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George Olsen

b. 18 March 1893, USA, d. 18 March 1971, Paramus, NJ, USA. Olsen began his initial dance music group in Portland, Oregon, USA, in 1917. A six-piece group, this early combo included Wilbur Johnson, who in those days travelled beneath the billing ‘the globe’s just mellophone soloist’, violinist Herman Kanin, …

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