Jean Goldkette (1893–1962), born in Valenciennes (France) was a jazz pianist and bandleader who spent his childhood in Greece and Russia, and emigrated to the United States in 1911. He led many jazz and dance bands, of which the best known was his Victor Recording Orchestra of 1924 – 1929, which included, at various times, Bix Beiderbecke, Hoagy Carmichael, Chauncey Morehouse, Jimmy Dorsey, Tommy Dorsey, Bill Rank, Eddie Lang, Frankie Trumbauer, Pee Wee Russell, Steve Brown, Doc Ryker and Joe Venuti, among others. In 1927, Paul Whiteman hired away most of Goldkette's better players. Goldkette later helped organize McKinney's Cotton Pickers and Glen Gray's Orange Blossoms, which became famous as the Casa Loma Orchestra. In the 1930s he left jazz to work as a booking agent and classical pianist. In 1939, he organized the American Symphony Orchestra which debuted at Carnegie Hall. He moved to California in 1961, and the following year died in Santa Barbara, California. Almost forgotten today, the Brox (born Brock) Sisters were a close harmony vocal group of three sisters. They where born in Kentucky and Tennessee but grew up in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. They rose to fame in the Music Box Revue which played at the New York Theatre from 1921 to 1924. In 1925 and 1926 the sisters performed on Broadway in the musical comedy "Cocoanuts" with the Marx Brothers. In 1927 they appeared in the Ziegfeld Follies of 1927 at The New Amsterdam Theatre with Eddie Cantor. In 1929 they appeared in the film Hollywood Revue of 1929 performing the song "Singin' In The Rain" with Cliff Edwards. In 1930 the sisters appeared in the film "King of Jazz" in 1930. These two recordings were made in 1924.
