New Britain herald., 1929-08-01
Through the Static

Rudy Nallee, the national idol of the microphone; the man whose crooning voice causese feminine hearts 10 beat just little faster and feminine breaths to come just a little quicker-in fact, one of the most romantic musical personalities, will be the conductor and vocal star of the third of a series of broad casts by prominent recording orches tras when he goes on the air at $50 this evening from WEAF. New York, and a nation wide chain of the National Broadcasting company.
 On this occasion Nallee and his Connecticut Yankees will play ten of his newest recordings which have staff of orchestrators.
 This versatile artist and conductor has captured the collective hearts of American womanhOod as a re suit of having a voice which is crooning and softly sensuous, as well as individualistic skill as an ar ranger and interpreter of romantic music. Born in a small Maine vil- lage, he worked his way through Yale by playing the saXophone. Then the Broadway night clubs discovered him and soon thereafter hundreds of thousands of admirers who had heard him over the air began to demand his recordings.
 , Of Frcnch-IriSh descent. Nallee is a typical and talented musician. He is not in the least temperm ental, nor has the nation wide aduiation which he has received turned his head. He is one of the hardest working maestros of the present day. In between rehearsals, record ings, and his microphone perform ances, Rudy and his Yankees finI time to appear as headliners at the most frequented vaudeville houses on the Great White Way.
 Vincent Lopez will celebrate two important events in his musical life tonight. One will be the anniversary Of his first piano recital, given when he was but six years old, and the other will be the eighth anni- versary of his radio debut.
 As a feature of his broadcast at T.90 this evening, he will play one of the selections he used at his first piano recital and the first selection he played for the radio audience. The number he used in his child hood recital is Chopsticks, and the initial number over the air is Ani- tra's Dance from Peer Gynt Suite. Both events took place about the first of August, according 10 Lopez. but he does not recall the date nor many of the details of that first piano recital. It was at music school in Brooklyn. he remembers, and his relatives and friends ap- plaudtd warmly.
 q do remember that they served cital," he says.
 Lopez made his air debut with his ! orchestra from the first studio of WIZ in 1921. The studio was then located in the Westinghouse plant at Newark and was little more than booth. There was hardly room for an orchestra and sound proofing | had not been thought of.
 | Since that time, Lopez, through his broadcasts over the NEG system has | become one of the best known l dance leaders on the air. He is also | heard in broadcasts from the Hotel i St. Regis roof Friday nights a, eleven o'clock and Monday and Fri day afternoons at one o'clock.
 John Barclay, baritone, will he the guest artist in the concert that the Buffalo Civic Symphony orches- ira is presenting over stations O.
 the CBS this evening at 9;SO. The numbers which MT. Barclay has selected for his contribution con sist of Massenet's Vision Fugitive koeeman's When the King Wen
 Forth to War, and the Toreado; Song from Bizet's Carmen.
 Herbert Straub is in charge 0 | the program. MT. Straub comes iron a musical family-his father, moth
 CT and six sisters all being musi
 clans. After spending some time con | ducting theater orchestras in De | troit, Mir Straub then went on tour