Horlick Harry And His Orchestra

The A&P Gypsies The A&P Gypsies American radio mjusical series The A&P Gypsies is a musical series broadcast on radio beginning in 1924. With the opening theme of "Two Guitars," the host and band leader was Harry Horlick, who had learned gypsy folk music while traveling with gypsy bands in Istanbul. Background and history Born July 20, 1896, in Tiflis, Russia (now named Tbilisi, Georgia), Horlick remained in Russia when his family left for America at the beginning on World War I, and he became a prisoner of war. His family and the American consul helped him get to the United States where he performed in cafés in the early 1920s. Horlick's six-piece ensemble was playing unsponsored on New York's…

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