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Andy Love (né Andrew Jackson Love; 23 April 1911 Manhattan, New York – 8 July 1982 Greenacres, Florida) was a jazz vocalist, advertising executive, and radio program produced who flourished from the early 1930s until shortly before his death.

Growing up
Andy Love was born to the marriage of Andrew Jackson Love (1861–1948), a physician, and Anita Florence Hemmings (né Annie Williamson Hemmings; 1872–1960). Love attended the Horace Mann School until around 1937, then transferred to the Mount Herman School in Northfield, Massachusetts, graduating around 1930. He entered the University of Wisconsin where he studied pre-medicine for two years (1930 and 1931).

Andy Love and his two siblings — (i) Ellen Parker Love (1905–1995), who in 1934 married Charles Beckinton Atkin (1906–1987) and (ii) Barbara Hope Love (1907–2007), who in 1930 married William B. Hurt (1908–1964) — were born to parents who were socially prominent, well-educated New Yorkers who passed as whites, but, technically, had a mix of African American heritage. To that end, in an era of strict segregation, Andy and his siblings were raised as privileged, affluent, well-educated whites. His sister, Ellen, graduated in 1927 from Vassar College. Andy's ethnicity was not publicly divulged during his lifetime.

Singing career
Andy Love was one of the three founding members of Tune Twisters, a swing jazz vocal trio originally composed of Andy Love, Robert Wacker (né Robert Norman Wacker; 1909–1985), and Jack Lathrop, who later was replaced by Gene Lanham (né Eugene Prentiss Lanham; 1915–1977).


 * Around 1942, Love sang with Kay Thompson's Okays, her backup chorus.


 * Love was TV producer of the Oregon Shakespeare Festival.


 * Andy Love became a national renowned radio producer. Under his direction, from 1951 to 1973, performances from the Oregon Shakespeare Festival were broadcast nationally on NBC radio.


 * Kay Thompson: From Funny Face to Eloise, by Sam Irvin, Simon & Schuster

Andy Love was of three founding members of Tune Twisters, a swing jazz vocal trio originally composed of Andy Love, Robert Wacker, and Jack Lathrop. Later, Gene Lapham replaced.

History
Andy Love, Jack Lathrop, and Bob Wacker began singing as a trio around 1928 or 1929 while attending a prep school near New York. Lathrop attended college in New York and Wacker got a job. Around 1933, Love suggested – to Lathrop and Wacker – commercializing their trio. Their launch was unsuccessful, and love, discouraged, began singing as a soloist with Paul Whiteman. Eventually, the three auditioned for NBC. After the audition, an NBC executive asked, "What do you call yourselves?" "You sure are some tune twisters."

Around 1934, he was a vocal soloist with Paul Whiteman, a jingle writer, member of the Tune Twisters, and music producer. After his singing career, He became one of the directors of Amos 'n' Andy, The Bob Burns Show, and The Dunninger Show.

Love responded with a grin, "That's our name."

Timeline

 * Around 1935: First perform on radio hosted by Ray Noble a guest artists after he discovered them in a Westchester nightclub, and continued to work with Noble until he moved to Hollywood to form a new until for the Burns and Allen programs. The trio subsequently performed in vaudeville on their own. They also performed with Fred Allen and Rudy Vallée hours.


 * Between 1935 and 1938:


 * 1938: Signed by NBC for the Jell-O Summer Series, starring Jane Froman and her husband, Don Ross (né Donald McKaig Ross; 1899–1971), with the Alfonso D'Artega Orchestra, broadcast nationwide, beginning July 4, 1938, on the NBC-Red Network radio. The show had previously been hosted by Jack Benny.

Jack Lathrop

 * Guitarist and vocalist with Glenn Miller.
 * 1935–1940: Guitarist and vocalist with the Tune Twisters (aka the
 * Vocalist with Hal Mcintyre in 1942
 * Jack Lathrop and the Drugstore Cowboys


 * The songs Lathrop composed were published by Cecille Music, John McLaughlin, president; Anthony Gallucio, Vice President


 * In 1948, Lathrop, as vocalist and leader of the Drugstore Cowboys, recorded a duet with Eve Young, "My Darling, My Darling."

