The orchestra that made the Hotel Mark Hopkins (San Francisco) famous was Anson Weeks & His Orchestra. Here is some of his music, recorded in 1932, paired with vintage dance scenes.. + Informações

Anson Weeks and the Nob Hill Hotel Dance Band - You're so and so, Brunswick 1932 Oakland-born Anson Weeks was king of Nob Hill hotel dance bands during the 1920s and 30s, with a long run at Hotel Mark Hopkins. He formed his first band in 1924, and played in many famed Oakland and Sacramento hotels. In 1925, his band cut a test disc in Oakland for Victor Talking Machine Co., but, apparently, Victor executives failed to offer a contract, and the recording of "New Moon" was never issued. By the late 1920s the Anson Weeks orchestra was increasingly popular along the West Coast, because of nightly radio broadcasts from Hotel Mark Hopkins, for KFRC, and NBCs West Coast network. His "Lucky Strike Magic Carpet" radio program was broadcast coast-to-coast from the Mark on NBC during 1931. + Informações

(Note: be sure to click on the watch in "HD" option for better sound and picture.) ...and then click the full frame button.. + Informações

(Note: be sure to click on the watch in "HD" option for better sound and picture.) ...and then click the full frame button.. + Informações

Still a favorite after all these years, San Francisco's most popular dance orchestra plays for you over the World Wide Web! The Orchestra began a successful engagement at the Hotel Mark Hopkins in 1927. The band toured other cities and had an extended engagement at New York's St. Regis Hotel. Photographs of the "Mark" are seen in this clip.. + Informações

Anson Weeks orchestra on the Brunswick label from September 15th 1932.. + Informações

Anson Weeks (1896-1969) On the West Coast, Anson Weeks was a pioneering Bandleader. As early as 1924, he formed his first orchestra in Oakland, CA (across the bay from San Francisco). The band's popularity grew rapidly. The Weeks orchestra gained national recognition with his weekly radio program "The Lucky Strike Magic Carpet Show". "Come Dancin' with Anson" was a well used phrase. In his early years, Anson was a fixture at the Mark Hopkins Hotel Peacock Room, in San Francisco, CA. He gained nationwise attention in late 1931 on the 'Lucky Strike Magic Carpet" radio program. Among his key vocalists were Art Wilson, Harriet Lee, Donald Novis, Bob Crosby, Carl Ravazza, Kay St. Germaine, and Bob Gage. His Brunswick records were quite popular. Weeks was involved in an auto accident in 1941 and was out of the band business for several years, starting up again in the late 1940s. He signed to the local Fantasy label in the early 1950s and did a series of dance albums, which were quite regionally popular. Anson Weeks and his San Francisco Hotel Mark Hopkins Orchestra - Ro-Ro-Rollin' Along (1930). + Informações

Please Remember To Subscribe To This Channel And Thanks For Listening! www.myspace.com www.myspace.com. + Informações

On the West Coast, Anson Weeks was a pioneering Bandleader. As early as 1924, he formed his first orchestra in Oakland, CA (across the bay from San Francisco). The band's popularity grew rapidly. The Weeks orchestra gained national recognition with his weekly radio program "The Lucky Strike Magic Carpet Show". "Come Dancin' with Anson" was a well used phrase. In his early years, Anson was a fixture at the Mark Hopkins Hotel Peacock Room, in San Francisco, CA. He gained nationwise attention in late 1931 on the 'Lucky Strike Magic Carpet" radio program. Among his key vocalists were Art Wilson, Harriet Lee, Donald Novis, Bob Crosby, Carl Ravazza, Kay St. Germaine, and Bob Gage. His Brunswick records were quite popular. Weeks was involved in an auto accident in 1941 and was out of the band business for several years, starting up again in the late 1940s. He signed to the local Fantasy label in the early 1950s and did a series of dance albums, which were quite regionally popular. Anson Weeks and his San Francisco Hotel Mark Hopkins Orchestra - It Was A Night In June (1933). + Informações

Anson Weeks & his Orchestra - You've Got Everything (1933) vocal by Bob Crosby. + Informações

Anson Weeks and his Orchestra - Sweet and low down (1932). + Informações

My Friends and Visitors, today, I present a photo montage of Ann Sheridan, The Ooooomph Girl! Ann Sheridan born Clara Lou Sheridan in Denton, Texas on February 21, 1915, she was a student at the University of North Texas when her sister sent a photograph of her to Paramount Pictures. She subsequently entered and won a beauty contest, with part of her prize being a bit part in a Paramount film. She abandoned college to pursue a career in Hollywood. She made her film debut in 1934, aged 19, in the film Search for Beauty, and played uncredited bit parts in Paramount films for the next two years. Paramount made little effort to develop Sheridan's talent, so she left, signing a contract with Warner Bros. in 1936, and changing her name to "Ann Sheridan." Sheridan's career prospects began to improve. She received as many as 250 marriage proposals from fans in a single week.[1] Tagged "The Oomph Girl," Sheridan was a popular pin-up girl in the early 1940s. Music is Anson Weeks and the Mark Hopkins Hotel Orchestra~ If I Had a Girl Like YOU. + Informações

You're My Everything ~Anson Weeks A potpouri tribute to Marion Davies paramour of Wm. Randolph Hearst. Reference to Citizen Kane, downfall of Orson Welles. Exterior and interior view of Hearst Castle, San Simeon CA.. + Informações

