Glen Rowell

Glenn Rowell, his 1st name showing up as “Glen” with a degree of regularity, was an associate of two well-known duos on radio. Initial, with Ford Hurry, was Ford & Glen, also called “Big” Ford and “Small” Glen, aswell as the Lullaby Males, a duo that produced its debut on Chicago’s WLS in 1924. Hurry was the 1st person to ever be used by this broadcasting huge, property from the Sears organization. Rowell authorized on as studio room director and finally became head from the music division. But like many performers noticed on radio with this early period of broadcasting, Ford and Glenn needed to be exceptional performers themselves, not only talking minds. The duo released scads of 78s, a lot of which included Rowell’s talents being a composer aswell. Collaborating with authors such as for example Dot Godfrey and George Graff, Rowell developed titles such as for example “Apr Fool” and “Engine Like Contact,” the last mentioned sure to end up being appealing to somebody who initial name is certainly Ford. Of a larger impact compared to the pair’s recordings, nevertheless, was their impact in the air sector itself. A heads-up from Ford and Glenn could quickly suggest a gig for the next designer. When the set split up in 1930, Rowell’s following partner was vocalist, acting professional, announcer and fellow composer Gene Carroll. Gene and Glenn experienced many radio slot machines through the ’30s, including 3 years on NBC, six evenings weekly. The duo split up in 1943, the same 12 months they released a ditty entitled “Seven Small Stars (And the person in the Moon).” In the next decade Rowell shown his keyboard capabilities on an recording of ragtime duets with Johnny Maddox; this is apparently his last documenting of any notice — of plenty of records, in fact, since that appears to be a dependence on the ragtime genre.