Composer
Walter Blaufuss band leader, composer and radio personality. b. July 26 1883, Milwaukee - d. Aug. 24 1945, Chicago. He composed the "Breakfast Club Theme" from the Don McNeill radio show of the same name that ran on from June 1933 to December of 1968. Before Garrison Keillor and Lake Wobegon, before Oprah, Jay, Rosie, and Dave, there was DonMcNeill and his Breakfast Club. Walter Blaufuss was an important part of the show as both the orchestra conductor but also as a regular on the show.