Hal Kemp Hits Collection 1930-41 (2CD)

Hal Kemp was one of the most consistently successful and prolific hitmakers among the many popular bandleaders whose orchestras played the \u201Csweet\u201D style of music which dominated the radio airwaves during the 1930s in the USA, their repertoire not only encompassing dance band music, but vocal renditions of some of the hot new songs of the day emerging from Tin Pan Alley, along with compositions from the stage shows and movies which the Great American Songbook writers like Cole Porter and Rodgers & Hart were creating.\n\nThis collection completely comprises the biggest of his 58 career hits on the Brunswick and Victor labels before his untimely death in 1940 at the age of 38 in a road accident. It features the No. 1s \u201CThere\u2019s A Small Hotel\u201D, \u201CWhen I\u2019m With You\u201D, \u201CThis Year\u2019s Kisses\u201D, \u201CWhere or When\u201D, and his other Top 3 hits \u201CThere Ought To Be A Moonlight Saving Time\u201D, \u201CShuffle Off To Buffalo\u201D, \u2a