Sam Lanin
Videos
Samuel Charles Lanin was an American jazz bandleader.
Label of a Sam Lanin recording on Banner Records.
The Ipana Troubadors
Videos
The Ipana Troubadors was a musical variety radio program which began in New York on WEAF in 1923. In actuality, the Troubadors were the Sam Lanin Orchestra. They opened the show with their theme, "Smi
Sam Lanin
…every Monday from 1923 to 1925. He entered into a sponsorship with Bristol-Myers for their toothpaste, Ipana; as a result, his ensemble was renamed The Ipana Troubadors. In 1928 and 1929, Lanin used the up-and-coming Bing Crosby as band vocalist on a couple of his OKeh records. The 1929 stock market crash hit Sam Lanin…
Ipana 2