[Dixielandjazz] Beebe

[David Richoux]

On that note I will accept that the underwater daring-do of Charles  
William Beebe was probably not the Beebe of that song - he was not a  
Lucky Lindy, after all!

By the way, Lucius Beebe eventually moved to Northern California and  
Nevada and wrote hundreds of books and articles about all kinds of  
interesting (non OKOM) stuff - quite a change from the New York  
Society Pages... Google him!

Dave Richoux


On May 11, 2008, at 5:14 PM, Stephen G Barbone wrote:

> 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
> www.barbonestreet.com
> www.myspace.com/barbonestreetjazzband
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