"So Tired" Jules Herbuveaux and His Orchestra, v. Frank Sylvano (Brunswick, 1929) Chicago

Jules Herbuveaux, ts, ss, dir: 2 c / tb / 2 as, ss, bar, cl / vn / pac / p / bj / d / bb / Frank Sylvano, v. Brunswick Remote Recording Laboratory, 666 Lake Shore Drive Chicago, IL 23 Nov. 1927 C-1372 “So Tired” (Arthur Sizemore–George Little) - v. FS Br 3734 Transferred with 3.5ET lateral stylus in Audiotechnica VMN70SP cartridge via Audiotechnica AT-LP120 Turntable. Discographical Information and Research from Brian Rust’s Jazz Records, DAHR, Rich Markow, Conn Musical Truth, and Colin Hancock. Recordings from the Colin Hancock Collection. Obituary from the Chicago Tribune: “Jules Herbuveaux, 92, former general manager of WMAQ-TV and vice president of the National Broadcasting Co., is considered by many to be the father of the ”Chicago School of Television.” He was also a 1920s bandleader who initiated the careers of musicians such as Benny Goodman and Bix Beiderbecke. Mr. Herbuveaux, a resident of Lake Forest, died Friday at the Golden, Colo., home of his daughter, Judith Sullivan. His career leapfrogged from bandleader to music director to program director and station general manager to national TV executive. In the middle of his career, television was born and he helped the birth. A native of Utica, N.Y., Mr. Herbuveaux graduated from Harrison Technical High School in Chicago and became a Navy flier in World War I. Afterward, he formed his own band, Jules Herbuveaux and the Palmer House Victorians. They played at the Palmer House and on various vaudeville bills. Other band members included Ben Pollack, Louis Panico and Roy Bargy. In 1931, he joined radio station WNBQ, later WMAQ, becoming production manager in 1939. His experiences on the vaudeville circuit with scenery, costuming and light came in handy when, as he often said, he was standing in the right place when television was born. In 1948, before the beginning of its regular broadcasting, he was appointed program manager of NBC-TV`s central division. He installed a coaxial cable between the station and Illinois Bell Telephone Co. linking Chicago television with the rest of the nation. WMAQ-TV, in the meantime, created a whole schedule of local programming. The shows that WNBQ-TV broadcast under Mr. Herbuveaux`s supervision included ”Kukla, Fran and Ollie,” ”The Quiz Kids,” ”Studs` Place,” ”Ding Dong School,” ”Mr. Wizard,” and ”Zoo Parade,” which later became ”Wild Kingdom.” Among the talent Mr. Herbuveaux is credited with discovering are Dave Garroway, Garry Moore, Percy Faith, Fran Allison, Willard Waterman (the ”Great Gildersleeve”) and Marlin Perkins. Under his leadership, Chicago`s NBC television outlet offered the first 10 p.m. news show in 1952 and became the first all-color station in the world in 1956. He was made a company vice president in 1955. Mr. Herbuveaux, after leaving NBC in 1961, became a consultant to Zenith Radio Corp. and in 1965 was made general manager of the Zenith-owned radio station, WEFM, the oldest FM station in the country. Survivors, besides his daughter, include two other daughters, Dawn Cobb and Nanette Barber; 10 grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren.” Note: Herbuveaux also led the house band at Guyon’s Paradise in the first half of the 1920s. This band began recording for Okeh in 1922, and was a major selling dance artist for the label.