Bandleader and Pianist Vincent Lopez Autographed Photo JSA Certification

Description: BANDLEADER AND PIANIST VINCENT LOPEZ AUTOGRAPHED VINTAGE PHOTO (JSA CERTIFICATION) 5 x 7 nice quality mat finish photo inscribed "To Theodore, Vincent Lopez".In fine condition with JSA card certificationVincent Lopez (December 30, 1895 – September 20, 1975)[1] was an American bandleader, actor, and pianist Vincent Lopez was born of Portuguese immigrant parents in Brooklyn, New York City, United States,[3] and was leading his own dance band in New York City by 1916.[1] On November 27, 1921, his band began broadcasting on the new medium of entertainment radio; the band's weekly 90-minute show on the Newark, New Jersey, station WJZ boosted the popularity of both himself and of radio.[4][5][6] He became one of America's most popular bandleaders, and would retain that status through the 1940s.[1]He began his radio programs by announcing "Hello everybody, Lopez speaking!"[1] His theme song was "Nola", Felix Arndt's novelty ragtime piece of 1915, and Lopez became so identified with it that he occasionally satirized it. (His 1939 movie short for Vitaphone, Vincent Lopez and his Orchestra, features the entire band singing "Down with Nola".)Lopez worked occasionally in feature films, notably The Big Broadcast (1932) and as a live-action feature in the Max Fleischer cartoon I Don't Want to Make History (1936). In 1940, he was one of the first bandleaders to work in Soundies movie musicals. He made additional Soundies in 1944.Noted musicians who played in his band included Artie Shaw, Xavier Cugat, Jimmy Dorsey, Tommy Dorsey, Mike Mosiello, Fred Lowery, and Glenn Miller.[1] He also featured singers Keller Sisters and Lynch, Betty Hutton, and Marion Hutton. Lopez's longtime drummer was the irreverent Mike Riley, who popularized the novelty hit "The Music Goes Round and Round".Lopez's flamboyant style of piano playing influenced such later musicians as Eddy Duchin and Liberace.In 1941, Lopez's Orchestra began a residency at the Taft Hotel in Manhattan that would last 25 years.In the early 1950s, Lopez along with Gloria Parker hosted a radio program broadcast from the Taft Hotel called Shake the Maracas in which audience members competed for small prizes by playing maracas with the orchestra.Vincent Lopez died at the Villa Maria nursing home in North Miami, Florida, on September 20, 1975PLEASE DO NOT WASTE OUR TIME BY WINNING AN ITEM AND NOT PAYING FOR IT!! YOU WILL BE REPORTED TO EBAY AND BLOCKED FROM OUR AUCTIONS!!! ALSO WE WILL NOT ACCEPT ANY BIDS FROM 0 FEEDBACKS, THEY WILL BE CANCELLED! CELEBRATING 26 YEARS IN BUSINESS!!NO RESERVE Terms of Sale: PLEASE READ!!1. Payment is due within 4 days of the close of this auction. We are set automatically on Unpaid Bidder Assistant2. EBAY COLLECTS THE SALES TAX3. If you have any questions, please ask prior to bidding. 4. All items are guaranteed authentic. COAs issued upon request. (Only for signed items) We are members of the UACC and Manuscript Society. You can buy with complete confidence.5. Buyer pays for shipping. (combine shipping for multiple items) PLEASE NOTE IF BIDDING OUTSIDE OF THE U.S. - WE ONLY SHIP THROUGH EBAY'S GLOBAL SHIPPING PROGRAM SO PLEASE READ AND UNDERSTAND THEIR TERMS AND CONDITIONS!!Thanks for looking and Good Luck bidding!The Inkwell Autograph Gallery

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