"Buckin' The Wind" by Anson Weeks and his Orchestra, recorded in San Francisco, September 14, 1933. At this time, Weeks was the house band at the famous Top Of The Mark ballroom in San Francisco's luxurious Mark Hopkins hotel. Listening to this record, it's not hard to understand why his band was so popular with San Francisco's society crowd. Also included, a very windy slideshow with a little obligatory blown skirt cheesecake.. + Informações

Anson Weeks (1896-1969) On the West Coast, Anson Weeks was a pioneering Bandleader. As early as 1924, he formed his first orchestra in Oakland, CA (across the bay from San Francisco). The band's popularity grew rapidly. The Weeks orchestra gained national recognition with his weekly radio program "The Lucky Strike Magic Carpet Show". "Come Dancin' with Anson" was a well used phrase. In his early years, Anson was a fixture at the Mark Hopkins Hotel Peacock Room, in San Francisco, CA. He gained nationwise attention in late 1931 on the 'Lucky Strike Magic Carpet" radio program. Among his key vocalists were Art Wilson, Harriet Lee, Donald Novis, Bob Crosby, Carl Ravazza, Kay St. Germaine, and Bob Gage. His Brunswick records were quite popular. Weeks was involved in an auto accident in 1941 and was out of the band business for several years, starting up again in the late 1940s. He signed to the local Fantasy label in the early 1950s and did a series of dance albums, which were quite regionally popular. Anson Weeks and his Orchestra - Rain, Rain Go Away (1932). + Informações

(Note: be sure to click on the watch in "HD" option for better sound and picture.) ...and then click the full frame button.. + Informações

Love Me Tonight (Crosby-Washington+Young) -Anson Weeks Mark Hopkins Hotel Orchestra on Br 6341,San Francisco,June 1932.Bill Moreing on the vocal. I had this on before and it vanished,it's so good ,I'm doing a rerun.. + Informações

Nightfall by the Anson Weeks Hotel Mark Hopkins Orchestra (San Francisco) from a 1932 radio broadcast. + Informações

Anson Weeks (1896-1969) On the West Coast, Anson Weeks was a pioneering Bandleader. As early as 1924, he formed his first orchestra in Oakland, CA (across the bay from San Francisco). The band's popularity grew rapidly. The Weeks orchestra gained national recognition with his weekly radio program "The Lucky Strike Magic Carpet Show". "Come Dancin' with Anson" was a well used phrase. In his early years, Anson was a fixture at the Mark Hopkins Hotel Peacock Room, in San Francisco, CA. He gained nationwise attention in late 1931 on the 'Lucky Strike Magic Carpet" radio program. Among his key vocalists were Art Wilson, Harriet Lee, Donald Novis, Bob Crosby, Carl Ravazza, Kay St. Germaine, and Bob Gage. His Brunswick records were quite popular. Weeks was involved in an auto accident in 1941 and was out of the band business for several years, starting up again in the late 1940s. He signed to the local Fantasy label in the early 1950s and did a series of dance albums, which were quite regionally popular. Anson Weeks and his Mark Hopkins Hotel Orchestra, Bill Moreing vocal - Was That The Human Thing To Do (1932). + Informações

A rare opportunity to hear both Bing (1932) singing "Please" and Bob (1933) "You've Got Everything" with Anson Weeks Orchestra. Weeks broadcast almost nightly in 1930 from Hotel Mark Hopkins, for KFRC, and NBCs West Coast network. His Lucky Strike Magic Carpet radio program was broadcast coast-to-coast from the Mark on NBC during 1931. Come Dancin' with Anson" was a well used phrase. In his early years, Anson was a fixture at the Mark Hopkins Hotel Peacock Room, in San Francisco, CA.. + Informações

If you come across a record by Anson Weeks you don't already have, my advise would be buy it! His arrangements are always entertaining. This record has seen better day's but I think it is still enjoyable, Vocal chorus by Bob Crosby. Recorded c.August 1933. + Informações

both songs recorded 6/19/1929. + Informações

If I Could Call You Sweetheart-Anson Weeks and his Hotel Mark Hopkins Orchestra off a 1932 radio broadcast.. + Informações

Masquerade done live by Anson Weeks Hotel Mark Hopkins Orchestra Off a 1932 radio broadcast. Vocal by Fred Scott.. + Informações

Anson Weeks (1896-1969) was leader of a popular West Coast dance band in the late 1920s through the 1960s, primarily in San Francisco (he made his first recording in Oakland on February 7, 1925, but it was rejected). He pioneered the "hotel" band sound and spent years at the Mark Hopkins Hotel in San Francisco, using the slogan "Dancin' With Anson". He formed his first band in 1924 and had key hotel jobs in Oakland and Sacramento. By the late 1920s he was a popular regional orchestra and started recording for Columbia in 1928. In 1932, he signed with Brunswick and recorded for them through 1935, during this time, his was one of their premier and most popular bands. He later did a session for Decca in 1937. He gained nationwise attention in late 1931 on the 'Lucky Strike Magic Carpet" radio program. Among his key vocalists were Art Wilson, Harriet Lee, Donald Novis, Bob Crosby, Carl Ravazza, Kay St. Germaine, and Bob Gage. His Brunswick records were quite popular. Weeks was involved in an auto accident in 1941 and was out of the band business for several years, starting up again in the late 1940s. He signed to the local Fantasy label in the early 1950s and did a series of dance albums, which were quite regionally popular. Anson Weeks and his Orchestra - I'm Yours For Tonight (1931). + Informações