Bill Gale and his Globe Trotters - Armed Forces Radio Service - 1940 War and Navy Departments, USA

Bill Gale and his Globe Trotters - Armed Forces Radio Service
00:00 - Goofy Gob Polka - Bill Gale and his Globe Trotters
02:44 - Modern Design Polka - Bill Gale and his Globe Trotters
05:28 - Playtime Polka - Bill Gale and his Globe Trotters
08:17 - Laugh Polka - Bill Gale and his Globe Trotters
1940 War and Navy Departments, Armed Forces Radio Service, USA

Bill Gale & His Globe Trotters – Basic Musical Library
Elliot Lawrence And His Orchestra - Basic Musical Library
Label: War And Navy Departments – P-395, P-396, Armed Forces Radio Service – P-395, P-396
Format: Vinyl, 16", 33 ⅓ RPM, Transcription
Country: US
Released: 1940
Genre: Jazz, Pop, Folk, World, & Country
Style: Polka

A1 Elliott Lawrence & His Orchestra*– Blue Moon
A2 Elliott Lawrence & His Orchestra*– Love Walked In
A3 Elliott Lawrence & His Orchestra*– On The Sunny Side Of The Street
A4 Elliott Lawrence & His Orchestra*– Gypsy Love Song

B1 Bill Gale & His Globe Trotters– Goofy Gob Polka
B2 Bill Gale & His Globe Trotters– Modern Design Polka
B3 Bill Gale & His Globe Trotters– Playtime Polka
B4 Bill Gale & His Globe Trotters– Laugh Polka

Bill Gale
Real Name: William Gula
Profile: American violinist, band leader, and composer of Ukrainian ancestry, also known as the "Polka King" (born April 11, 1911 in New York City – died January 31, 1972 in Broward, Florida)

Having grown up in New York City's Lower East Side, Gale began to play professionally as a teenager. On his earliest recordings, from 1930, he plays violin with the Trembita Orchestra. Starting in the late 1930s, he had great success with his Bee Gee Tavern Band. Later he led well-known polka ensembles like Bill Gale And His Globe Trotters and Bill Gale And His Orchestra. From the late 1940s to 1950s, he also was the musical director and orchestra conductor of a radio show called "County Fair."

Gale recorded under dozens of aliases that he adapted to his target audiences, recording, for example, as Wasyl Gula for Ukrainians, V. Gailiaus for Lithuanians, Wiejska Balowa for Slovaks, and Brunek Grabowski for Poles. Gale himself claims to have used a total of 53 aliases.

He wrote about 1,300 songs, mostly polka and folk music, but also many advertising jingles.

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