BEN POLLACK 78 RPM "UNISSUED" TEST PRESSING VERY RARE

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YOU ARE BIDDING ON A VINTAGE   BEN POLLACK AND HIS ORCHESTRA WITH VOCAL BY BELLE MANN (UNISSUED) TEST PRESSING OF "BUY, BUY FOR BABY"  78rmp 10" RECORD. THIS RECORD IS IN EXCELLENT PLUS TO MINT CONDITION AND WOULD BE A GREAT ADDITION TO YOUR COLLECTION. I WILL SHIP INTERNATIONALLY BUT POSTAGE WOULD VARY ON LOCATION.  IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS PLEASE EMAIL ME.  THANKS FOR LOOKING AND GOOD LUCK!!!

Ben Pollack (June 22, 1903 – June 7, 1971) was a drummer and bandleader from the mid 1920s through the swing era. His eye for talent led him to either discover or employ, at one time or another, musicians such as Benny Goodman, Jack Teagarden, Glenn Miller, Jimmy McPartland and Harry James. This ability earned him the nickname "Father of Swing".

Born in Chicago, Illinois to a well-to-do family, Pollack was largely self taught as a drummer, and was afforded the opportunity to become the drummer for the New Orleans Rhythm Kings, a top jazz outfit, in the early '20s. In 1924 he played for several outfits, including some on the west coast, which ultimately led to his forming a band there in 1925. One of the earliest members of his band was Gil Rodin, a saxophonist whose sharp business acumen served him well later as an executive for the Music Corporation of America (MCA). Rodin also served as the "straw boss' for Pollack along with the young arranger-trombonist Glenn Miller. Already recognized as immensely talented on the clarinet, sixteen-year-old Benny Goodman began working with Pollack in 1925 as well.

In 1926, Pollack recorded for Victor. Many of his records were good sellers. From about 1928, with involvement with Irving Mills, members of Pollack's band moonlighted at Plaza-ARC and recorded a vast quantity of hot dance and out-and-out jazz for their dime store labels (Banner, Perfect, Domino, Cameo, Lincoln, Romeo, and others using colorful names like Mills' Merry Makers, Goody's Good Timers, Kentucky Grasshoppers, Mills' Musical Clowns, The Lumberjacks, Dixie Daises, The Caroliners, The Whoopee Makers, The Hotsy Totsy Gang, Dixie Jazz Band, Jimmy Bracken's Toe Ticklers, and many others). Most of these records are usually listed in discographical books (like Brian Rust's Jazz Records as by Irving Mills. The rare Jack Teagarden's Music book lists them properly as being a "Ben Pollack Unit". Combining Pollack's regular recordings with these side groups made Pollack one of the more prolific bands of the 1920s and 1930s

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VERY RARE!!  "UNISSUED" TEST PRESSING VICTOR 21743-B (BVE-47742-3) 

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