Syracuse, New York, Music Archive

1942. Archive related to the Syracuse, New York music scene during 1942. Includes pages from a scrapbook, 1942, featuring clippings about musicians performing at the Strand Theater in Syracuse, including Louis Armstrong, Al Donahue, Ina Ray Hutton, Clyde McCoy, Erskine Hawkins, Count Basie, and Louis Prima. The collection also includes a music book and manuscript sheet music owned by Walter Melnick, a popular Syracuse musician. Good. Item #12117

Walter Melnick (1925-2018) was a Syracuse musician, who played trumpet and bass for such bands as The Buddy Morrow Band, the Carl Silfer Orchestra, the Jim DeLine Gang, and numerous Syracuse-area ensembles. He served in the U.S. Army as a bugler during World War II, and worked as a clerk/typist for the U. S. Army Recruiting Battalion in Syracuse.

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