Louie Bellson Smithsonian Interview Block 97 (Q10893)

Ted FioRito: F-i-o-capital R-i-t-o. He wrote I Never Knew. He was a society bandleader, but a good one. When he came to Davenport, Iowa, all the kids said, "Let Lou play. " So I sat in and played. He offered me a job right there. I still had three months of high school to do. I told Ted FioRito - I said, "I've got three months of high school. Let me do that first, and if you're still intereste ...