Bob Haggart Hamilton College Interview Block 98 (Q14541)

That's right. Like the Bob Crosby band had the "South Rampart Street Parade. " We always had to play it wherever he went, you know. Bob Crosby himself became a band leader and he'd go around to different parts of the country and get all the local guys. He'd call ahead and some guy would contract the whole band: a sax section, a trumpet section, trombones, and rhythm. And he'd just go in with h ...