Bob Wacker
Bob Wacker (aka Bob Walker; né Robert Norman Wacker; 1909–1985). In 1936, Wacker became a singer for the Bob Crosby Band, replacing Frank Tennille.

Filmography

 * Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, singer

Gene and Dorothy Lanham
Gene Lanham (né Eugene Prentiss Lanham; 1915–1977), around 1942, replaced Jack Lathrop when he joined Glenn Miller. He was married, until they divorced in 1947, to Dorothy Lanham (né Dorothy Dee McCarty; 1917–2015), who was also a singer, notably of the McCarty Sisters, which incluced (i) Frances Catherine McCarty (1911–1963), (ii) Irene Sarah McCarty, (iii) and Jewell Faye McCarty – as well as (iv) Gene Lanham and Ban Lake. The McCarty Sisters traveled throughout Europe singing as the Swingtette with the Jack Hylton Orchestra.

Gene and Dorothy Lanham, and also Robert Wacker, sang as members of the Ralph Brewster singers on Frank Sinatra's 1957 recording, "Mistletoe and Holly."

In the late 1950s and early 1960s, Lanham served on the board of the Los Angeles chapter of the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists

Filmography

 * Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, Gene Lanham, singer

The Andy Love Four
The Andy Love Four performed on air around from about 1944 to about 1948 as guest artists of various hosts, including the Lyn Murray Show. Johnny Smedberg (né John Henry Smedberg; 1911–1979), born-and-raised in Coos Bay, Oregon, replaced Gene Lanham, who was serving in the U.S. Armed Forces during World War II.


 * To coincide with the 1944 re-release of the 1937 Disney film Snow White, Decca, that same year, released a Disney album by the same name featuring:


 * The Andy Love Four, with Evelyn Knight performed "Bluddle-Uddle-Um-Dum"


 * Harrison Knox flourished as a singer on the radio beginning around 1931 until about 1950. Around 1944, he was known as a regular featured tenor with on a weekly radio program hosted by Paul Lavalle (1908–1997) with Jacques Gasselen (né Jacques Albert Marie Gasselin; 1899–1972) conducting the Stradivari Orchestra. Jack Costello (né John Patrick Costello; 1908–1983) was the announcer. Under the name, William Chester, her performed on the Bourjois program.


 * Evelyn Knight,
 * Elizabeth "Betty" Mulliner (née Elizabeth Josephine Mulliner; 1905–2002), married in 1928 to Hartford Conn Taylor (1905–1963)
 * Audrey Marsh (stage name of Audrey Monk; née Audrey Lois Zellman; 1911–2009), and
 * the Lyn Murray Orchestra

Jazz theory
The three-part harmony of the Tune Twisters, in the mid-1930s, was a relatively new way of achieving a jazz sound without a fourth voice. To that end, for producers, it was more economical. Chord structure of three-part jazz harmony typically omits the fifth (dominant) (that makes up a triad) in favor of the minor seventh. A fourth voice would allow traditional jazz harmony to become modern, still omitting the fifth, but adding extensions (9th, 13ths, flats, diminished, and so on). During the 1030s, a more traditiona barbor-shop quartet style commonly achived a traditional jazz sound by adding minor 7ths, but less commonly ommitted the dominant note in favor of extensions.


 * (See Vocal harmony – barbarshop quartets)

In the 1930s, jazz harmony was more common in barbar-shop quartet style was not common.

