Salt Lake Telegram | 1948-04-15 | Page 28 | Coconut Grove Schedules Will Osborne Orchestra

i Coconut Grove Sch Schedules dules Will Osborne Orchestra Salt Lake dance fans will welcome welcome welcome wel wel- come the announcement that Will Vill Osborne and his orchestra will be presented for two nights at the Coconut Grove April 23 and 24 Will Vill Osborne is not a new name to American dance and radio fans for tor back in the years of ot 1929 to 1931 when crooners debuted on the American scene and trebled the national sale of ot megaphones Will Osborne was a national favorite A Canadian by birth Will organized organized organized or or- his first band a six-piece six combo here In the U USA S A in 1926 I He didn't hit his stride until radio began giving Americans crooners by the dozens Then enlarging his I i i f ba band d to o 1 13 men he made t V for tor himself I 1 At the height f of his hia radio III cess he set an un unmark cC tri nh mark of 14 broa broadcasts In one i over the five New York stations and the three networks While major th tb l A cess of his band was ti almost entirely by Wills Will's moti voice g sat i personality it wasn't JeSSi neglect from a musical standpoint J with differ different Osborne was one of ot the use a man four-man saxophone ate