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Imperial Dance Orchestra

Band,
Pop and Jazz

This was a widely used pseudonym, indiscriminately used by many dance orchestras, for countless releases on the Plaza Music Company and American Record Corporation labels (e.g. Banner, Domino (2), Oriole (3), and related labels). To a lesser extent, it was also used on Plaza Music Company and Emerson Phonograph Company Inc. masters that were pressed on Bell (4), Pathé Actuelle, Perfect (3) and other labels in the 1920s-1930s. Many issues are believed to have been by the Pathé Phonograph & Radio Corp. house orchestra under the direction of Domenico Savino (a.k.a. D. Onivas), or Plaza Music Company / American Record Corporation house orchestras under the direction of Adrian Schubert (2). In addition, a number of other artists used this pseudonym, and an attempt is being made to identify these on individual release pages in the database. These artists include: Joseph Samuels' Orchestra Nathan Glantz And His Orchestra Joseph Knecht's Waldorf Astoria Dance Orchestra California Ramblers Sam Lanin And His Dance Orchestra Max Terr And His Orchestra Ben Selvin & His Orchestra Lou Gold And His Orchestra The Bar Harbor Society Orchestra Nicholas Orlando's Orchestra The New Yorkers (5) Willard Robison & His Orchestra Van And His Orchestra Fred Rich And His Orchestra Mills Merry Makers Don Voorhees And His Orchestra Bill Wirges And His Orchestra Al Lynch And His Orchestra Harry Reser & His Orchestra Harry Barth's Mississippians Jack Teagarden And His Orchestra Justin Ring And His Orchestra Bob Haring & His Orchestra Smith Ballew And His Orchestra