London 1920s: The Savoy Orpheans - I Love You, 1924

The Savoy Orpheans at the Savoy Hotel, London – I Love You, Fox-Trot (F. Chappelle) Columbia 1924 (UK) NOTE: The Savoy Orpheans were one of the best dance bands in Europe during the Roaring Tweties. Based at the Savoy Hotel in London, the orchestra was led initially by the American saxophonist Bert Ralton, who arrived in London in 1921 and directed the Savoy Orpheans until he formed another Savoy Hotel dance band named the Savoy Havana Band and the leadership of the Savoy Orpheans was taken over by the band’s arranger Debroy Somers. In 1926 Somers started forming his own dance orchestra and the Savoy Orpheans were finally directed by the band’s pianist Carroll Gibbons, throught the late 1920s and 1930s. The slideshow presents some British posters from the 1920s