Bandleader Meyer Davis (1893-1976) was from the Washington, D.C. area. Â He started out with a musical quintet in high school (after the school band rejected him — his specialty was the popular music of the day: dance music). He was studying to be a lawyer when his band was hired by the New Willard Hotel […]
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 01:48PM on September 24, 2015