Addresses

 * 1952 & 1953
 * (not found in the Annual)
 * 1954
 * Andy Love Productions
 * 65 Park Avenue
 * New York, N.Y.
 * MUrray Hill 6-1017
 * "Musical Commercials," Radio Annual, Television Yearbook (Radio Daily Corp.; Jack Alicoate, ed.), 17th ed. (1954), p. 1193


 * 1955
 * Andy Love Productions
 * 65 Park Avenue
 * New York, N.Y.
 * MUrray Hill 6-1017
 * "Musical Commercials," Radio Annual, Television Yearbook (Radio Daily Corp.; Jack Alicoate, ed.), 18th ed. (1955), p. 1253


 * 1956
 * Andy Love Productions
 * 49 Park Avenue
 * New York, N.Y.
 * MUrray Hill 6-1017
 * "Musical Commercials," Radio Annual, Television Yearbook (Radio Daily Corp.; Jack Alicoate, ed.), 19th ed. (1956), p. 1117


 * 1958
 * Andy Love Productions
 * 15 West 44th Street
 * New York, New York
 * OXford 7-7592
 * "Jingle Producers" Radio Annual, Television Yearbook (Radio Daily Corp.; Charles A. Alicoate, ed.), 21st ed. (1958), p. 1216


 * 1959
 * Andy Love Productions
 * 60 West 46th Street
 * New York, New York
 * CIrcle 7-2278
 * "Jingle Producers" Radio Annual, Television Yearbook (Radio Daily Corp.; Charles A. Alicoate, ed.), 22nd ed. (1959), p. 1281


 * 1960
 * Andy Love Productions
 * 60 West 46th Street
 * New York, New York
 * CIrcle 7-2278
 * "Jingle Producers" Radio Annual, Television Yearbook (Radio Daily Corp.; Charles A. Alicoate, ed.), 23rd ed. (1960), p. 1025


 * 1961
 * (not found in the Annual)

Compositions
Jingles
 * "Rinso Bright" (for treble voices) [Rinso White detergent]
 * words & music by Andrew J. "Andy" Love, 2d.
 * (c) February 22, 1945; E Unp[ublished] 409 774.
 * Lever Bros. Co., Cambridge, Mass.

Radio (1930s)

 * NBC
 * 1940–1942: WOR; Ramona and the Tune Twisters, sponsored by R&H Brewing Company – Rubsam & Hormann Brewing Co., founded by Joseph Rubsam and August Horrmann in Staten Island. The sponsor was known for its theme song sang by the Tune Twisters, the "R&H Beer Song" (©1941), composed by Clarence Gaskill.

Jingles

 * 1938:


 * Pepsi-Cola Jingle (see also Sensory branding)
 * "Pepsi-Cola Hits the Spot" (aka "Nickel, Nickel")


 * Pepsi-Cola hits the spot,
 * Twelve full ounces, that's a lot,
 * Twice as much for a nickel, too,
 * Pepsi-Cola is the drink for you,
 * Nickel, nickel, nickel, nickel,
 * Trickle, trickle, trickle, trickle . ..


 * (word for word; needs re-writing): Composed by British-born Austin Herbert Croom-Johnson (commonly known as "Ginger"; 1910–1964) from the melody of an old English hunting song, "D'ye ken John Peel," with lyrics written by Chicago-born Alan Bradley Kent (né Karl Dewitt Byington, Jr.; 1912–1991). This was one of the earliest "singing commercials" on a national basis. It was written in 1939 for the now defunct Newell-Emmett advertising agency and was originally performed by a vocal trio called The Tune Twisters, composed of Andy Love, Gene Lanham, and Bob Walker. Even though it has often been referred to as the first singing commercial, there had been several others prior to 1939, such as the one for Barbasol and the tunes sung by The Happiness Boys for their various sponsors.


