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Delta Rhythm Boys
A pastime led to a lucrative career for the Delta Rhythm Boys. At Willard University, New Orleans, where they were students of music they began to swing the classics and spirituals for their own amusement. Soon they were in demand for college functions. A South American radio official heard them and shortly after they were presenting a series of broadcasts in Buenos Aires. Came a tour of Latin-American countries. On their return to the United States, they appeared for the first time in a Broadway production, "Sing Out The News." Next was "The Hot Mikado," with Bill Robinson. Their popularity grew rapidly and they have since made many recordings, appeared in about a dozen motion pictures, in numerous night clubs and vaudeville houses and have become favorites on the airwaves.
Ada Brown
Ada Brown (Mrs. Paradise) took up her present role after appearing on the West Coast in the film, "Stormy Weather," and in the revue, "Born Happy." Her first professional engagement was in a Kansas City night club. A musical, "Miss Tobasco" followed. Vaudeville was her next try. As a "single," she was seen and heard in the United States, Australia and England, where she appeared at the famous London Palladium. She was there at the outbreak of the war, during the early air raids. On her return, she enlisted in a number of U.S.O. camp shows, and subsequently resumed in night clubs.
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Billy Daniels
Billy Daniels (Ralph), who makes his bow on the legitimate stage in "Memphis Bound," is best known in the night clubs. A native of Jacksonville, Fla., he attended the Florida State College, where he received his first training for the theatre, and also sang in the glee club and on the school's radio program. When he completed his studies, he went to Europe, remaining abroad until the outbreak of the war. On this side of the ocean, he has been a featured singer with the bands headed by Duke Ellington and Erskine Hawkins, has made many popular recordings, conducted his own radio program and has been seen and heard at Spivy's Roof, the Park Central, the Onyx Club and Hollywood's Trocadero. He saw service with the Merchant Marine, from which he has an honorable discharge.