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The Rythem Boys |
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Bing and Al and some friends from college form a jazz type band in Spokane, Washington.
The owner eventually cut the costs for the band and got rid of everyone except for Bing and Al. Mildred Baily, Al Rinkers
sister wrote the boys several revues looking for new talents and it became clear to them that entertainment was preferable
to them then to a career in law. They both left school in the famous jalopy ride to L.A. When they arrived, they were given
jobs in the Morrisey Music Hall Revue, they were simple known as "Two boys and a Piano," they made a little money in the show
business. NEW York in April 1927 Harry Barris joins "The two boys and a Piano," and The Rythem Boys are born. After this, the Rythem Boys became Whiteman's primary vocalists. Their success with Whiteman allowed Al Rinker to return the favor to Mildred Bailey and her career went on to flourish. 1929, the filming of the movie "King of Jazz," was underway. It would be the only film they did. One song they would sing, Bing got drunk the night before and is thrown in the tank. After this, the contact with Whiteman ended, the rythem boys then entered a new era and they sung with Gus Arnheim and his Cocoanut Grove Orchestra for the rest of 1930. People were paying to see the rythem boys and finding Al and Harry there but no Bing. The cocoanut grove took them off the bill and this was the ending of The Rythem Boys. After the band broke up Bing Crosby went solo and Harry Barris sang with Jimmy Grier for a while then went to pursue a film career. Al Rinker found small roles in Hollywood and faded during the 1930's. He eventually became a producer at CBS radio. The last time The Rythem Boys played was when they united in 1943. |
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