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Radio Invaders from Europe Sweep American Airwaves
A survey of British and Latin American musicians broadcasting in the United States shows how Ray Noble Jack Hylton Odette Myrtis Jose Manzanares and Xavier Cugat along with Emery Deutsch Lud Gluskin and others shape US radio. The piece notes Noble and Hylton adapting to American tastes and Manzanares promoting Latin rhythms while Deutsch Gluskin and others highlight European and gypsy influences on modern broadcast music.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jose Manzanares
United States
Madalyn Green
Europe
Ray Noble
Ben Lillie
Oliver Wakefield
Jack Hylton
Odette Myrtis
Lud Gluskin
Xavier Cugat
Emery Deutsch
Ray Boley
Frank Novak
Nino Martini
Emil Boreo
Boley
England
Noble
Comnana
Raene
London
Hylton
Fred Waring
Dick Turpin
York
Waring
Annie
Bea Lillie
Peter Parish
Jack Benny
Alexander Woollcott
States
South America
Cuba
Spain
Manzanares
Jose
Hungary
Emery
Russia
Rumania
Liszt
Brahms
Columbus Broadcasting System
Lud
Rittentalian