Roaring Twenties: George Hall & His Orch. - After I Took You Into My Heart, 1928

George Hall and His Orchestra – After I Took You Into My Heart, Fox-Trot (Dubin-Herbert-McConnell) with Vocal Refrain, Cameo 1928 (USA) NOTE: George HALL (1893 – 1989) American bandleader in the 1920s and 1930s. Hall started performing with his own band in the 1920s in the Arcadia Ballroom, 51st Broadway, New York, as “George Hall and His Arcadians“. The band was successful, and they made recordings for Pathe Actuelle and other smaller recording firms. In the early 1930s the band moved to the Grill Room of the Taft Hotel in New York and it was renamed “George Hall and His Hotel Taft Orchestra“. They played there for eight seasons. Hall’s orchestra was heard Monday through Saturday at noon on the Columbia Radio Network. They were valued for their smooth and rhythmical rather jazzy style with prominent string section, ideal for the ballroom dance parties. Hall adopted the song “Love Letters in the Sand“ as his theme song. At the start of their contract with the hotel,