[Dixielandjazz] Beebe

[Stephen G Barbone]

Lucius Beebe was hired by the New York Tribune in 1929. Prior to that  
he worked for a Boston newspaper. He graduated from Harvard in 1927,  
prior to that attending Yale. He was probably well known in Boston and  
New York by 1929, if not for his sartorial manner of dress, then  
perhaps for his being outwardly gay. He lived the kind of life that  
would have put him in proximity of Society Bands and/or jazz bands.  
After several years with the Trib, he got the column which made him  
even more famous. About 1933-34 I think.

Beebe, Arkansas is one location of Arkansas State University. They  
have a music program, which includes jazz, there now, but I don't know  
if they had one there in 1929.

Jimmy Dorsey could have named the tune for either, and then again  
maybe not.

Cheers,
Steve Barbone
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