans. Sorry." "But what are we going to do?" protested the boys. "Why don't you go over to NBC? I'll, see that you get an audition," Vincent promised. "Say," whispered Carl, "suppose they ask us to sing more than three songs. We haven't got our music and all we know by heart is 'Voom Voom' and 'Ice Cream' anc 'Mississippi Mud'." "Shh!" cautioned Howard. "We're going to start." They sang "Mississippi Mud." The audition director asked for another. The) sang "Voom Voom." They began to perspire. How long was this going to keej up? As they ended the final note of "Ic< Cream," they looked despairingly at on< another. If they were asked to sing oni more they were sunk. Even when the director said, "Oka) boys, that's enough," their relief was shor lived for with an air of finality he con eluded, "I'll let you know when I can us> you." The boys were no fools. They knev that nine times out of ten this was a polit' way of saying, "Sorry, can't use you at all.' Each hour forced them further towan the end of their rope. In a last franti' attempt to stave off the seemingly inevi table failure, they hurried about to bookin; offices, theatres and studios. The answe was always the same. THEN of a sudden came a faint glimme of hope. The National Broadcastin; Company had informed them that the; could be among a number of groups o singers to audition for the Lucky Strik hour. After their discouragements, the placed little faith in it, but it was chance and they had to take it. When they saw the number of othej singers outside the audition studio, thej were aghast. And when they w:ere toll 84