Alfred-EdR-InterfratBall-2-1949-50
Alfred Ag & Tech Rural Engineering student and Gamma Theta Gamma fraternity member Ed(ward) Ricotta (North Collins, NY) with his date, at the Alfred Interfraternity Ball, December 1949. Music supplied by Elliot Lawrence and his Orchestra. This must have been the pre-dance party.
(from Wikipedia) "From 1946–1954, the Elliot Lawrence Band became a traveling band performing at dances, concerts, college proms and headline gigs around the United States year-round while recording albums for Decca, Columbia, RCA, Fantasy and Vic records. In 1949, the band performed a three-week stint with the Nat King Cole Trio at the Paramount Theatre in New York City, the same during which time it recorded Gerry Mulligan's "Elevation", later named "one of the top 50 best jazz recordings of the 20th century" by the Smithsonian Institution. The Elliot Lawrence Band performed in Philadelphia at the World Series in 1950, playing his original song "The Fightin' Phils". By this time, however, the band had become known for their "sweet" commercial sound. From 1947–1949 the band was the "campus choice" in Billboard's most promising new orchestra polls. Elliot was also voted one of America's "most eligible bachelors" by Look magazine in 1949."
Alfred-EdR-InterfratBall-2-1949-50
Alfred Ag & Tech Rural Engineering student and Gamma Theta Gamma fraternity member Ed(ward) Ricotta (North Collins, NY) with his date, at the Alfred Interfraternity Ball, December 1949. Music supplied by Elliot Lawrence and his Orchestra. This must have been the pre-dance party.
(from Wikipedia) "From 1946–1954, the Elliot Lawrence Band became a traveling band performing at dances, concerts, college proms and headline gigs around the United States year-round while recording albums for Decca, Columbia, RCA, Fantasy and Vic records. In 1949, the band performed a three-week stint with the Nat King Cole Trio at the Paramount Theatre in New York City, the same during which time it recorded Gerry Mulligan's "Elevation", later named "one of the top 50 best jazz recordings of the 20th century" by the Smithsonian Institution. The Elliot Lawrence Band performed in Philadelphia at the World Series in 1950, playing his original song "The Fightin' Phils". By this time, however, the band had become known for their "sweet" commercial sound. From 1947–1949 the band was the "campus choice" in Billboard's most promising new orchestra polls. Elliot was also voted one of America's "most eligible bachelors" by Look magazine in 1949."