Does Leo Reisman Dead or Alive?
As per our current Database, Leo Reisman has been died on 18 December, 1961 at 1961.
🎂 Leo Reisman - Age, Bio, Faces and Birthday
When Leo Reisman die, Leo Reisman was 64 years old.
| Popular As |
Leo Reisman |
| Occupation |
Soundtrack |
| Age |
64 years old |
| Zodiac Sign |
Libra |
| Born |
October 11, 1897 (Boston, Massachusetts, USA) |
| Birthday |
October 11 |
| Town/City |
Boston, Massachusetts, USA |
| Nationality |
USA |
🌙 Zodiac
Leo Reisman’s zodiac sign is Libra. According to astrologers, People born under the sign of Libra are peaceful, fair, and they hate being alone. Partnership is very important for them, as their mirror and someone giving them the ability to be the mirror themselves. These individuals are fascinated by balance and symmetry, they are in a constant chase for justice and equality, realizing through life that the only thing that should be truly important to themselves in their own inner core of personality. This is someone ready to do nearly anything to avoid conflict, keeping the peace whenever possible
🌙 Chinese Zodiac Signs
Leo Reisman was born in the Year of the Rooster. Those born under the Chinese Zodiac sign of the Rooster are practical, resourceful, observant, analytical, straightforward, trusting, honest, perfectionists, neat and conservative. Compatible with Ox or Snake.
Society dance band leader of the 1920's and 30's, who started as a 12-year old teenager playing the violin with the Boston Symphony Orchestra. He put together his own band in 1919 and began a prolific recording career with Columbia two years later.
Reisman was able to secure residency at the Egyptian Room of the Hotel Brunswick until 1929, when he moved the organisation from Boston to New York's Central Park Casino. There the band made frequent national radio broadcasts and achieved considerable commercial success without ever playing particularly 'hot' jazz.
His sponsored radio shows included 'The Lucky Strike Hit Parade' and 'RKO Theatre of the Air', heralded by his theme song "What Is This Thing Called Love?".Reisman was noticeably canny in recognising talent, both in performance and in composition.
He featured hits by the great composers of the day, including Cole Porter , Con Conrad ("The Continental") and Irving Berlin. He discovered future stars Eddy Duchin, Max Kaminsky and Nat Brandwynne. His vocalists included Lee Wiley, Fred Astaire and Anita Boyer.
He gave another unknown, Dinah Shore a head start in 1939, letting her perform in front of the band at the Strand Theatre in 1939.At the peak of his popularity, the Reisman Orchestra performed regularly at the Waldorf-Astoria and other swank venues frequented by the New York elite.
They toured Europe in 1937, featuring at the Paris International Exposition. Reisman had various recording contracts during the 1930's with Vocalion, Brunswick and Victor and claimed in later years to have made more records than any other contemporary bandleader.
Leo Reisman Movies
- Idlewild (2006) as Soundtrack
- Nick Kenny's Radio Thrills No. 2 (1933) as Band Leader
- Rhythms (1929) as Self
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