page_title: Henry Busse
section_title: Career
hierarchical_section_title: Henry Busse / Career
caption_attribution_description: English: American Decca label from 1934 featuring the orchestra of trumpet star Henry Busse. From the collection of Fredrik Tersmeden, Lund, Sweden. Busse's 1934 re-recording of Wang Wang Blues, one of his earliest hits with Paul Whiteman in 1920. Busse was co-composer of this tune. 日本語: アメリカのデッカのレーベル。w:ja:1934年にトランペットのスター、ヘンリー・バッシー Henry Busse をフィーチャーしたアルバムから。スウェーデン、ルントの写真家 Fredrik Tersmeden の所蔵品より。バッシーが1934年に再録音した「ワン・ワン・ブルース」のレコード。1920年にポール・ホワイトマン楽団でのバッシーの初期のヒット曲。バッシーはこの曲の共同作曲者である。
context_page_description: Henry Busse Sr. was a German-born jazz trumpeter. A 1948 review in Billboard magazine said that Busse had "a keen sense of musical commercialism".
context_section_description: In 1917, Busse played the trumpet with the "Frisco "Jass" Band". He then formed his own band, Busse's Buzzards (which was the nucleus of the Paul Whiteman orchestra of the mid-1920s), featuring Henry Busse — they made four sides in total.
  Scott Yanow wrote in Classic Jazz: Third Ear - the Essential Listening Companion that Busse "first joined Paul Whiteman's dance band in 1918, originally being co-leader before ceding the ensemble to the more charismatic Whiteman."
  Busse was the subject of discrimination because of his German accent, which caused concern among those living in post-World War I America.
  At one point, eight out of the top ten sheet music sales spots belonged to the band. During his peak with them, Busse was earning $350 weekly, while fellow band member Bing Crosby was earning just $150. Busse co-composed several of the band's early hit songs, including "Hot Lips" and (with Gussie Mueller) "Wang Wang Blues". The latter sold over one million copies, and was awarded a gold disc in 1920.
  Busse was concertmaster for the Whiteman Band when it toured Europe in the 1920s, and there discovered a song written by a German doctor - Robert Katscher. Back in the States, Buddy DeSylva penned new words and the song's name was changed to "When Day is Done"; it was a hit, and made Busse famous.
  While with the Paul Whiteman Orchestra, Henry Busse played alongside brothers Tommy Dorsey and Jimmy Dorsey (who later left to start their own separate bands). He played with Ray Bolger at the Chez Paree, a night club owned by notorious gangster Al Capone; Busse ran the house band there and worked for Capone.
  In 1928, after mastering the English language, Busse Sr. began Henry Busse and the Shuffle Rhythm Band, which enjoyed great success in the 1930s and '40s. A year later, Busse Sr. married Dorothy Drake, a former model and stage actress. Their only son, Henry Busse Jr., was born in 1931, and was three years old when his parents divorced. In 1935, Busse Sr. married Lorayne Brox, member of the Brox Sisters singing trio.
  Busse stayed with Whiteman until 1928 when he left the band and formed his own group, The Henry Busse Orchestra. This group was more of a sweet dance band than a jazz band and had a successful career.
  Busse hit his peak in 1930-45, playing dance music before the war, and swing during the war. His music was often berated by Down Beat magazine, which called his a "sweet" or "Mickey Mouse" band. Busse and his band appeared in an MGM color movie in 1935 called Starlit Days at the Lido, filmed at the Ambassador Hotel, along with Clark Gable and MGM's stable of stars and in the movie Lady Let's Dance, in which Busse had a speaking part.
caption: Busse's 1934 re-recording of "Wang Wang Blues", one of his earliest hits with Paul Whiteman in 1920. Busse was co-composer of this tune.
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