Authors Description:
Bennie Krueger led one of the early popular jazz dance bands. Krueger also played saxophone with the Original Dixieland Jazz Band in the session which produced that band's hit recordings of "Margie" and "Palesteena." By the early 1920s his was one of the more prominent bands on the newly formed Brunswick label. Krueger was also one of the first bandleaders to sign with the Music Corporation of America band booking agency. The band continued to make records into the 1930s and accompanied Bing Crosby in several recording sessions. Vocalist Al Bernard was a comedy singer in vaudeville who was billed as "The Boy From Dixie."
