Tommy Brooks and His Orchestra
Tommy Brooks and His Orchestra appears in 15 performances from 1938, 1939, and 1940.
Tommy Brooks and His Orchestra sometimes appeared as ‘Tommie Brooks and His College Swingsters’, ‘Tommie Brooks and His famous Sam Huston College Swingsters’, ‘Tommy Brooks and His Negro Orchestra’, ‘Tommy Brooks’, ‘Tommy Brooks and His Samuel Huston Orchestra’, ‘Tommy Brooks His Piano and Orchestra’, or ‘Tommy Brooks Orchestra’.
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Introduction: Athens on the Coloradoin “Athens on the Colorado: The Dominance of the Universities, 1929-1946”Although a largely untold story, Depression-era Austin was home to a significant number of local territory orchestras and dances with major Swing and Sweet bands.Read more…
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