Art Hickman

Arthur George Hickman (June 13, 1886 – January 16, 1930) was an American drummer, pianist, and bandleader of one of the first big bands.
Hickman founded a sextet in San Francisco in 1913. The band's first job was playing at training camp for the baseball team the San Francisco Seals. Next it was hired to perform at the St. Francis Hotel. Popularity allowed Hickman to expand his sextet and hire Ben Black, Earl Burtnett, Fred Coffman, Clyde Doerr, Steve Douglas, Frank Ellis, Dick Noolan, Ed Fitzpatrick, Jess Fitzpatrick, Roy Fox, Ray Hoback, Vic King, Lou Marcasie, Hank Miller, Mark Moica, Bert Ralton, Juan Ramos, Forrest Ray, Walt Rosener, Bela Spiller, Dick Winfree.
In 1915, they performed at the world's fair in San Francisco. Four years later they were hired by Florenz Ziegfeld Jr. to play at his nightclub on the roof of the New Amsterdam Theatre in New York City. During the next year, they accompanied the Ziegfeld Follies. Hickman's orchestra went back to California and played again at the St. Francis Hotel and the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles. After Hickman retired, the band was led by Frank Ellis. Hickman's "Rose Room" became a big band standard.
==Links to Peel==
Peel played Hickman's track, 'Avalon', for the Peelenium 1920. No other tracks from the artist outside the Peelenium seemed to have been played by the DJ according to available tracklistings on this site.
==Shows Played==
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*30 June 1999: Avalon (Peelenium 1920)
==External Links==
*Wikipedia
*Discogs
Category:Artists