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Sonny Clay jazz band, Sydney, 1928

from State Library of New South Wales

  • Peter Kelaher said:
    This was the jazz band that, as a result of Union objections, was sent packing back to the USA. The incident took place in Melbourne, with the band being accused of mixed race sexual relations and drug use. As depicted in Series 1 Episode 3 of The Miss Fisher Murder Mysteries, the ‘charges’ were trumped-up by the Union over fears for the job security of Australian musicians. Sonny Clay played ‘hot’ jazz, a style foreign to Australian musicians but much appreciated by audiences. After the tour, a ban was placed on visiting black musicians which stayed in place, with some ad-hoc exemptions for visiting black servicemen during WW11, until the first of the Lee Gordon Big Shows in 1954. The great Ella Fitzgerald co-starred on this show with Jerry Colonna, Artie Shaw and Buddy Rich.
  • beachcomber australia said:
    How they sounded in 1925 - youtu.be/xuRKfRDD0tY
  • beachcomber australia said:
    ... and in 1928 - youtu.be/MQkAl2mX3EU

American and Australian soldiers at Townsville, 21 February 1944, photographed by N. Herfort

from State Library of New South Wales

I'm number 1780

from National Library of Ireland on The Commons

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  • beachcomber australia said:
    Officer Dibble from 'Top Cat' ?

    via Bob Lovelock
    hanna-barbera.fandom.com/wiki/Officer_Dibble
  • Carol Maddock said:
    I'm suggesting a Philadelphia police man, since that's where McGarrity lived. I think the badge and cap badge looks like some 1920s Philadelphia police photos online.
  • Carol Maddock said:
    beachcomber australia *shaking fist at you* That's me stuck with the Top Cat tune earworming all day!
  • National Library of Ireland on The Commons said:
    beachcomber australia Very funny.
  • beachcomber australia said:
    Here is a Philadelphia Police photo from 1920; many uniform similarities. Via Leroy W. Demery, Jr.