 * See discussion of Alan Bradley Kent, here


 * It is said that the commercial aired over 1.5 million times

Broadway

 * 1937: Between the Devil, singing "Triplets," December 22, 1937 – March 12, 1938 (93 performances); during the audition, the Tune Twisters were known as the Savoy Club Boys

Selected audio

 * 1935 NBC Radio, "Love Makes The World Go 'Round," music by Dana Suesse, lyrics by Edward Heyman from the 1935 film, Sweet Surrender

Selected discography

 * "Lord and Lady Whoozis," Jack Hylton and His Orchestra
 * Jack Hylton (leader); George Swift (1911–1985), Jimmy Raynolds, George Taylor (trumpet); Wilbur Hall, Bruce Cambell, Jack Bentley (trombone); Benny Daniels (né Benjamin Daniels; born abt. 1912), Sid Millward (né Sidney Millward; 1909–1972) (alto sax, clarinet); Freddy Schweitzer (né Friedrich Wilhelm Schweitzer; 1907–1950) (tenor sax, clarinet); Jim Easton (né William Easton; born abt. 1908) (alto sax, bari sax, clarinet); Danny Walters, Les Maddox (né Leslie Coupe Maddox; born abt. 1905), Andre Budegary (pseudonym of Earnest Lewis; died 2003) (violin); Dave Burnan (piano); Danny Parri (guitar); George Lyons (harp); Andre de Vekey (né Andre Edward George de Vekey; 1918–1995) (bass); Jack Commings (drums, vibraphone); The Swingtett: Ben Late, Gene Lanham, Francis McCarthy, Jewl McCarthy, Dorothy MaCarthy (vocals)
 * Recorded in London, 13 May 1937; OEA 4791-1 - Electrola EG–6110 (audio and alternate audio via YouTube)


 * Adrian Rollini His Quintet
 * Bobby Hackett (cornet); Adrian Rollini (vibes, xylophone); Frank Victor (né Francesco Viggiano; 1897–1970) (guitar); Harry Clark (bass); Buddy Rich (drums); Sonny Schuyler (vocals)
 * Recorded June 23, 1938, New York
 * Side A: 23147-2: ("How to Make Love In") "Ten easy Lessons"
 * (© 24 August 1938) Harry Bailey (né Harry Preston Bailey; 1909–1984) and Doris Fisher (w&m)
 * Side B: 23148-1: "Small Fry," from the 1938 film, Sing, You Sinners
 * (© 10 May 1938) Frank Loesser (words), Hoagy Carmichael (music)
 * Vocalion 4212
 * Discogs reference


 * Matrix / Song / Label and catalog no.
 * 23148-2: "Small Fry" (ttt vcl) 	Retrieval (E)RTR79046 [CD], Doctor Jazz	(Du)DJ-010-I-II [CD]
 * 23149-1: "I Wish I Had You" (ttt vcl) 	Voc 4257, Tax (Swd)m-8036
 * (© 8 June 1938) Bud Green (words), Albert Stillman (words), Claude Thornhill (music)
 * 23149-2: "I Wish I Had You" (ttt vcl) 	Retrieval (E)RTR79046 [CD]
 * 23150-2: "On the Bumpy Road to Love" (ttt vcl) 	Voc 4257, Tax (Swd)m-8036
 * (© 21 June 1938) Al Hoffman, Al Lewis, Murray Mencher (de) (1898–1991) (w&m)

3 Peabody awards
Peabody award

See these articles

 * "Showmanship Problems – The Full Hour Is Avoided As Too Tough By Most," Variety, Vol. 142, No. 9, May 7, 1941, p. 35
 * Dorothy Lanham is mentioned (to help date her marriage to Gene Lanham); the article also mentions:
 * Chorus
 * Chorusmaster and pianist: Ted Straeter
 * Dorothy Rochelle
 * Dorothy Lanham
 * Frances M. Campbell
 * Mary Margaret Mullen (1913–1985)
 * Imelda Rose Mullen (1915–1999)
 * Kathleen Mullen (1914–1982)
 * Gene Lanham
 * Robert Wacker
 * Andrew J. Love
 * Harold S. Cooke


 * "Hit Parade Acknowledgment," Billboard Music Year Book (1943), pps. 36 & 37
 * Andy Love is a chorus member

Discography

 * Carmen Cavallaro and his Orchestra
 * Vocal chorus by the Andy Love Four
 * 18671 B: "In Alcapulco"
 * From Billy Rose's Diamond Horseshoe
 * Harry Warren (music)
 * Mack Gordon (words)
 * Decca 72787